Saturday, June 16, 2012

Media in Japan also censor anti-nuclear protest before their eyes

Protester: Why don't you instead report on this protest, as it is happening?
Asahi TV Journalist: I cannot write about it, I am just a reporter.

They continued then reporting on the invisible meeting to reopen he Ooi Nuclear Power Plant while the obvious demonstration numbering 11,000 was ignored.


Source: Ex-SKF (link 1, link 2)

Opinion polls show that 70% of Japanese citizens oppose this reopening ·> Energy News.

Update: videos of the protests available at Ex-SKF or at this Japanese language blog.

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