Wednesday 29 April - Headline on TCP

Is it just me, or is does the huge banner headline  in today’s TCP seem a little speculative? Sort of like there is a big global story happening out there,  and the poor old Post is desperately trying to align itself (and our location) with the doom? I mean strewth, any number of events “Might” occur, but really, it’s not actual news until it happens or is demonstrably imminent.   This word “might” is not only wishy washy, but also mighty convenient for raking up a sensational headline to preempt  an event that hasn’t happened (here) yet.  That one word, removes all trace of fact and credibility from the headline. Disappointing because the issue itself was reasonably well covered with information about strategies being employed to detect and combat this nasty.

Of course I fear the reporting of the first actual confirmed case here, more than the disease itself.