I wrote this on the media coverage of the Kerala Floods Kerala Floods The recent Kerala floods  showed two sides of the same media coin. The use of media and social media for good, and the use of them to spread fake news and hatred. The permeability of news between social feeds and mainstream channels has never been more pronounced. A hungry main stream media soaked up everything on social media, amplifying both the goodwill and the hate. Not only were there live updates of the issues on the ground, there were live updates from anyone who was remotely noteworthy