A moment of crisis arrives with the news – disaster!
"Those calls and their retractions constituted a news disaster that damaged democracy and journalism".
In a report commissioned by CNN, three journalism experts excoriated television coverage of the presidential race on election night as a "news disaster," and blamed the networks for creating a political climate of "rancor and bitterness".
A Bam survivor cautiously warned about this reality in Iran: "We think that disaster is in the news, disaster is not for us, disaster is for others.
But older Muscovites said the delayed official acknowledgment of the mortality rate recalled the Soviet tendency to whitewash bad news, tragedy or disaster.
This rise has coincided with news of disasters, exploitation and abuse of workers in clothing factories in Asia.
"Our people remember the Soviet past, when news of disasters was concealed or lied about," Grazhdankin said, according to the Times Of India.
Sadly, with a plethora of news on disasters, wars, depressing reports, and a cutthroat 24/7 media cycle that can't always compete with citizen journalists, truth, accuracy, balance, critical thinking and fairness fall by the wayside.
The story is about a kibbutz gardener named Zvi Provizor who is obsessed with delivering news of disaster and suffering in distant parts of the world.
As he sees it, the "news of disaster is the only narrative people need," and "the darker the news, the grander the narrative".
