CBS This Morning is now coming out of Washington due to two employees in its New York headquartered coming down with the virus.
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Iām surprised that various media companies are not protecting their āassetsā better from the virus. Just this morning, even on breakfast radio, announcers were needlessly exposed to extra people in the studio - on 4KQ a former cricketer seemed to be interviewed in the studio while on ABC Radio it was a contest winner.
I would be keeping the ātalentā away from these sort of unnecessary interactions. The same goes for TV where Iād be having the majority of interviews were possible via live links and have as few people in the studio as possible including no audience - why take unnecessary risks?
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I mean, that seems pretty normal.
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I feel this needs a poll. How do you think the news has covered coronavirus? Too much or too little?
- Yes, an overreaction
- Yes and no. It was an overreaction at first but now is proportionate
- No, the news has largely been fair
- No, the news has largely underplayed this issue
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ACM need someone with actual grammar knowledge to proof-read (bold emphasis added):
ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said events could still go ahead this weekend as authorities were āreally confidentā there was no community transition of the virus.
āWe have one case of COVID-19 in the ACT and all of the close contacts of that person were tracked down yesterday and either isolating and being tested as required and so we donāt have that community transition. And so this weekend, that advice still stands.ā
Transmission. 
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I voted for the most popular option.
But my opinion is a bit more complex than that. While Coronavirus is obviously a serious issue that should be reported by the media, some elements of the coverage (eg, the panic buying frenzy of toilet paper and other basic products) has been over the top and if anything, potentially adding a can of petrol to the fire of general hysteria.
Having said that, the cancellation (or closing off to crowds) of sport and other major events is an entirely appropriate measure to take because if something were go ahead and a Coronavirus outbreak happened, weād no doubt have plenty of āWhy wasnāt the event cancelled?ā commentary and potential class action cases.
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Agered. Which is why I stuck with ABC news coverage . They just reported the facts, and they didnāt create this huge panic like the commerical news has done in hte past month or so. Can only imagine what Sky News were doing to create panic with the likes of Paul Murray and Andrew Bolt.
Seven and Nine (well, pretty much any networkās main channel) could essentially become 24 hour news channels if the crisis worsens?
Not sure about Fox League/Footy though, they might have to have some old match replays on standby.
Iāll say it again guys - this is a coverage thread, not a thread for the possible impact on upcoming television shows that film in front of a live audience that have yet to enter production.
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Is there another thread for that?
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I donāt think thereās a need - the individual show threads should suffice for now. We can revisit if thatās not working.
We will likely split this thread out so we have one for coverage and one for the news event itself though (impacts on sporting events and the like)
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Have tidied up this thread a bit. Please donāt be offended if your post has/hasnāt been moved. This is a fast moving scenario and there will be crossover, but itās splintering so wildly that we need to change the approach.
As @Bort indicated, this is for news coverage, how it being covered, special bulletins and the like.
The other thread linked by @foxyrover is best for events being cancelled and what not.
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Sandra Sully presenting a special news update across the country with the press conference about the coronavirus.
Seven had a Newflash at around 3:10pm with Michael Usher going live to The Prime Minister speaking in Sydney on the coronavirus response.
EDIT-
Seven stopped showing press conference with PM and leaders at 3:45pm then back to Michael Usher in the news studio crossing to Mark Riley in Canberra and Jim Wilson at the desk with sports cancellations.
Ended at 4pm going to local Afternoon bulletins.
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