The NEJM authors and others who propagate myths about the minimal casualties from Chernobyl and other accidents feed into a mindset that is leading to disastrous policy decisions. The only way to correct course is to identify the myths and the mythmakers.
The comparative research focused on the newspaper coverage of protest events in the city of Chennai. Four English-language dailies were studied – the Times of India, The Hindu, The New Indian Express and Deccan Chronicle, across a period of eight weeks.
Says Abe: “The government’s whole strategy for bringing the plant under control will have to be revised. The evacuees will never be able to return. They can’t clean up the radiation. Will the media report this? I’m waiting for that.”
As they say “War is too important to be left to the Generals”, the decision on Nuclear Power is too critical from the perspective of the overall welfare of our communities to be decided by a handful of people in the nuclear establishment.
Large sectors of the Japanese population are accumulating significant levels of internal contamination by Paul Zimmerman (on Global Research) Fukushima’s nuclear disaster is a nightmare. Ghostly releases of radioactivity haunt the Japanese countryside. Lives, once safe, are now beset by an ineffable scourge promising vile illness and death. Large [...]
By STEVE BREYMAN The German Parliament voted last week to phase-out nuclear power by 2022. Thus far lacking a legislative commitment, Prime Minister Naoto Kan says even resource-poor Japan should wean itself from nuclear power. Seventy percent of Japanese parliamentarians agree with him. What is it about World [...]
By Ray Masalas. July 9th, 2011 Ray Masalas on Fukushima media cover-up in the West and what actually it might cost us Have you ever accidentally stepped into a bear-trap, while walking in the woods? I am an Artist, my wife and I live in small town, Ontario, Canada. On [...]
Research via nexis.com service provides insight into coverage trends and the impact of US media on significant news events NEW YORK, Jul 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Analysis of U.S.-based media coverage of major 2011 news events using the nexis.com(R) news and business information service from LexisNexis(R) provides insight [...]
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