For the past several weeks now, we have heard about the coronavirus outbreak that started in China. About more than 2000 people have died from this virus and there are about 75000 people who have been affected, mostly in China. For this matter, many jobs in China have been closed. This means normal work life has been affected and consumer consumption has gone down. Apple, the iPhone company, is also being affected because they have seen a decline in iPhone sales.
Apple had to temporarily close their manufacturing site to ensure that the health and well being of their employees are taken care of. Thankfully, all iPhone manufacturing site have been opened in China but they are still experiencing supply "shortage of the phone globally." This also means Apple will not be meeting their revenue guideline for the March quarter.
It's interesting to know that a disease outbreak in a country has the ability to affect the the economy of a national company. This helps me to understand how internal issue has the ability to affect external sources. Perhaps, journalism is the same way. A journalist might think he is looking for information to give to a particular person or group of people but then that information finds its way reaching millions of people. So just as disease has the ability to spread and affect its surroundings, news spreads as well. People can easily access sensitive news, if given to the wrong sources. I believe that journalist play an important role when it comes to sharing news information. The same news that can help people, can potentially harm people if carried out in a irresponsible manner.
Therefore, when it comes to important governmental information, journalist should be careful on how and where they share it. Information that is deemed sensitive can cripple a government, if given to the wrong sources and people. Yes, it is the journalist job to inform the people, but it is also their job to protect the government from shame. One wrong information shared by a journalist can cripple the state of a nation. Just like a disease as the coronavirus, has the ability to cripple the sales of the Apple company.
Therefore, sensitive news should be given to the right sources and treated properly before being exposed to the public. It is true that there is no perfect government but what good is it to make citizens lose trust in their government? Lost of trust in the government can lead to a division within a nation which could lead to something deadly such as war. It is important that confidential news gets treated at the most optimal level before being shared with the general public.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/17/apple-warns-on-coronavirus-it-wont-meet-revenue-guidance-because-of-constrained-iphone-supply-and-suppressed-demand-in-china.html
Apple had to temporarily close their manufacturing site to ensure that the health and well being of their employees are taken care of. Thankfully, all iPhone manufacturing site have been opened in China but they are still experiencing supply "shortage of the phone globally." This also means Apple will not be meeting their revenue guideline for the March quarter.
It's interesting to know that a disease outbreak in a country has the ability to affect the the economy of a national company. This helps me to understand how internal issue has the ability to affect external sources. Perhaps, journalism is the same way. A journalist might think he is looking for information to give to a particular person or group of people but then that information finds its way reaching millions of people. So just as disease has the ability to spread and affect its surroundings, news spreads as well. People can easily access sensitive news, if given to the wrong sources. I believe that journalist play an important role when it comes to sharing news information. The same news that can help people, can potentially harm people if carried out in a irresponsible manner.
Therefore, when it comes to important governmental information, journalist should be careful on how and where they share it. Information that is deemed sensitive can cripple a government, if given to the wrong sources and people. Yes, it is the journalist job to inform the people, but it is also their job to protect the government from shame. One wrong information shared by a journalist can cripple the state of a nation. Just like a disease as the coronavirus, has the ability to cripple the sales of the Apple company.
Therefore, sensitive news should be given to the right sources and treated properly before being exposed to the public. It is true that there is no perfect government but what good is it to make citizens lose trust in their government? Lost of trust in the government can lead to a division within a nation which could lead to something deadly such as war. It is important that confidential news gets treated at the most optimal level before being shared with the general public.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/17/apple-warns-on-coronavirus-it-wont-meet-revenue-guidance-because-of-constrained-iphone-supply-and-suppressed-demand-in-china.html
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