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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#39;What positivity do we look for in people&amp;#39;s suffering?&amp;#39;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;A 29-year-old man died in the hospital while his wailing wife and children waited outside,&amp;rdquo; Ronak Shah, a reporter for the Gujarati daily Sandesh said, recalling a tragedy he witnessed on April 12. &amp;ldquo;The three-year-old daughter kept saying, &amp;lsquo;My father is coming soon and we are here to take him home. I offered her a biscuit to eat, she did not take it. She just kept repeating the same line.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Ronak said he will never forget this heartbreaking scene which he witnessed while reporting from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, one of the largest Covid facilities in Gujarat. And it was far from the only tragedy he saw that day. He and two colleagues had been camping outside the hospital for 17 hours, counting each body that came out of the morgue. They ended up counting far more deaths at that one hospital than the state BJP government&amp;rsquo;s number for the entire city.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Since the second wave crashed over India, filling up cremation and burial grounds &amp;ndash; and now even the river Ganga with the dead &amp;ndash; the Modi government has obsessed over salvaging its &amp;ldquo;image&amp;rdquo;, which it complains has been unfairly besmirched by the media, especially by foreign outlets. Earlier this month, it held a digital workshop for 300 top officials on how to create a &amp;ldquo;positive image&amp;rdquo; for the government, &amp;ldquo;manage&amp;rdquo; perception by &amp;ldquo;effectively highlighting positive stories&amp;rdquo;, and not &amp;ldquo;lose the narrative&amp;rdquo; by waiting for critical news to break in the media.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Positivity was nowhere to be seen, it was all just so emotional,&amp;rdquo; said Ronak, who has since reported from 21 cremation grounds in the city in one night. More importantly, he added, until journalists convey the ground reality, &amp;ldquo;people will think everything is under control&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#39;What positivity do we look for in people&amp;#39;s suffering?&amp;#39;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;A 29-year-old man died in the hospital while his wailing wife and children waited outside,&amp;rdquo; Ronak Shah, a reporter for the Gujarati daily Sandesh said, recalling a tragedy he witnessed on April 12. &amp;ldquo;The three-year-old daughter kept saying, &amp;lsquo;My father is coming soon and we are here to take him home. I offered her a biscuit to eat, she did not take it. She just kept repeating the same line.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Ronak said he will never forget this heartbreaking scene which he witnessed while reporting from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, one of the largest Covid facilities in Gujarat. And it was far from the only tragedy he saw that day. He and two colleagues had been camping outside the hospital for 17 hours, counting each body that came out of the morgue. They ended up counting far more deaths at that one hospital than the state BJP government&amp;rsquo;s number for the entire city.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Positivity was nowhere to be seen, it was all just so emotional,&amp;rdquo; said Ronak, who has since reported from 21 cremation grounds in the city in one night. More importantly, he added, until journalists convey the ground reality, &amp;ldquo;people will think everything is under control&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Since the second wave crashed over India, filling up cremation and burial grounds &amp;ndash; and now even the river Ganga with the dead &amp;ndash; the Modi government has obsessed over salvaging its &amp;ldquo;image&amp;rdquo;, which it complains has been unfairly besmirched by the media, especially by foreign outlets. Earlier this month, it held a digital workshop for 300 top officials on how to create a &amp;ldquo;positive image&amp;rdquo; for the government, &amp;ldquo;manage&amp;rdquo; perception by &amp;ldquo;effectively highlighting positive stories&amp;rdquo;, and not &amp;ldquo;lose the narrative&amp;rdquo; by waiting for critical news to break in the media.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Aiding this campaign, the BJP&amp;rsquo;s mothership, the RSS, held a series of video lectures from May 10 to 15 titled &amp;ldquo;Positivity Unlimited&amp;rdquo;. Again on May 10, a post from the Twitter account of Modi&amp;rsquo;s monthly radio show Mann ki Baat implored the public to &amp;ldquo;celebrate the power of positivity and strengths of 130 crore Indians&amp;rdquo; by sharing &amp;ldquo;inspiring stories&amp;rdquo; for the upcoming episode. India officially recorded over 3.66 lakh new coronavirus infections and 3,754 deaths that day. The actual figures, it is widely suspected, would have been several times higher.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/18/why-arent-journalists-covering-the-covid-disaster-showing-positive-news&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#39;What positivity do we look for in people&amp;#39;s suffering?&amp;#39;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;A 29-year-old man died in the hospital while his wailing wife and children waited outside,&amp;rdquo; Ronak Shah, a reporter for the Gujarati daily Sandesh said, recalling a tragedy he witnessed on April 12. &amp;ldquo;The three-year-old daughter kept saying, &amp;lsquo;My father is coming soon and we are here to take him home. I offered her a biscuit to eat, she did not take it. She just kept repeating the same line.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Ronak said he will never forget this heartbreaking scene which he witnessed while reporting from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, one of the largest Covid facilities in Gujarat. And it was far from the only tragedy he saw that day. He and two colleagues had been camping outside the hospital for 17 hours, counting each body that came out of the morgue. They ended up counting far more deaths at that one hospital than the state BJP government&amp;rsquo;s number for the entire city.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;So, he isn&amp;rsquo;t impressed by suggestions from the Narendra Modi government and its supporters, including in the media, that journalists should spread &amp;ldquo;positivity&amp;rdquo; and not just detail on a daily basis the grisly scenes of death and despair caused by the second wave of the Covid pandemic, which the government had failed to tackle.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Since the second wave crashed over India, filling up cremation and burial grounds &amp;ndash; and now even the river Ganga with the dead &amp;ndash; the Modi government has obsessed over salvaging its &amp;ldquo;image&amp;rdquo;, which it complains has been unfairly besmirched by the media, especially by foreign outlets. Earlier this month, it held a digital workshop for 300 top officials on how to create a &amp;ldquo;positive image&amp;rdquo; for the government, &amp;ldquo;manage&amp;rdquo; perception by &amp;ldquo;effectively highlighting positive stories&amp;rdquo;, and not &amp;ldquo;lose the narrative&amp;rdquo; by waiting for critical news to break in the media.&lt;/p&gt;

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<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;A 29-year-old man died in the hospital while his wailing wife and children waited outside,&rdquo; Ronak Shah, a reporter for the Gujarati daily Sandesh said, recalling a tragedy he witnessed on April 12. &ldquo;The three-year-old daughter kept saying, &lsquo;My father is coming soon and we are here to take him home. I offered her a biscuit to eat, she did not take it. She just kept repeating the same line.&rdquo;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Ronak said he will never forget this heartbreaking scene which he witnessed while reporting from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, one of the largest Covid facilities in Gujarat. And it was far from the only tragedy he saw that day. He and two colleagues had been camping outside the hospital for 17 hours, counting each body that came out of the morgue. They ended up counting far more deaths at that one hospital than the state BJP government&rsquo;s number for the entire city.</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Positivity was nowhere to be seen, it was all just so emotional,&rdquo; said Ronak, who has since reported from 21 cremation grounds in the city in one night. More importantly, he added, until journalists convey the ground reality, &ldquo;people will think everything is under control&rdquo;.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Since the second wave crashed over India, filling up cremation and burial grounds &ndash; and now even the river Ganga with the dead &ndash; the Modi government has obsessed over salvaging its &ldquo;image&rdquo;, which it complains has been unfairly besmirched by the media, especially by foreign outlets. Earlier this month, it held a digital workshop for 300 top officials on how to create a &ldquo;positive image&rdquo; for the government, &ldquo;manage&rdquo; perception by &ldquo;effectively highlighting positive stories&rdquo;, and not &ldquo;lose the narrative&rdquo; by waiting for critical news to break in the media.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Aiding this campaign, the BJP&rsquo;s mothership, the RSS, held a series of video lectures from May 10 to 15 titled &ldquo;Positivity Unlimited&rdquo;. Again on May 10, a post from the Twitter account of Modi&rsquo;s monthly radio show Mann ki Baat implored the public to &ldquo;celebrate the power of positivity and strengths of 130 crore Indians&rdquo; by sharing &ldquo;inspiring stories&rdquo; for the upcoming episode. India officially recorded over 3.66 lakh new coronavirus infections and 3,754 deaths that day. The actual figures, it is widely suspected, would have been several times higher.</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Positivity was nowhere to be seen, it was all just so emotional,&rdquo; said Ronak, who has since reported from 21 cremation grounds in the city in one night. More importantly, he added, until journalists convey the ground reality, &ldquo;people will think everything is under control&rdquo;.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Since the second wave crashed over India, filling up cremation and burial grounds &ndash; and now even the river Ganga with the dead &ndash; the Modi government has obsessed over salvaging its &ldquo;image&rdquo;, which it complains has been unfairly besmirched by the media, especially by foreign outlets. Earlier this month, it held a digital workshop for 300 top officials on how to create a &ldquo;positive image&rdquo; for the government, &ldquo;manage&rdquo; perception by &ldquo;effectively highlighting positive stories&rdquo;, and not &ldquo;lose the narrative&rdquo; by waiting for critical news to break in the media.</p>

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&#39;What positivity do we look for in people&#39;s suffering?&#39;

&ldquo;A 29-year-old man died in the hospital while his wailing wife and children waited outside,&rdquo; Ronak Shah, a reporter for the Gujarati daily Sandesh said, recalling a tragedy he witnessed on April...'
$disp = '<p style="text-align:justify">-Newslaundry.com</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>&#39;What positivity do we look for in people&#39;s suffering?&#39;</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;A 29-year-old man died in the hospital while his wailing wife and children waited outside,&rdquo; Ronak Shah, a reporter for the Gujarati daily Sandesh said, recalling a tragedy he witnessed on April 12. &ldquo;The three-year-old daughter kept saying, &lsquo;My father is coming soon and we are here to take him home. I offered her a biscuit to eat, she did not take it. She just kept repeating the same line.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Ronak said he will never forget this heartbreaking scene which he witnessed while reporting from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, one of the largest Covid facilities in Gujarat. And it was far from the only tragedy he saw that day. He and two colleagues had been camping outside the hospital for 17 hours, counting each body that came out of the morgue. They ended up counting far more deaths at that one hospital than the state BJP government&rsquo;s number for the entire city.</p><p style="text-align:justify">So, he isn&rsquo;t impressed by suggestions from the Narendra Modi government and its supporters, including in the media, that journalists should spread &ldquo;positivity&rdquo; and not just detail on a daily basis the grisly scenes of death and despair caused by the second wave of the Covid pandemic, which the government had failed to tackle.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;Positivity was nowhere to be seen, it was all just so emotional,&rdquo; said Ronak, who has since reported from 21 cremation grounds in the city in one night. More importantly, he added, until journalists convey the ground reality, &ldquo;people will think everything is under control&rdquo;.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Since the second wave crashed over India, filling up cremation and burial grounds &ndash; and now even the river Ganga with the dead &ndash; the Modi government has obsessed over salvaging its &ldquo;image&rdquo;, which it complains has been unfairly besmirched by the media, especially by foreign outlets. Earlier this month, it held a digital workshop for 300 top officials on how to create a &ldquo;positive image&rdquo; for the government, &ldquo;manage&rdquo; perception by &ldquo;effectively highlighting positive stories&rdquo;, and not &ldquo;lose the narrative&rdquo; by waiting for critical news to break in the media.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Aiding this campaign, the BJP&rsquo;s mothership, the RSS, held a series of video lectures from May 10 to 15 titled &ldquo;Positivity Unlimited&rdquo;. Again on May 10, a post from the Twitter account of Modi&rsquo;s monthly radio show Mann ki Baat implored the public to &ldquo;celebrate the power of positivity and strengths of 130 crore Indians&rdquo; by sharing &ldquo;inspiring stories&rdquo; for the upcoming episode. India officially recorded over 3.66 lakh new coronavirus infections and 3,754 deaths that day. The actual figures, it is widely suspected, would have been several times higher.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/18/why-arent-journalists-covering-the-covid-disaster-showing-positive-news" title="https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/18/why-arent-journalists-covering-the-covid-disaster-showing-positive-news">click here</a> to read more.</p>'
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Why aren’t journalists covering the Covid disaster showing 'positive news'? -Diksha Munjal

-Newslaundry.com 'What positivity do we look for in people's suffering?' “A 29-year-old man died in the hospital while his wailing wife and children waited outside,” Ronak Shah, a reporter for the Gujarati daily Sandesh said, recalling a tragedy he witnessed on April 12. “The three-year-old daughter kept saying, ‘My father is coming soon and we are here to take him home. I offered her a biscuit to eat, she did not take it. She just kept repeating the same line.” Ronak said he will never forget this heartbreaking scene which he witnessed while reporting from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, one of the largest Covid facilities in Gujarat. And it was far from the only tragedy he saw that day. He and two colleagues had been camping outside the hospital for 17 hours, counting each body that came out of the morgue. They ended up counting far more deaths at that one hospital than the state BJP government’s number for the entire city. So, he isn’t impressed by suggestions from the Narendra Modi government and its supporters, including in the media, that journalists should spread “positivity” and not just detail on a daily basis the grisly scenes of death and despair caused by the second wave of the Covid pandemic, which the government had failed to tackle. “Positivity was nowhere to be seen, it was all just so emotional,” said Ronak, who has since reported from 21 cremation grounds in the city in one night. More importantly, he added, until journalists convey the ground reality, “people will think everything is under control”. Since the second wave crashed over India, filling up cremation and burial grounds – and now even the river Ganga with the dead – the Modi government has obsessed over salvaging its “image”, which it complains has been unfairly besmirched by the media, especially by foreign outlets. Earlier this month, it held a digital workshop for 300 top officials on how to create a “positive image” for the government, “manage” perception by “effectively highlighting positive stories”, and not “lose the narrative” by waiting for critical news to break in the media. Aiding this campaign, the BJP’s mothership, the RSS, held a series of video lectures from May 10 to 15 titled “Positivity Unlimited”. Again on May 10, a post from the Twitter account of Modi’s monthly radio show Mann ki Baat implored the public to “celebrate the power of positivity and strengths of 130 crore Indians” by sharing “inspiring stories” for the upcoming episode. India officially recorded over 3.66 lakh new coronavirus infections and 3,754 deaths that day. The actual figures, it is widely suspected, would have been several times higher. Please click here to read more.