Coping with traumatic stress or respecting privacy of the victims’ family at the time of grief, both are an insurmountable challenge given the state of live television and information revolution, particularly when accidents and the related backgrounds are covered sensationally.
The private travels bus with 35 occupants that was bound for Hyderabad meeting with an accident in the early hours of Friday, in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka, triggered a rush of information.
“Media channels are here since 9.30 a.m. One says eight were killed, another says travel to Goa was for a birthday party, while the other says Arjun, the organiser, was a techie,” one of the victim’s family members at Banjara Village Colony, complaining of misinformation, said.
