“We all have the right to live a happy life.” (Dalai Lama)

“We all have the right to live a happy life.” (Dalai Lama) As citizens who fulfill citizenship duties, we demand information that respects ethical principles, sobriety and restraint. And, above all, that it respects our way of life in the society where we live. As Saint Augustine said. ” Even if you flee from the countryside to the city, or from the street to your home, your conscience will always go with you ... From your home you can only escape to your heart. But where will you flee from yourself? " Nowadays we have a duty to know that there is a pandemic - and that the so-called SARS-CoV-2 virus, instead of letting itself be decimated by people in the so-called Third World, decided to be more egalitarian and make heavy casualties in less developed countries. accustomed to these health crises. We also know that there are no magic potions - vaccines are not made at the desired speed and pharmaceuticals are powerful entities that, deep down, aim to profit from the “misfortune of others”. "The deepest root of failure in our lives is to think," how useless and weak we are! " It is essential to think powerfully and firmly, "we made it", but without ostentation or concern. " (Dalai Lama)

Also on these days, which are not ours, we have to be aware that, even if we take care of so many times repeated - physical distance, mask covering mouth and nose, insistent hand washing, maximum confinement -, any of us , or one of our family and friends, may be a victim of this virus and that all of this causes fear for everyone, including journalists, opinion makers and those responsible for the media. We also know that the entire press, both written and spoken, is in crisis, suffering from the threat of social networks, competition for audiences, missing newsrooms, the fast paces of work imposed on those who remain in them, the precarious work conditions of many journalists and others who “look” like journalists. “Let us speak the truth, whatever it may be, clearly and objectively, using a quiet and pleasant voice, free from any prejudice or hostility. If our dreams are in the clouds, don't worry, they are in the right place; now let us build the foundations. ”(Dalai Lama) But even knowing all this, we cannot accept the aggressive, almost inquisitorial tone, used mainly in TVS, conditioning thinking and responses, even those who are chosen “finger” to be interviewed. We do not accept the opinionated obsession, designed to condition the reception of the news, to the detriment of a healthy pedagogical concern to inform. And we cannot admit the accusatory style with which several journalists and, pseudo-journalists, rebel against government officials, scientists and even the indefatigable health personnel because, allegedly, they did not know how to predict the unpredictable - unknown diseases, viral mutations - nor foresee definitive measures, solutions that would allow us, happy to be unaware of the hardships of the scientific method, to take to the streets without a mask and without fear, in order to envision a future that no one knows how to predict, nor can know. "In the past 20 years, we have had six significant threats: SARS, MERS, Ebola, bird flu and swine flu," University of Liverpool professor Matthew Baylis told BBC News. "We escaped five bullets, but the sixth caught us. And this is not the last pandemic we are going to face. So we need to look more closely at diseases in wild animals." And to finish, nothing better than remembering Fernando Pessoa. ” “I know that for some time I will keep oscillating between reason and desire. Some decisions are made with a restless heart and the thought taken by many things that have happened and happen, all mixed up. I also know that time will be my friend for these things in life. With courage I follow, at that speed that I do not fear, not even to dare to be happy. ”