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Editorial: Tools only as good as the craftsman
Initially we were thrilled when a Daily Sun journalist called the JournAIDS helpline for advice on an HIV-related dimension of a story this week. But enthusiasm quickly dissipated when we opened the paper the next day to discover that the information we supplied was not used to offer context or further understanding and the source was misrepresented.Building the bigger bogeyman
HIV…Or even worse…AIDS. The media and the public often shy away from these topics because they are (incorrectly) associated with serious lingering illness and death.
HIV has overtaken illnesses like consumption (as TB was called prior to its official discovery in the early 1800s) and the plague and to become the specter of sickness that haunts the 21st century.
HIV therefore calls forth both fascination and revulsion. In the media it is either covered as a great tragedy or ignored completely.
Recently it would seem that the danger and fear which is associated with AIDS and HIV is exploited in order to illustrate that other conditions should occasion even more fear and awe.
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