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2005-03-22 China-Japan-Koreas

Japanese News: The Least Independent and Trustworthy Media in the Democratic World?

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Posted by phil_b 2005-03-22 6:16:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It is an interesting cultural aspect that mainstream Hollywood movies focus on the Evil American Government[tm] for its foil, which in the popular Japanese theme of anime the foil is the Evil MegaConglomerate Industrialists[tm] who are the source of all evil. The government is usually portray as limpwristed and incompetent. Considering how effectively the Japanese government has handled the flat economy in the past decade, I suspect there is more than a touch of stereotypical truth to the Japanese view.

Posted by Thans Anginetch3773 2005-03-22 8:47:14 AM|| 2005-03-22 8:47:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Acksherly, Hollywood types resort to the Evil MegaCorp pretty frequently. Look at the piece of excrement released last year with the title "Manchurian Candidate" -- the original featured Communist Chinese brainwashing POWs; the new one featured an American corporation doing the brainwashing.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-03-22 9:45:44 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-03-22 9:45:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, some parts of the Japanese press are highly uncontrolled. If you don't mind some intellectually, if not graphically, NSFW, then have a look at: http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/

Eek. List of articles off to the left. N.B.: they not only xlate well to English, but they manage London tabloid or better quality alliteration. "Mighty Merciless Maidens Munch Manly Meat".

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-03-22 11:02:54 AM|| 2005-03-22 11:02:54 AM|| Front Page Top

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