Lazy journalism

Not everyone is thrilled about a journalist blogging from isolation, most people are indifferent, and a few regulars seem to really dig it.

This blog might be lazy journalism, but I have permission to be lazy. The Regional Public Health isolation guidelines specifically say to rest.

Journos can't win with the public. We're either scaremongering, or covering up.

So, swine flu hasn't yet amounted to much - and haven't the irresponsible beat-up merchants of the media copped it. But what if we'd gone soft on it, and thousands of people died?

With production of significant amounts of vaccine still a way off, it's not time to smugly dismiss the threat, any more than it is time to run around saying the sky is falling.

For those who want a more reasoned defence of the media's performance in reporting swine flu, I hand you over to The Dominion Post's Tracy Watkins:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/blogs/tracy-watkins-on-politics/2369412/Swine-flu-no-media-beat-up

For those who just want to put the boot in, this is your forum:

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