2. Interview authoritative people and release authoritative information on epidemic prevention and control. After the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic, the spread of all kinds of information, especially the spread of new media space on the Internet, is very active, which makes people contact with a lot of information every day, resulting in the phenomenon of information overload.
3. Professional teams perform their duties and missions in news propaganda. In the highly developed communication environment of online social media, the mainstream media put forward stricter requirements for the authenticity, accuracy and security of information in this public opinion campaign against the COVID-19 epidemic. In this critical period, the news media is the main body of communication and responsibility of emergency reports, and undertakes important missions such as information communication, reassuring people, supervising the government and mobilizing society. The domestic mainstream media, represented by the Central Radio and Television General Station (hereinafter referred to as the General Station), fully responded to the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, fought in the front line of fighting the epidemic, took the initiative to undertake the anti-epidemic mission of the mainstream media, released authoritative information in time, accurately reported the epidemic, responded to social concerns, grasped the timeliness and actively guided public opinion, which created a good public opinion atmosphere for rallying people's hearts and enhancing their confidence in fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. This paper focuses on the specific measures taken by the Central Station in the process of fighting the COVID-19 epidemic.