It's fascinating to see the vast outpouring of obituaries, profiles, 'life and times' accounts, photographs, funeral preparations and personal reflections, all responding to the death of Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, late King of Tonga.
Internet reportage has transformed the way global events are covered. Forty one years ago, when Queen Salote died, the only media were the conventional press, radio, print media and national television services. Now the minutiae are spread via the internet, satellite television and radio, print media and their internet outlets.
I particularly like the Fiji Times reports, which give response to the present events, and reproduce their reports of the late King's Coronation in 1967.
Images of people's mourning is posted almost as it occurs, and one can only expect a further deluge of postings as the funeral approaches. For those of us who cannot get back to Tonga to be there, this is as good as it gets, and in some respects, the coverage is very, very good.
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