On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the COVID-19 outbreak in Afghanistan and the devastating attack on a Kabul maternity ward run by Doctors Without Borders. Terrorists killed at least 24 people, including newborns, mothers, and nurses.
Later in the show, new information and studies are constantly coming out about COVID-19. We’ll discuss the best way to identify reliable information about the virus, how journalists are reading the data, and how misinformation spreads on social media.
Guests:
Ali Latifi, freelance journalist based in Kabul
Sinduja Rangarajan, senior data journalist at Mother Jones
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, assistant editor at Mother Jones
Web Resources:
Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation : Can Afghanistan win its latest battle, COVID-19?
The New York Times: Clinic Bombed as Afghan Forces Fend Off Taliban Attack on Kunduz
Mother Jones: COVID-19 Has Infected and Killed Black People At Alarming Rates. This Data Proves It.
Mother Jones: Suffering From Coronavirus Data Overload? Here’s the Cure.
Mother Jones: Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus Is Bringing It Out.
