Tensions rise on coronavirus handling as the media take control of the accountability narrative
- Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
Media coverage of disasters follows a broadly similar trajectory, even though the disasters themselves might take very different forms.
The COVID-19 crisis in Victoria is no exception.
Although it is unfolding over a long time instead of in a single dramatic episode, it is possible to see familiar patterns emerging, and events over the past three...