Earlier this week, I stumbled upon another tasty infographic from David McCandless. Click here or on the image to see the interactive graphic on his website:
- Source: David McCandless
Titled “Mountains Out of Molehills: A timeline of global media scare stories,” McCandless illustrates some media coverage imbalance on threats that did not materialize into high fatalities.
From this, you could conclude that this is bad hype – in the interest of higher ratings, the media stokes public fears and sensationalizes uncertainty. You may be right.
Alternatively, you could conclude that this is good hype.