In the long term, nothing raises a society’s morale like the facts

The onslaught of COVID coverage in the media is creating confusion and something very like despair in the public. Life seems to stretch out endlessly as a series of jabs, restrictions, and bad news. But this is a huge story, full of consequences for everyone.

Hill media, pictured scrumming Government House leader Mark Holland outside the Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Nov. 16, 2021. To all those journalists out there drilling down on the pandemic, keep drilling. It is a huge story, full of consequences for everyone. It may be tough to tell that story, it may bring down the mood of the country—temporarily. But in the long term, nothing raises a society’s morale like the facts, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

January 17, 2022

HALIFAX—Is there such a thing as too much reporting on big issues? Robin V. Sears, one of the keenest political observers around, recently published a piece in The Toronto Star making a plea not to turn coverage of the pandemic into a doomsday watch. He made a good case. Day after day, ...

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