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THE MEDIA I SAW
DURING LOCKDOWN
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n the wake of a pandemic,
Iconstant vigilance must
be practised in both public
and personal life. Thus,
this disease and it’s spread
has also increased the
consumption of news.
Various media bring forth press. This daily
various happenings around spectacle has gained
us in the form of news. a large following at
In particular, television both national and
has managed to attract an international levels
even greater audience than too.
normal.
The press meets At the time of such
conducted by the National Negativity around,
many tend to open up the
Health Ministry and various skills that they forgot during and how to develop various
Chief Ministers gained much the busy life they lived once . skills in lockdown inspired us
attention. In Kerala, the press Channels too opened up their all. The show ‘Stay Home Stay
meets by Health Minister spaces for exhibition of such Happy’ from Mathrubhumi
Smt.K K Shailaja became talents through their screens News provided it’s audience
a point of controversy as in the way of telecasting with the experience of seeing
the Opposition alleged that various videos shot and send how a song is born live.
she was deriving political to them by the audience.
mileage from them. Later the It is so positive to see all
6PM press meet by the Chief When a pall of negativity the news channels taking
Minister Sri. Pinarayi Vijayan fell upon the world, news their responsibility to tackle
became a space for updating channels took the time to ‘fake news’ seriously. Many of
the public on the spread find the silver lining and them have dedicated airtime
of COVID-19 in the state, broadcast positive news, tackling the various bits and
the countermeasures taken even as they were tasked with pieces of fake news related
by the state government, covering death and chaos. to the COVID-19 pandemic
addressing the Opposition’s Programmes with panellists that have popped up all over
allegations as well as from various backgrounds social media.
fielding questions from the discussing their experiences
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