"Relentless" media coverage of the terror attacks in Mumbai has sparked a strong backlash from the public, according to Global Voices, who has been following the story.

The mainstream media's approach of "shock and shake" can lead to unverified rumors being reported as fact, Global Voices reports, and the blogosphere has monitored the coverage with a mounting anger.
One blogger Kalyan Varma writes that NDTV reporter Barkha Dutt is "causing more damage to the country by FUD than the terrorists themselves."

The way in which the media can "amplify the general hysteria and panic" after an event like this is noted by Falstaff, and the possibility of intensive minute-by-minute reporting "helping the attackers" who need only turn on the television to find out the latest details.

The general onslaught of news after a serious event comes from every angle--from mainstream news to social media sites, like Twitter, to Youtube, saturating the market. If mainstream media takes on social media in addition to its regular reporting without verifying fact from fiction, there will continue to be outrage over media coverage.

Source: Global Voices

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India: Covering Mumbai attacks by social media