Ebola in the media: Leveson has failed to find a cure for health journalism

Nooreen Akhtar

Ebola in the media: Leveson has failed to find a cure for health journalism

Nooreen Akhtar

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Abstract

All too predictably, the Ebola crisis has been accompanied by any number of breathless headlines – not all of them sensible. “Experts fear ISIS jihadists may infect themselves to spread virus in West,” appeared in the Daily Mail a few days ago, following up on various reports in other countries. Not so, according to senior security people in the US. Jeh Johnson, the homeland security secretary, made clear a few days later that, “we’ve seen no specific credible evidence” to support anything of the sort.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation UK
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2014

Bibliographical note

Nooreen Akhtar receives funding from the Chief Scientist Office.

Keywords

Journalism
MMR
Leveson
press regulation
Ebola
Leveson Inquiry
UK journalism
Ebola outbreak

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Ebola in the media: Leveson has failed to find a cure for health journalism

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