Is Swine Flu Coverage in Balance?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth

What’s the ratio of press coverage to deaths for swine flu?

I love this because (a) it’s a really good example of how to do a feature visually and (b) because it shows you how massively distorting our current news values can be.
[via [O’Reilly Radar](http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/what-is-the-right-amount-of-sw.html)]
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Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 30. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.

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