Are the media or politicians to blame for a lack of answers on coronavirus?

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News organisations have gone down in the public’s estimation during the pandemic, but is it justified, asks Sean O'Grady

crisis has been the surge in support for governments across the world. Britain has been no exception to this rule, and has shown some remarkable approval ratings for the way the government has dealt with the pandemic , for the Conservative Party and forThe media, by contrast, has been faring rather worse. Successive apparently well-sourced revelations about government complacency and incompetence from Reuters,have been answered in a series of ill-tempered “rebuttals” from No 10.

 

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Both policiczns can hid behind thier complet lack of ckarity and miss direction on answers with the likes of Laura not getting real answers to real oressing questions great to gzve a lap dog to give you an easy ride

Well who else do you expect answers from other than the ruling government of the time ?

The responses from the govt are fine. The media keep asking the same questions, already adequately answered, because they have nothing else to say. (Yes, I am being nice about it).

What an eff wit question the media have behaved appallingly had they been better am sure the information would have been more open.

Yes Yes and Yes. Try doing your job.....

Politicians are to blame, because they didn't act quickly prepair in the early stages incase anything happened also they didn't take virus seriously enough, now they having backlash come unstuck for not doing so.

The problem here is that it's the press that's holding the government to account and not parliament. This is because the government is unwilling to recall parliament because they know that they wouldn't be able to cope with the scrutiny of parliamentarians 1/2

Both.

Easy answer: politicians. They have the actual answer and just choose whether or not to state the truth.

Both. Media should of asked pertinent science questions early on. Politicians should defer to scientists in a pandemic situation. (Preferably independant ones).

Both are pushing an agenda so you’re never going to get the truth.

Maybe neither. It's a medical issue, not a political one that the media wants it to be. Some things take time and everyone expects the normal government knee jerk reaction. Fortunately we aren't getting it this time.

Both need to be replaced

Both should quarantined and kept away from the public.

All of the above!

Politicians for their incompetence Media for trying to scare people

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