For Rukshan Fernando, something simply didn’t add up—it didn’t make sense. News outlets portrayed the “government as doing great, the police are doing great, and that everything was great” in Victoria’s handling of the pandemic. But at the same time, protesters were portrayed as fringe elements of society, “extremists” and “anti-vaxxers.” “It didn’t gel with what I was feeling, as an individual,” Fernando told The Epoch Times. “It didn’t gel with what friends and family around me were saying about their experiences during the time, and it certainly didn’t match some of the video footage that we were seeing captured on mobile phones.” “I think that’s what really propelled me to take that step and to go out there—rather than just commentating on things—and actually go and film what’s happening on the ground.” The full-time wedding photographer’s approach was simple. Attend major events in Melbourne, set up a live feed …
Bringing Balance to Australia’s COVID-19 Story: The ‘Real Rukshan’ on Lockdown Protests
December 4, 2021
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