CSV converted Journalist Wall of Shame

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1,3/19/2011 22:12:38,Donegal Daily,13-03-2011,http://www.donegaldaily.com/,"Complete confusion between the cities of Tokyo and Sendai, although I'm not sure if the guy interviewed wasn't stretching the truth. The inference that the army were preventing people from entering Tokyo was completely false. A colleague of mine returned safely on Saturday morning via Shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo.",5,http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/03/13/donegal-earthquake-volunteer-refused-entry-to-tokyo-but-battles-on-to-help/
2,3/19/2011 22:44:14,"Unknown headline writer, ABC News",19-03-2011,abcnews.com,"The headline blares ""RADIATION IN FOOD SUPPLY"".  Research the story and you discover that A.)the radiation detected was at a slightly elevated level, but not a particularly dangerous one - drinking a year's worth of the milk in question would be the equivalent of a person getting a CAT scan, and B.)the radiation was found only in milk and spinach taken from farms very close to the nuclear plant, which in no way whatsoever equate to the ""food supply"".",8,http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=13170795
3,3/19/2011 22:46:44,Madison Park,18-03-2011,CNN,Subjective comparison between the tsunami and Fukushima issues with Hiroshima. Very late mention that America dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.Implication that the current crisis is aas serious as Hiroshima.,7,http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/bomb.survivors/index.html?hpt=C1
4,3/19/2011 23:01:53,Rebekah Cavanagh,18-3-2011,Sky News Online,Using hitherto unheard of nicknames such as Samurai Warriors and Nuclear Ninjas which seem a tad racially biased. The mention of suicide missions even though most other articles on the subject are about how a lot of manpower is needed because the workers can only work for so long until they've been exposed to the yearly limit. Comparisons to Chernobyl.,10,http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Fukushima-Nuclear-Plant-Workers-Are-Heroes-After-Risking-Own-Lives-To-Avert-Meltdown-In-Japan/Article/201103315954904?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15954904_Fukushima_Nuclear_Plant_Workers_Are_Heroes_After_Risking_Own_Lives_To_Avert_Meltdown_In_Japan_
5,3/19/2011 23:28:53,Daily Telegraph Sydney,20-03-2011,"Daily Telegraph, Sydney, Australia","Drumming up fear of radioactivity in Tokyo's water supply but adding""the levels were far below Japan's legal limit, added the official, who did not want to be named""Even now, March 20, they are still saying.""Japan's meteorological agency measured the quake at a magnitude of 6.1."", aren't they keeping up to date?After that, ""Britain, France and other countries advised their citizens to leave Tokyo, causing many foreigners to flee the capital amid fears that a larger radiation leak might reach the sprawling city""",7,http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/radioactive-iodine-found-in-tokyos-water-supply/story-e6frev00-1226024741701
6,3/20/2011 0:00:57,Rosie DiManno,17-03-2011,The Toronto Star,"Not content with the previous day's report listed above, Ms. DiManno went at it again to do some fearmongering. I'm being generous in giving it a 7 instead of a 9 I think. [You were. I have read the piece, sent a complaint to the Toronto Star, and upgraded the severity to a 9. --@stagerabbit (wiki_rabbit)]Some samples of her article;""But the rest of the prefecture, or state, in North Eastern Japan has been plunged into winter again – if not nuclear winter, not yet...""""Attacking with water cannons from the ground was step two of an earlier phase, when a couple CH-47 helicopters were dispatched to drop water from above, before they also were yanked back beyond radioactive reach – assuming there is such a thing as protective distance.""""Perhaps the real lesson here is that the nuclear reactors should never have been built on an island geographically vulnerable to earthquakes. It’s been noted that the Fukushima reactors were tested to a magnitude of 7.9 and found sturdy. How unreasonable of Mother Nature to knock off a 9.0 earthquake instead.""How unreasonable of her to not mention it survived the 9.0 quake quite well, shut down automatically like it was designed to but the tsunami flooding caused the cooling failures and the problems resulting from that.However she saved the best for last;""“These survivors were already wet and chilly when they arrived at the shelters,” a government spokesman observed.He made it sound like it was almost their fault for dying.""Horrible reporting possibly slanted to promote an anti-nuclear viewpoint, pessimistic predictions of the success of methods to solve the plant's various problems and general disdain and disbelief for various government and company spokespeople.An excellent example of reporting that causes family and friends living back in North America to fear for the safety of people living here.",9,http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/955721--dimanno-no-rest-for-japan-quake-victims
7,3/20/2011 0:18:19,Fuji TV reporters,11/3/2011,Fuji TV emergency news,"During the press conference of Prime Minister on live, the shame things which reporters (male and female) spoke was telecasted.(Reporters are not aware that the switch of their mike is on. Rumor has it that female reporter is  a newscaster of FUJI TV, Japan))MAN: Gimme a break, his topic is about that nuke plant as alwaus, I guess.WOMAN: I say we don' get any information to report here.WOMAN: He's really a scum.MAN: Not a scum, but ...WOMAN: Really a scum. (chuckle)WOMAN: Funny-ha-ha. I'm laughin' (chuckle)MAN: Damn! (He notices the switch is not off)WOMAN: What're you talkin' about?",10,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAbFxUQsGaQ
8,3/20/2011 0:50:22,Paul Melia,19-03-2011,Irish Independent,"Scaremongering based on impossible scenario. This article has a perfectly scaremongering headline ""Explosion could send contamination to Ireland"", and he claims that if the nuclear power plant in Fukushima explodes, Ireland could be hit with radiation ""despite Japan being almost 10,000km away."" He is also guilty of citing a comment from Pat Clarke of Met Eireann, on a near-impossible scenario of ""an explosion of up to 30,000 feet"". At the end of the article he states that it was only last year that the UK Food Standard Agency declared that the Scottish sheep industry was free of radio active from Chernobyl. Considering the scale of the incident and the distance from the affected area, this attempted comparison is simply absurd. ",9,http://www.independent.ie/world-news/explosion-could-send-contamination-to-ireland-2585713.html
9,3/20/2011 1:12:02,Greg Robb,19-03-2011,http://www.marketwatch.com,"The publication is alleging that Japans food supply, namely Spinach and milk, is tainted with radiation.The intent of this would be to create panic amongst Japanese, to increase sales of imported foodstuffs and to worry people with relatives in Japan.",6,http://www.marketwatch.com/story/high-radiation-found-in-japan-spinach-milk-2011-03-19
10,3/20/2011 1:44:46,(Source: Independent.ie),20-03-2011,http://www.philippinetimes.com/,"Article copied from Irish independant, falsely claiming that radiation could reach Ireland.",9,http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/43920163/
11,3/20/2011 2:00:55,not mentioned,not shown (posted March 20th),Sueddeutsche,"The Headline of the page says ""Chaotic and incompetent"" (chaotic and incompetent).The interview is recorded with skype and looks just like a chat between friends, very unprofessional to be posted somwehere ina newspaper. The German girl is asking a Japanese girl (both around 20-25?) questions like ""How is your economy at the moment?"" and I just believe the JP girl is not the right one to address and might not know an exact answer. Furthermore the Japanese girl shows her stock of food and is telling the information from the government is confusing - the reaction of the German girl is a nod with a smile which could be read like ""Yeah, WE know about that very well"" (just my interpretation maybe). All in all it would be good enough for a highschool paper but not for a major German newspaper. ",7,http://www.sueddeutsche.de/video/10996.html
12,3/20/2011 3:28:34,Kurt Nimmo,11/3/2011,http://www.infowars.com,"Comparing Fukushima to Chernobyl;Fear-Mongering Headline ""Japanese Nuclear Meltdown Would Be Hundreds of Times Worse Than Chernobyl"" with no supporting evidence;Grotesque factual errors: ""The 480-megawatt Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is a hundred times more powerful than the ill-fated reactor at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine.""  In fact Chernobyl reactors were 1000 MWe while Reactor 1 at FukuShima Daiichi is 480 MWe, less than half Chernobyl's power.",10,http://www.infowars.com/japanese-nuclear-meltdown-would-be-hundreds-of-times-worse-than-chernobyl/
13,3/20/2011 3:48:40,Mike Adams,18-03-2011,naturalnews.com,"Conspiracy theory: Headline - ""Mainstream media halts accurate reporting on Japan's worsening nuclear catastrophe; disinfo campaign now underway.""Grotesque factual errors: ""the really dangerous plutonium MOX fuel is stored. It's 2,000,000 times more toxic than enriched uranium""  In reality ALL used or spent nuclear fuel has plutonium (see ""A Summary on Plutonium in Nuclear Fuel"" from MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering blog, http://mitnse.com/2011/03/17/a-summary-on-plutonium-in-nuclear-fuel/Grotesque factual errors and potential libel: ""General Electric, which manufactured the reactors in the Fukushima power plant, experienced huge stock losses over the last few days. ""  GE closed Friday at $19.25, up $0.03, 52-week high $21.65, 52 week low $13.75, down about $1 since quake on 3/11, (stock rose on 3/11)",10,http://www.naturalnews.com/031748_mainstream_media_nuclear_catastrophe.html
14,3/20/2011 3:59:59,Yoko Nishikawa,19-03-2011,Reuters,"The article reports a very minute amount of radioactive iodine in Tokyo water. The detected quantity represents 0.5% of the allowable limit. Despite the obvious contribution to shameful sensationalism, the journalist failed to outline the nature of water supply systems and the fact that there is a considerable time lag between collection and distribution: the quake was 8 days ago ... how long does it take water from the catchment to get (1) into storage, (2) through processing, (3) to monitoring, and (4) to households. ",6,http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/19/us-japan-water-idUSTRE72I29J20110319
15,3/20/2011 4:00:32,"NORIHIKO SHIROUZU, PHRED DVORAK, YUKA HAYASHI and ANDREW MORSE",19-03-2011,Wall Street Journal,"Credulous reporting of the opinion of one low-level government bureaucrat as fact, no effort to check story, quoting anonymous ""government officials""""Tepco ""hesitated because it tried to protect its assets,"" said Akira Omoto, a former Tepco executive and a member of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission.""  No confirmation that Omoto was included in the decision process and has a basis for this conjecture.""""This disaster is 60% man-made,"" said one government official. ""  No attribution, no reason given for granting anonymity, no acknowledgment of the unprecedented energy of the earthquake and its effects on both reactors and Japanese infrastructure.",5,http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704608504576207912642629904.html
16,3/20/2011 4:05:56,Chisa Fujioka and Elaine Lies,11/3/2011,The West Australian,"Absolutely ridiculous body count (5 or 6, depending on whether you read just the headline -5, or the second paragraph - 6).  Why make a claim about 'at least x' dead if you HAVE NO CLUE?  This is only a few hours after the quake, which they describe as follows:""The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings on fire.""Do you think such a huge event is going to wipe out more that 5 people?  So why put it in the headline?  Ridiculous and insulting.",7,http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8996832/huge-tsunami-slams-japan-after-8-9-quake-at-least-5-dead/
17,3/20/2011 4:57:33,Lauren Frayer,18-03-2011,AolNews,"Constant comparisons to Chernobyl, stating Fukushima is to be buried in sand and concrete as an immediate reality, commenters also driving the hysteria to a level 10 in offense.",9,http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/18/if-cooling-fails-japan-may-bury-fukushima-nuclear-plant/
18,3/20/2011 5:11:22,Unknown,19-3-2011,Spiegel online,"The Headline of the Newsticker tells: ""In Lebensmitteln aus Fukushima wurde erhöhte Radioaktivität nachgewiesen, auch das Trinkwasser ist verseucht.""It's just a little piece on a site that so far done well. It means that Food from Fukushima is found radioactive and Water contaminated too. The german word ""verseucht"" is a strong word, that has no differenciation. The fact is, that the radiation found in the water is minimum. Much less the value for baby-food in Germany.",2,"http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,751914,00.html#ref=top"
19,3/20/2011 7:09:30,Steve Mirsky,17/03/2011,Scientific American,"""Radioactive waste dump for years to come."" and ""This is going to be like Chernobyl."" Scientific American joins the ranks of popular journalism. Added offence severity points for retaining the word 'scientific' in their name.",7,http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=fukushima-will-be-wasteland-11-03-17
20,3/20/2011 7:35:43,Fox News Neil Cavuto,3/14/2011,Fox News' Your World With Neil Cavuto,failed to do basic fact checking and showed a map with two nuclear reactors located in Tokyo which don't exist,5,http://mediamatters.org/blog/201103140036?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d84088d20552601%2C0
21,3/20/2011 8:00:00,no byline given,April 1 edition,Shukan Post,"Fear-mongering, slander, gross exaggeration, unsited sources: Headline: Naoto Kan issues threat to nuclear plant staff: ""die from exposure"" 7 days of a ruined nation.原発職員は「被曝して死ね」と恫喝した菅直人「亡国の７日間」",10,http://www.weeklypost.com/110401jp/index.html
22,3/20/2011 8:14:11,Kyodo news - no byline given,3/20/2011,Japan Today,"""Traces of radioactive iodine found in tap water in Tokyo, other areas""- headline may unnecessary cause fear and panic over something already deemed not a health risk. ",4,http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/traces-of-radioactive-iodine-found-in-tap-water-in-tokyo-other-areas
23,3/20/2011 8:28:41,Channel 4 (UK),17-03-2011,Channel 4 (web with video),"Incorrect description on the explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant -- it gives an impression that the reactor itself exploded. By publishing a photo of anti-nuclear power plant demonstrators in a different country (presumably in Philippines?), this page mixes report on the accident at Fukushima and the anti-nuclear power plant activity which is not related to this news.  ",4,http://www.channel4.com/news/japanese-nuclear-crisis-an-issue-of-trust
24,3/20/2011 9:26:30,Ann Coulter,18-03-2011,FOX NEW O'Reilly Factor,"nn Coulter appeared on Thursday's ""O'Reilly Factor"" to advance an argument that she made in a column this week: that radiation is ""good for you.""There has been a high degree of concern about the levels of radiation being released into the environment due to the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. But, in a column called ""A Glowing Report On Radiation,"" Coulter said that many scientists have been studying the effects of radiation and have found that, as she put it,"" at some level--much higher than the minimums set by the U.S. government--radiation is good for you,"" and actually reduced the risk of cancer.She repeated this assertion to a skeptical Bill O'Reilly, who told her that, even if there was scientific discussion going on about the effects of radiation, it was the media's job to be ""responsible"" and ""err on the side of caution"" about radiation. ""You have to report the worst-case scenario,"" he said, adding that there is a clear scientific consensus that ""some radiation will kill you.""Coulter said she disagreed, and said that the scientific consensus has changed, but that the media are not reporting it.""So by your account we should all be heading towards the nuclear reactor,"" O'Reilly said.",10,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/18/ann-coulter-radiation-is-_n_837512.html
25,3/20/2011 11:07:35,Bill O'Reil & FOX news,13-3-2011,almost all FOX broadcasting,"Fox has been using the word ""nuke"" instead of nuclear.  They constantly called the nuclear facilities ""nuke plants"" which gives a much worse connotation.  If you google: fox Japan nuke, you can find tons of stuff.  It was their standard practice to use the word nuke instead of nuclearAlso, when it was being reported about the possible meltdown, FOX kept using the word ""likely""  -Nuke Plants Likely to Meltdown.",7,http://video.foxnews.com/v/4584319/meltdown-likely-underway-in-three-japanese-reactors-/http://www.foxnewsinsider.com/2011/03/12/rpt-japan-evacuating-170000-people-from-near-nuke-plant/
26,3/20/2011 11:56:52,Verena Wolff,18-03-2011,Sueddeutsche Zeitung (online),"The article is implying that the Japanese protection suits are mere paper and that they are hence not strong enough to protect them from the ""Hiroshima dosis"" as it is mentioned in the article. The reason why the author is suggesting this is that German makers are world-leading (according to the author) and Japanese nuclear plants do not purchase their suits from German companies.The article is implying Japanese rescue workers are stupid, wearing suits that are too thin.Another of these totally arrogant German articles showing that the Germans know sooo much better about everything regarding Fukushima - and actually seem not to care about the thousands that have died already or who are homeless. So embarassing to be German these days.",8,http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/japan-schutzanzuege-fuer-akw-arbeiter-das-ist-wie-ein-mal-hiroshima-1.1073691
27,3/20/2011 13:35:00,Marnie Hunter,17-03-2011,CNN,"A seemingly accurate report of a normal incident that occurs hundreds of thousands of times a year: low-level radiation detected on plane a plane due to medical isotopes being transported in the cargo hold. It's not news-worthy. There was no reason for this article to have been written at all, other than that it allowed them to stick on a scary-sounding headline.",9,http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-17/travel/japan.flights.radiation_1_radiation-cargo-cbp?_s=PM:TRAVEL
28,3/20/2011 13:38:42,Ryan Parry,19-03-2011,Mirror (UK),Gross use of spin words and obvious lack of scientific background knowledge in what seems like a rapidly assembled and unverified meta-synthesis of many current and less current stories around the events in Japan.,7,http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/03/19/japan-raises-nuclear-threat-level-as-radiation-cloud-heads-for-britain-115875-22999795/
29,3/20/2011 16:14:30,Rowan Callick,18-03-2011,The Australian,An odd mix of over the top scaremongering with some comments about Japan corporate culture that borders on being racist. Even manages to make a comparison between Japanese companies and Japan's Imperial Army during WW2.,8,http://www.theaustralian.com.au/japan-inc-exposed-by-nuclear-fallout/story-fn84naht-1226023577389
30,3/20/2011 17:46:38, KEN BELSON and HIROKO TABUCHI,19-03-2011,New York Times,"Article with alarmist headline (""Japan Finds Tainted Food Up to 90 Miles From Nuclear Sites""). Later in the article it mentions that the ""level of radioactivity found in the spinach would, if consumed for a year, equal the radiation received in a single CAT scan ... while that detected in milk would amount to just a fraction of a CAT scan."" Clearly nothing to worry about.",9,http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/asia/20japan.html
31,3/20/2011 18:05:04,not mentioned,28-3-2011,AERA,"The articles are not public yet (The magazine starts selling next Monday). The advertisement and the front page picture imply, ""we need to get ready for coming radioactivity"",""Tokyo will be dangerous"", ''TEPCO lost control over its organization''and  ''Japanese economy will be devastated"" It seems  they intentionally spread fears and cash in on the current situation. ",10,http://publications.asahi.com/aera/nakazuri/image/20110328.jpg?PHPSESSID=3e95sief67o5p17fn249mugp81http://publications.asahi.com/ecs/detail/?item_id=12467
32,3/20/2011 18:47:51,Leila Fujimori,17-03-2011,Honolulu Star-Advertiser,"I wonder just what part of Japan the reporter was actually writing about.  The fears of the mother and daughter were heart-wrenching but I don't know about the location.  I am not sure if the reporter got the name of the place wrong but Nagano has not been affected by blackouts, kids were going about their school activities, people were going to work...life was going on as usual.  I saw four cars waiting for gas one day but there weren't the long lines suggested by the article.  Yes, it snowed a few nights but turning on the heat took care of that.  Contrast this article with the wonderful article out of Canada about a sledge hockey team in Nagano at the time of the quake http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/traildailytimes/sports/118202624.htmlYet another instance of taking an interview subject's words as fact; somewhat uninformed and bordering on racist generalization about the Japanese; assertion that the Japanese are ""playing down"" the severity of the reactor problems and concentrating on (god forbid) the quake a tsunami.",7,http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/118224939.html
33,3/20/2011 18:58:28,Ben Doherty,18/03/2011,Sydney Morning Herald,"Gathers the opinions of people at Narita airport, fleeing in a panic, and let's their claims about the state of the city of Tokyo stand as fact. One woman from New Zealand had given away all the clothes she couldn't carry. A Japanese woman claims ''You can't use transport, people are hoarding so there's nothing on supermarket shelves, and the power keeps going off four hours at a time. Japan is chaos now.''Says of one person at the airport, ""Having endured the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake..."" with no clarification that Tokyo was very far from the epicenter and thus not greatly affected.Direct quote: ""Outside the airport, Tokyo is a city barely functioning. The famously efficient public transport system is severely disrupted. Power is unavailable for hours at a time. Supermarket shelves are empty, and petrol is almost completely unavailable."" All gross overstatements.",8,http://www.smh.com.au/environment/rush-hour-approaches-crush-hour-in-a-city-where-the-only-way-is-out-20110317-1bz4i.html
34,3/20/2011 20:22:08,Susie Boniface ,20-03  2011,Sunday Mirror ,"everything they have written are not based on the facts, they said, experts!what kind of experts do  they have!?  some radioactive substances are found especially on spinach. but, it`s still a bit higher  than Japan`s standard  level.  that level of radioactive substances are found everywhere! they need to take a responsibility for these comments. one expert says fukushima plant accident is going to be worse than the Chernobyl power plant.  i can`t believed that these are written by a professional journalist and nuke experts.  everything they have written are based on a malicious speculations and ignorance. ",9,http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/03/20/food-and-water-poisoned-by-japanese-nuclear-leak-as-expert-warns-more-could-die-than-in-chernobyl-115875-23001856/
35,3/20/2011 20:53:18,Chris Jansing,17-03-2011,MSNBC,"Hyperbole and selective reasoning for fear mongering purposes.  Note the catch phrase:  Like a Squirt Gun against a RAGING Forest Fire!""  ""Scientist"" is peddling his book.  He should lose his tenure at CUNY for fomenting fear and lacking academic decorum.  ",9,http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42130567#42130567
36,3/20/2011 21:31:31,not signed,11/3/2011,http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_marzo_15/nuove-esplosioni-fukushima-fascia-sicurezza_00294cf4-4ece-11e0-9fbe-81b04f5e425c.shtml,"The journalist states in the article that spent nuclear fuel stored in reactor number 4 may be in EBOLLITION. Infatti potrebbe essere addirittura in ebollizione il combustibile nucleare esaurito custodito nel bacino di stoccaggio presente all'interno del reattore numero quattrothis is clearly wrong, out of any possible scenario. evidently the article was not reviewd by any person with a minimal knowledge of physics.Moreover the article was written on 11 March. Back then it was not sure we had a partial meltdown. The paper evidently wants to stimulate the wave of public emotions and surf it.",8,""
37,3/20/2011 21:50:28,Henry Flores,"March 12,2011",La Prensa Grafica de El Salvador,He is referring to the nuclear accident with a picture of liquid gas container center that was in flames right after the earthquake. He wants to make it look so bad that he came up with a great idea to have some round containers in fire seem as nuclear reactors in trouble.  ,9,http://especiales.laprensagrafica.com/2011/terremotojapon/?p=214
38,3/20/2011 21:53:56,GIAMPAOLO VISETTI,20-03-2011,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/,"Fear monger.Sentences like: ""Today is a capital city in agony.""""The population of the metropolitan area, over 35 million people, notes that the life of one of the most important capitals of the world has already changed beyond recognition. The question is not when most will return to Tokyo to everyday business and lost, but if it will be possible. The collapse of the traffic and crowds on the street is impressive."""" Syndrome contaminated food left deserted restaurants and tenth who had devoted so far to hoard food. In Ginza, the shopping street, some street vendors are auctioned iodine tablets on the sidewalk, at exorbitant prices, as if they were drug dealers. To steal a single genre: the newspapers that information on the timing of the blackout. """"The packaged foods, as long as products until 11 March, are found and their price has gone up seven times""""Between Friday and Monday to escape from multinational companies, embassies, banks and administrative centers of industry, has caused panic among those who have no safe place to hide.""""The agony of Tokyo and the specter of a nuclear explosion, the sum is submerged by the tsunami catastrophe in the prefectures. The capital is under siege by thousands of eco-evacuated and tens of thousands of homeless people fled from cold, hunger and terror.""",9,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/
39,3/20/2011 22:10:57,headline,12/3/2011,Gold Coast Bulletin,"Headline of ""3/11 Nature's Terror Attack on Japan"". Fear mongering and insensitive reporting for a cheap thrill headline comparing the earthquake and tsunami in Japan to a terrorist attack and 9/11.",9,http://www.timog.com/sites/default/files/nihonzaru/gold-coast-bulletin.jpg
40,3/20/2011 22:12:08,GIAMPAOLO VISETTI,20-03-2011,La Repubblica.it,"TOKYO - Per otto giorni Tokyo è stata una metropoli spaventata ma in attesa di buone notizie. Oggi è una capitale in agonia. Si presenta come prossima al collasso e prevede il peggio. In poche ore la residua fiducia ha ceduto allo sconforto. L'esodo lento dei giorni scorsi ha assunto la dimensione della fuga. Oltre quattro milioni di abitanti hanno lasciato la città in treno, o ammassati in auto. Colletti bianchi, stranieri e famiglie con bambini cercano di raggiungere le località a sud del Kansai, per mettersi al riparo dal pericolo della nube atomica. Nella periferia nord di Tokyo arriva invece l'onda dei disperati che scappano da Fukushima e dalle città distrutte dallo tsunami. A far precipitare la situazione, l'innalzamento del livello di rischio nei reattori, nuove scosse di terremoto e la convinzione che il governo minimizzi una crisi fuori controllo. È scattato però anche il primo vero allarme-contaminazione. Il governo ha ammesso che tracce di iodio radioattivo sono state rinvenute nell'acqua potabile di Tokyo e delle aree vicine. Livelli anomali, ufficialmente sotto i limiti di legge e non immediatamente pericolosi per la salute, ma l'impatto pubblico della notizia è stato tremendo. Radioattivi anche il latte proveniente da Fukishima e alcune partite di spinaci prodotti nella prefettura di Ibaraki. Già in commercio, non si sa dove siano finiti. La popolazione dell'area metropolitana, oltre 35 milioni di individui, prende atto che la vita di una delle capitali più importanti del mondo è già irriconoscibile. La domanda non è più quando Tokyo tornerà al business e alla quotidianità smarrita, ma se ciò risulterà possibile. Il crollo del traffico e della folla per strada è impressionante.Pochi passanti, protetti da cappelli, ombrelli e mascherine, ignorano i centri commerciali del centro, in gran parte chiusi. La sindrome da alimenti contaminati lascia deserti i ristoranti e decima chi finora si era dedicato all'accaparramento di viveri. A Ginza, la via dello shopping, alcuni ambulanti mettono all'asta compresse di iodio sul marciapiede, a prezzi esorbitanti, come fossero spacciatori. A ruba un unico genere: i giornali che informano sugli orari dei black-out. Da tre giorni l'immondizia si accumula per le strade. I camion sono privi di benzina e gli inceneritori non possono sprecare elettricità. Solo il tempio di Senso-Ji, ad Asakusa, è affollato più del solito. La gente si raduna a pregare e a bruciare incenso. I cibi confezionati, purché prodotti prima dell'11 marzo, sono introvabili e il loro prezzo è salito di sette volte. Invenduti i generi freschi. Migliaia di taxi sostano in attesa di clienti già lontani, mentre le stazioni dei treni scoppiano di viaggiatori carichi di scatole e valigie. Molti distributori di carburante sono chiusi e quelli aperti non vendono più di dieci litri di benzina a testa, da portarsi via in una tanica. Il mercato immobiliare è impazzito. In una settimana il valore delle case a Tokyo è sceso del 30%, del 70% nella prefettura di Fukushima. A Osaka, Kyoto e Kobe è salito del 40%.Grattacieli con migliaia di uffici si svuotano nella capitale, mentre affittare lontano può superare i listini di Hong Kong. Tra venerdì e ieri la fuga di multinazionali, ambasciate, banche e centri amministrativi delle industrie, ha seminato il panico tra chi non ha un luogo sicuro dove rifugiarsi. Nel distretto finanziario migliaia di impiegati stanno sgomberando armadi e scrivanie, restituendo un'immagine da crack in Borsa. La capitale trasloca a Kyoto, come un tempo, oppure a portata dell'aeroporto internazionale di Osaka. A Tokyo i grandi alberghi chiudono, a sud è impossibile trovare una camera per settimane. La rabbia contro il governo è sempre meno trattenuta. ""Devono dire in anticipo cosa può succedere - dice Reiko Fukushima, direttore di un'importante catena di negozi - non confessare quanto è già avvenuto. Se la nube atomica investe Tokyo non possono pretendere che smettiamo di respirare"". Il premier Naoto Kan ha invitato invano l'opposizione di centrodestra a formare un direttorio di unità nazionale, per affrontare uniti l'emergenza più grave dalla fine della seconda guerra mondiale. All'agonia di Tokyo e allo spettro di un'esplosione nucleare, si somma l'ecatombe nelle prefetture sommerse dallo tsunami. La capitale è presa d'assalto da migliaia di eco-evacuati e da decine di migliaia di senza tetto fuggiti da gelo, fame e terrore. Volontari distribuiscono pasti, acqua e coperte. La folla dei disperati ha però bisogno di medicine, toilette, letti, di lavarsi e cambiare vestiti fradici. L'intero villaggio di Futunaba, vicino a Fukushima, ieri è stato trasferito a Saitanama, poco a nord di Tokyo, causando la sollevazione dei residenti. Secondo i medici l'emergenza igienico-sanitaria, con 800 mila persone costrette per ragioni diverse ad abbandonare case e ospedali, è prossima ad esplodere non solo nelle zone disastrate. Tragico il problema dello smaltimento delle vittime dello tsunami, fra 25 e 40 mila. I forni crematori non hanno energia e le bare finiscono in fosse comuni. In Giappone l'inumazione è una traumatica novità: l'ultima violenza di un incubo che sembra lontano dalla fine.",9,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/
41,3/20/2011 22:12:35,no name,16-3-2011,http://www.corriere.it/cronache/11_marzo_16/celentano_trappola_radiattiva_e30fc2d6-4fb0-11e0-acff-d18cea4068c4.shtml,"This is one of the national papers in Italy. In Italy there will be a referendum on nuclear power in a few months. In Italy, anti-nuclearists are gaining support after Fukushima., This is not bad in itself, apart form the very populist and poorly scientific arguments moved in favour of the anti-nuclearist community.For example, the paper publishes a letter against nuclear power. the letter was written by a very eminent 'expert': a comedian.His arguments are impressively populistic, eg nature is punishing us with tsunamis after nuclear experiments in the pacific, or half of the surface of the planet is already filled with nuclear waste...",9,""
42,3/20/2011 22:52:37,Giampaolo Visetti,20-03-2011,Repubblica,"Portrays Tokyo as ""a capital in agony"" (""una capitale in agonia""), which 4 million people are said to have left to escape the ""atomic cloud"" (""nube atomica""). Says that there is now a ""true contamination alarm"" (""vero allarme-contaminazione"") because the government ""has admitted"" (""ha ammesso"") that there are traces of radioactive iodine in water. While it does go on to say that the levels are under legal limits and harmless, it qualifies this statement with the word ""officially"" (""ufficialmente""). Throughout the article, the author appears to make skillful use of loaded words so as to imply more than it actually says. Details such as the fact that people wear masks (as they always do in Japan because of colds or pollen allergies) are used to suggest that people are scared of radiation. It says  that restaurants are empty because of the fear of ""contaminated foods"" (""alimenti contaminati""). Packed foods produced before 11 March are supposed to be sold at seven times the original price, the value of real estate in Tokyo is said to have fallen by 30%.  ""Anger against the goverment"" (""rabbia contro il governo"") is said to be rising. This last statement is supported by a quote from a single person, while other pieces of ""information"" are either unsourced or vaguely attributed. The whole article is basically a piece of apocalyptic fiction. ",9,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/
43,3/20/2011 23:00:58,GIAMPAOLO VISETTI,18-03- 2011,Repubblica,Fear mongering,9,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/18/news/esodo_biblico-13751501/?ref=HRER3-1
44,3/20/2011 23:25:26,Phillip Abresch,20-03-2011,ARD Tagesschau,"Abresch gives an overall considerate report, but thereby his final, totally wrong description appears even more a matter of fact that ""one week after the Tsunami still hundreds of thousands people have to camp outdoors, have to camp unprotected and are threatened to perish by cold or starvation.""",6,http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/japanerdbebenvideos104_page-2.html
45,3/20/2011 23:33:02,GIAMPAOLO VISETTI,20-03- 2011,Repubblica,Hysterical fear-mongering,9,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/?ref=HRER3-1
46,3/20/2011 23:40:36,Jon Snow,15 03 1941,CHANNEL 4 NEWS (7PM),The appalling sight of Snow towering over a small Japanese woman and reducing her to tears as he asked her to tell him about the family she had lost in the Tsunami.  He deserves a horse-whipping.,9,""
47,3/20/2011 23:42:57,Alain de Chalvron,19-03-2010,France2 TV - 20 heures http://jt.france2.fr/20h/,"In French, reporting from Osaka for the past week because not daring to go to Tokyo or affected areas : ""Japanese are reacting passively""; ""Tokyo looks like a capital at war""",9,http://jt.france2.fr/20h/
48,3/21/2011 0:11:58,Corriere della Sera,20-03-2011,website,"This newspaper continues from days to make front-page titles, so it seems that the dead of the earthquake/Tsunami are caused by nuclear",3,http://www.corriere.it/
49,3/21/2011 0:14:05,Corriere della Sera,20-03-2011,website,"This newspaper continues to make front-page titles, so it seems that the dead of the earthquake are caused by nuclear",3,http://www.corriere.it/index.shtml?refresh_ce
50,3/21/2011 0:25:51,Todd Pitman,20-03-2011,Associated Press,"Condescending , insensitive title. Implying that the Japanese fear some kind of Apocalyptic doom. Trying to paint Tokyo as though the place is empty because everyone has fled. And MOST terrible of all, visiting destroyed towns and consuming  food and fuel in those areas (even sleeping and eating at the shelters!) that are much more importantly needed by those who actually live there, only to turn around and write this negative piece of crap article to further his own miserable career.",10,http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110320/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_covering_catastrophe;_ylt=AvZ9etIhIg_6uwsj35hbO.zZa7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwZmU3NGRtBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzIwL2FzX2phcGFuX2NvdmVyaW5nX2NhdGFzdHJvcGhlBGNwb3MDNARwb3MDNARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrAzFzdHBlcnNvbnJpYw--
51,3/21/2011 0:34:52,Robert Hetkämper,still in the Internet,brisant ARD Germany,"Slander, lies, not one fact correct!Severity of Offence ""all""",9,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmwSpyX8n_Q&feature=channel_video_title
52,3/21/2011 1:40:04,not named,20-03-2011,Correire della Sera,"This is coming from a national newspaper from Italy.ALIMENTI RADIOATTIVI - Le autorità taiwanesi hanno annunciato oggi di aver rilevato la presenza di radioattività su fave importate dal Giappone, devastato nove giorni fa da un terremoto/tsunami che ha prodotto anche la più grave emergenza nucleare dai tempi di Chernobyl. Le radiazioni sono state rilevate su 14 kg di fave provenienti da Kagoshima, nel sud del Giappone, quindi a notevole distanza dalla centrale nucleare Fukushima-1, danneggiata dal sisma/tsunami dell'11 marzo. It basically says that authorities in Taiwan detected 'some' radioactivity in vegetables imported from Kagoshima. the town is in the south of Japan. Kagoshima is about 1000 miles south of Fukushima. We are talking of 1600km, here !!A bit of a stretch for the radioactive wind. Assuming the wind had constant speed, directed EXACTLY form Fukushima to Kagoshima, it must have traveled at an average speed of 130km to reach Kagoshima from Fukushima since Wednesday, when the most of the radiation was released.I guess these people don't even bother to think of what they write.... Never mind have a scientist review the article.",9,http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_marzo_20/giappone-centrale-disattivata_b845d07a-52dc-11e0-a725-dbe20f0ba2b5.shtml
53,3/21/2011 2:01:05,not signed,19-3-2011,Corriere della Sera,"Per contrastare la contaminazione degli alimenti, le autorità distribuiscono, da tre giorni, pillole o sciroppo di iodio stabilizzato agli abitanti evacuati per un raggio di circa 20 km dalla centrale disastrata. Lo iodio stabilizzato (non radioattivo) serve a prevenire il cancro della tiroide in caso di esposizione a radiottività. The journalist is saying that iodine tablets are given to the population because it is useful to prevent thyroid cancer, in case of exposure to radiation. From this phrase it looks like the iodine protects against radiations. This is wrong. Only use of iodine is to saturate the thyroid on order no decrease the quantity absorbed if exposed to radioactive iodine. It doe not offer any protection, rather than avoiding your body to absorb external iodine, potentially radioactive..Evidently the journalist knows very little science and doesn't think it is necessary to have the article reviewed by somebody who doesn't think science is an opinion.Italy, in the third millennium.",5,http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_marzo_19/fukushuima-energia-centrale_b4cbe6e8-51f9-11e0-a034-1db210fa1eaf.shtml?fr=correlati
54,3/21/2011 2:15:37,Corriere della Sera,15-3-2011,Corriere della Sera,"This national newspaper titles:Fukushima, exploded two more reactors.This is clearly misleading. It leads people to believe that another (this would be the third one) nuclear explosion happened. Obviously this is not what happened in reality: a nuclear reactor CANNOT explode.The explosion was just hydrogen gas and happened outside of the reactor core.The paper kept titles like :Desperate run from radiations (this was already on sunday, when it was still somehow debatable if a meltdown was happening)Nuclear apocalipseFuel in ebollition (this evidences lack of basic knowledge in physics)h",9,""
55,3/21/2011 3:25:37,unknwon,20-03-2011,http://www.metrofrance.com,"Title translated : ""radioactive cloud soon in France?""",9,http://www.metrofrance.com/info/direct-japon-le-nuage-radioactif-bientot-en-france/mkct!1bSD55Y4y4zCk/
56,3/21/2011 3:47:37,A.C. & A.L,20-03-2011,http://www.leparisien.fr,"Title: ""Japan: the radioactive cloud would reach France by Thursday""",9,http://www.leparisien.fr/tsunami-pacifique/en-direct-japon-le-nuage-radioactif-pourrait-atteindre-la-france-d-ici-a-jeudi-20-03-2011-1368083.php
57,3/21/2011 4:56:54,Janet Raloff,19-03-11,Science news.org,"Sensationalist headline (then disproven completely further into article). Hides the misquoted comment in the middle of a paragraph, full of infactualities, and just generally adds to the ridiculous Japacolypse reporting doing the rounds. Journos like this should not be paid by column inch as it encourages them to write this type of rubbish.",5,http://bit.ly/fFNV9f
58,3/21/2011 5:49:36,Andrew Gilligan,20-03-2011,Daily Telegraph,Scaremongering - irresponsible musings on the breakdown of Japanese society.,10,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8393056/Japan-earthquake-calm-after-the-storm.html#disqus_thread
59,3/21/2011 5:50:10,Giampaolo Visetti,20-03-2011,www.larepubblica.it,"According to this supposed jpurnalist Tokyo is an ""agonizing city"" where "" 4 millions people fled"" and trains are packed with people bringing few stuff with them. The value of the house market has already plunged by 30% (no source indicated for this) in the Tokyo area, 70% around Fukushima. On the other hand it has increased by 40% in Osaka (again, no source for the data). Streets are empty, shops closed, supermarkets have few things to sell. "" Skyscrapers with thousands of offices are empty"" . If you understand Italian, it's worth reading it as a perfect example of fear mongering reporting..",9,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/
60,3/21/2011 5:51:31,Andrew Gilligan,20-03-2011,Daily Telegraph,Scaremongering - irresponsible musings on the breakdown of Japanese society.,10,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8393056/Japan-earthquake-calm-after-the-storm.html#disqus_thread
61,3/21/2011 8:01:51,Brian Thomson,16-03-2011,SBS,"All of this report seems to be based on hearsay:""We hear that""  (where from?) ""That is what we understand is happening now"" (why?)""They have had to deploy these helicopter pilots regardless of the risk to their health""(How do you know that? Were any precautions take to protect the pilots?)""We understand a team has been up to the site and they were quite aghast at what they had seen"" (Why do you understand that?)",8,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6THrypSfaA
62,3/21/2011 8:33:33,GIAMPAOLO VISETTI,20-03-2011,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/,"Catastrofic article about a devastated Tokyo. In italian language. On Repubblica.it there are a lot of those articles. They always create sensationalism for nothing. I think they do this to raise the click rate on sponsors. The title is ""Tokyo capitale in agonia, non vivremo piu' qui"", meaning ""Tokyo, capital in agony, we won't live here anymore"". ",10,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/
63,3/21/2011 8:37:49,Repubblica.it,20-03-2011,Repubblica.it (major Italian newspaper),"Exaggerated, sensationalist terminology to describe the efforts to contain the problem at Fukushima. ""50 men fight to avoid atomic nightmare""",7,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/15/news/giappone_15_marzo_cresce_allarme-13650506/?rss
64,3/21/2011 8:50:07,Deutche Welle,16-03-2011,Deutche Welle TV,"Running headline ""Radiation Levels at Miyagi province 400 times normal level"". Perhaps the reference was to the readings that showed a radiation level spike that took place for a short time right outside the nuclear plant at Onegawa as a result of a controlled, planned release of of vapour. Headline would seem to suggest that the entire province has this reading and it's a continuous phenomenon. Deliberately misleading and shameless fear-mongering. German media have had a particular tendency to inaccurate reporting and sensationalism due to nuclear power having become a crucial election issue there in recent years.  ",10,""
65,3/21/2011 9:11:36,John Perlin,19-3-2011,Miller-McCune,"""At Chernobyl It Was All Under Control"". A history article attempting to obtain relevance in an utterly asinine way.",5,http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/at-chernobyl-it-was-all-under-control-29237/
66,3/21/2011 9:27:46,Tim Willcox,20-03-2011,BBC News,Tim Willcox insinuating Tokyoites wearing masks due to radiation fears when it is really due to the fact that it`s cedar pollen season which affects many people in Tokyo.,8,""
67,3/21/2011 9:49:52,Ben Doherty,19/03/2011,The Age,Sensationalist language and thin on whole truths,7,http://media.theage.com.au/national/selections/tokyo-residents-gripped-by-fear-and-uncertainty-2240916.html
68,3/21/2011 10:02:18,?,?,NHK,Mistaken identityUnderestimating casualties,5,""
69,3/21/2011 10:43:55,Rosie DiManno,20/03/2010,http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/957069--dimanno-no-escape-valve-for-so-much-grief,degrading the Japanese Culture,10,http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/957069--dimanno-no-escape-valve-for-so-much-grief
70,3/21/2011 10:49:16,Jules Seegers,20-03-2011,NRC.nl (website of Dutch NRC newspaper),"fear mongering: ""De overheid waarschuwde gisteren dat gevaarlijke hoeveelheden radioactiviteit in voedsel zijn gevonden."" Translated: ""The government warned yesterday that dangerous amounts of radioactivity have been found in food"". The real situation is that amounts exceeding the limit have been found. But the found amounts are not dangerous for human health, according to the Japanese government.",9,http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/03/20/japanse-veiligheidsexpert-te-laat-gereageerd-op-straling/
71,3/21/2011 10:54:09,Jack Cafferty,15-03-2011,CNN - Cafferty File - ,"""Why is there no looting in Japan""- Racial-cultural stereotyping- MIsleading and incomplete information. Instances of Japanese looting ignored.- Lack of context, such as lack of looting in New Zealand quake, American Midwest, and generally all other rural-farming areas in most places in the world. ",8,http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/why-is-there-no-looting-in-japan/
72,3/21/2011 10:59:15,Andrew Gilligan,20-03-2011,The Daily Telegraph,"Gross exaggeration, fabrication, unbelievable negative speculation and downright unprofessionalism",8,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8393056/Japan-earthquake-calm-after-the-storm.html
73,3/21/2011 11:17:14,Brian Thomson,16-03-2011,SBS TV,"This report seems to be based entirely on hearsay EG:“Basically we hear that…” (From whom?)“That is what we understand is happening now” (From whom?)“Now I’m not so sure that today the radiation levels are any lower, that is certainly the news that we are hearing” (From whom?)“They have had to deploy helicopter pilots regardless of the risks to their health.”(According to whom?)“We understand a US team has been up to the site and they have been aghast at what they have seen” (According to what source?)",8,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6THrypSfaA
74,3/21/2011 12:00:30,Glenn Beck,14-03-2011,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/glenn-beck-japan-earthquake-god_n_835573.html,The Huffington Post reports that Glenn Back believes the earthquake could have been a message sent by God. Audio available on Huffington Post's website.,10,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/glenn-beck-japan-earthquake-god_n_835573.html
75,3/21/2011 12:41:36,Jesus Diaz,20-03-2011,Gizmodo.com,"Jesus Diaz was in charge of compiling all of the disaster coverage at Gizmodo.com.  He focused almost entirely on the nuclear power plant, and went so far as to ban numerous users who questioned his lack of coverage of the growing humanitarian disaster unfolding in the Tohoku region.His coverage continues to ignore the plight of people in the country needing immediate assistance, and plays up the severity of the nuclear reactor situation, despite numerous reports from UN watchdogs and Tepco officials citing increasing stability.  The compiled report is labeled 'the definitive japan crisis timeline' but leaves the majority of critical information off the page.",8,http://gizmodo.com/#!5780998/the-definitive-japan-crisis-timeline
76,3/21/2011 12:56:14,Peter Seiffert,13.03.2011,DPA,"1) Stating that Fukushima is worse than Chernobyl (title of article)2) Using a known quack as a source of informationI could go on and on.... Absolutely shameful politicizing, combined with outright lies.",9,http://nachrichten.t-online.de/physiker-fukushima-schlimmer-als-tschernobyl-/id_44957552/index
77,3/21/2011 13:08:20,Edgar Galicia,16-03-2011,TVAzteca Noticias,"This reporter and his team made wrong translations from Japanese to Spanish. For example at minute 00:18 the Japanese man says ""Please stop recording my face"" and the news translated as ""these are the remains of my house"".In another part at 2:03 there is a Japanese lady saying ""here we make simulations (for earthquake) every year "" and they translated as ""we will never forget this""In the last part of the video, an old lady is saying something that is difficult to understand, even for a native speaker. However they translated as ""Now we dont know what we will do, the sea took everything from us"" (actually it is impossible that she said all that since the thing that she said in Japanese is very short)",10,http://www.aztecanoticias.com.mx/capitulos/internacional/40926/tsunami-devasto-pueblo-turistico-en-japon
78,3/21/2011 14:30:19,Rosie DiManno,15-03-2011,Toronto Star,"Factually incorrect data - there is no Shinkansen from Narita to Tokyo. She reports an estimated 15,000 dead (""surely to rise in the days and weeks"", she says), when as of today (20th) there are only some 8,500 confirmed dead. She reports that Tokyo residents wear masks as a result of exhaust and smog, when the majority of residents wear masks because of either pollen, or because they do not wish to spread germs from colds and flu. Some wear masks in the hope it will help protect against colds and flu. ",8,http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/953810--dimanno-sense-of-helplessness-has-settled-over-japan#article
79,3/21/2011 14:30:40,Mike Adams,21-03-2011,Natural News,"Relays an AP report, (no link), that it claims is ""carried by hundreds of mainstream news organizations"" (no links) about a Japanese health ministry official admitting the delay in recognizing the need for distribution of KI to Fukushima inhabitants (it may be true, but I haven't seen it on Kyodo). The really egregious offense comes with the sentence: ""Last week, he [Obama] publicly urged people to do nothing to prepare against the very real possibility of radioactive fallout reaching California"". Rated as 9 for the fear-mongering element.",9,http://www.naturalnews.com/031780_potassium_iodide_thyroid.html
80,3/21/2011 14:35:36,Rosie DiManno,20-03-2011,Toronto Star,"Patronizing human drama piece in which Rosie DiManno projects her presumption that the Japanese need to cry. DiManno perpetuates the myth of the ""White Man's Burden"" as she shows the backwards Japanese that it is OK to cry. ",10,http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/957069--dimanno-no-escape-valve-for-so-much-grief
81,3/21/2011 14:57:20,Anderson Cooper,3/15/2011,CNN,"Scaring the Japanese public with unbalanced reporting and the interview of Walsh, a contributor who appears to be paid to heighten emotions and bolster the scare element in AC's story. ",10,http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2011/03/15/exp.ac.new.nuke.fire.cnn.html
82,3/21/2011 15:16:19,Chris Brown,21-03-2011,CBC - The National,"The dramatic Google map which opened the story pointed to ""Noda, Chiba"" and the reporter went on to talk of ""utter devastation"".  They likely mean Noda, Iwate which is hundreds of kms north.  ",6,""
83,3/21/2011 16:27:41,Cnn,21-03-2011,CNN.com,"They have a headline stating ""Breaking News Crisis in Japan"".This implies that something new has happened to aggravate the crisis, yet when you watch the segment and headlines there is actually positive news that the reactors situation is under control. Their use of the ""breaking news"" slogan create impressions of a worsened status quo. This is sensationalism and fear mongering.",8, CNN.com
84,3/21/2011 16:28:55,B. Rutten,March 20th 2011,www.powned.tv,"Exaggeration, misinformation.",10,http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/buitenland/2011/03/veel_voedsel_giftig_in_japan.html
85,3/21/2011 17:00:09,Massimo Triulzi,15-03-2011,Corriere della Sera (online edition),"Headline: ""I got a phone call: run while you can"". Interview with ""Peppe the pizzaiolo"" a Tokyo resident who decided to stay in Tokyo in spite of the danger. Peppe's assessment of the situation in Tokyo: ""The city is empty, the streets are deserted. Everyone is shut in their houses. Shops are closed and food stores have nothing to sell. Some areas of the city are out of water and electricity works intermittently. It seems to be in a ghost town"" (La città è vuota, per le strade non c’è più nessuno: sono tutti chiusi nelle case. I negozi sono serrati e gli alimentari non hanno più nulla da vendere, in alcune zone della città non c’è l’acqua e l’elettricità funziona solo ogni tanto. Sembra di essere in una città fantasma). The rest of the article exalts Peppe's bravery and love for the city that welcomed him. ",8,http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_marzo_15/peppe-pizzaiolo-tokyo-triulzi_911365cc-4f1b-11e0-9fbe-81b04f5e425c.shtml
86,3/21/2011 17:35:07,Liz Hayes,20-03-2011,60 Minutes Australia (TV),"Highly sensationalist. Talking about the radiation situation out of context of what is a 'normal' level of radiation just to make a story. They talk to a man in charge of monitoring the radiation levels who says it isn't worrying. They don't ask him anything more and then go straight to people in the street, saying how worried they are and having a lengthy conversation.Eg. LIZ HAYES: With every breath of air the people of Tokyo take in, so, too, does this rather anonymous-looking silver stack, a monitor perched on the rooftop of the Institute of Public Health. This is quite a nerve centre and it is here that they take daily readings of radiation levels. In fact, they do it on an hourly basis. And those levels are already showing that the radiation is 20 times higher than normal. That's a good reason for the people of Tokyo to be concerned. Inside, staff collate the data and pass on the information to government authorities. So it was 20 times higher than normal.TRANSLATION: Right. OK.LIZ HAYES: Doesn't that worry you?TRANSLATION: No.LIZ HAYES: It is a reading that does worry many on the streets, though, streets that no longer feature their trademark neon signs and, by Tokyo's standards, are almost deserted. How concerned are you about the radiation leaks?MAN: Um... I'm very afraid in this case because this is like Chernobyl.LIZ HAYES: It's like Chernobyl.MAN: Yes!",7,http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8225820
87,3/21/2011 18:02:06,B. Rutten,March 21st 2011,PowNed,Misinformation.,8,http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/buitenland/2011/03/zorgenfukushima_nemen_weer_toe.html
88,3/21/2011 18:09:08,"well that's embarrassing but I can't find the name of the author of this ""masterpiece"" or someone rather ashamed to sign under this ... thing (I want to say crap but it probably  will censored)",17-03-2011,http://rt.com/usa/news/us-nuclear-plume-usa-japan/,"all usual cheap hysteria. nothing new at all. according to the article there should be ""a nuclear plume"" over the west coast of the U S by March 18 (well, I hate to break it to the author of the thing, but it's the 21st now and nothing has had happened); the usual ""thousands descending on Japan's airports fighting to get out of the country""; random warnings by god knows whom stating that Japan has only ""48 hours to avoid a Chernobyl like disaster"" and so on. the person who wrote this piece had not even left his office of his I bet fancy building, just browsed over the internet, picked up a few catchy lines and put in their story. Is it what the modern journalism is all about?! ",9,http://rt.com/usa/news/us-nuclear-plume-usa-japan/
89,3/21/2011 18:18:25,Unknown,March 21st 2011,Telegraaf,"Misinformation, speculation.",8,"http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/9318701/___Helft_helden_Fukushima_sterft___.html?p=1,1"
90,3/21/2011 18:26:30,Channel 7 ,12/3/2011,Channel 7 News,Superimposing a Mushroom cloud explosion onto Fukushima Nuclear plant.,10,http://www.twitvid.com/CSVUI
91,3/21/2011 18:27:53,not applicable,21-03-2011,Repubblica,"Today, the front page of the online version of the paper has a link called ""The Contaminated"" (""I contaminati""). Yesterday (20th), the same link was called ""Among the contaminated"" (""Tra i contaminati."") However, the article it links to is a report from Adachi Ward, Tokyo describing the conditions of refugees from villages around Iwaki (misspelt Ivaki), forty km away from the power plant. These are said to be worrying about possible contamination and complaining that they are not being tested for it because their homes were outside the exclusion zone. While the report on the stressful situation in which these people are may be true, the link title clearly misrepresents the piece by giving the impression that the refugees are surely contaminated. Moreover, a gallery of photos that is posted next to the piece is entitled  ""Photos from Saitama, the stadium that serves as refuge for the contaminated"" (""Foto Saitama, lo stadio-rifugio dei contaminati""). This is another group of people, who are evacuees from the exclusion zone and whose pictures have appeared on other websites, always captioned ""evacuees"", not ""contaminated people"". They should not be referred to as ""contaminated"" as there is no evidence that they are such. All this suggests that there is an editorial intention to give the impression that evacuees and refugees are in fact all contaminated by radiation.",8,http://www.repubblica.it/http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/19/foto/saitama_lo_stadio-rifugio_dei_contaminati-13834702/?ref=HRER1-1http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/palasport_tokyo_paura_test-13852390/?ref=HRER1-1
92,3/21/2011 19:35:04,Junko Fujita and Kazunori Takada,21-03-2011,Reuters/AlertNet,"They entitled the article, ""WHO warns of ""serious"" food radiation in disaster-hit Japan"" while FAQ or any other release preceding it released on the previous day does not warn this.The article features a Manila-based WHO spokesman as saying, ""Quite clearly it's a serious situation,""in an interview with the Reuters. Spokesman reportedly continued to say, ""It's a lot more serious than anybody thought in the early days when we thought that this kind of problem can be limited to 20 to 30 kilometres ... It's safe to suppose that some contaminated produce got out of the contamination zone."" That's it. Then the article goes on with a separate account coming from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare, as if to strengthen the WHO Spokesman's point, and then goes on to 'imply' that Japan could suffer credibility loss due to the ""seriousness"" of the food contamination.""Japan is a net importer of food, but has substantial exports -- mainly fruit, vegetables, dairy products and seafood -- with its biggest markets in Hong Kong, China and the United States.""""China would monitor food imported from Japan, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the country's quality control watchdog. South Korea said it would expand inspections for radioactivity to processed and dried agricultural Japanese food, from just fresh produce.""",8,Article - http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/japan-nuclear-crisis-on-edge-disaster-toll-grows/WHO's FAQ - http://www.who.int/hac/crises/jpn/faqs/en/index7.html
93,3/21/2011 19:41:12,Tyler Durden,20-03-2011,http://www.infowars.com,Trying to claim that reactors are starting to overheat again. Also trying to claim that there will be long term effects for the world from this reactor.,8,http://www.infowars.com/here-are-the-downstream-effects-from-the-fukushima-catastrophe/
94,3/21/2011 19:44:14,N/A,21-03-2011,TV3 (NZ),"Not actually bad journalism but exceedingly poor taste. TV3 is running a promo of its news service using its allegedly superior coverage of the tsunami and quake versus rival TV1. Both channels have had abysmal reporting: scaremongering, inability to pronounce place names, focusing on stories relating to NZ/other caucasian individuals who were unharmed at the expense of reporting on the thousands of Japanese casualties, interviews with nuclear ""experts"" who are in fact members of antinuclear lobby groups, etc. ",8,""
95,3/21/2011 20:50:02,Bill Kaufman,21-02-2011,The Calgary Sun,"Interviews a man who has family ""trapped"" without food, in Northern Chiba, which they make out to be closer to the epicenter of the tragedy than it was. Liberal doses of all of the issues - nuclear holocaust, no food or supplies. Also misrepresents attribution of the voluntary evacuations for US and British citizens as being from radiation, where as they are travel warnings due to disruptions in Tokyo.Also use of the word ""trapped"" in the title. If they are in Chiba, can't they simply hop on over to Narita?",8,http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2011/03/17/17658031.html
96,3/21/2011 21:49:49,MARK MACKINNON,18/03/2011,"Globe and Mail, Canada","Tasteless, leering and condescending headline references war-era Japan.Saying Japan is at ""rock bottom,"" when Tokyo has been fine and it's still unclear how the recovery effort will affect the economy, etc. Reference to supermarket shortages is amped up beyond the reality of the situation.Dark days for the empire of the sun""In many ways, Japan is at rock bottom. A society built on order and technology has seen both fail as one of the world’s most advanced countries suffers through one system shock after another. Cities have seen their power cut in an effort to save electricity for the relief work and the race against time in Fukushima. The always reliable train network is suddenly sporadic, and it will be some time before service of any kind can be restored to the north of the country. Supermarket shelves in Tokyo are being stripped bare of rice, bread, noodles, bottled water, batteries, dog food and diapers.",10,http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/dark-days-for-the-empire-of-the-sun/article1948181/
97,3/21/2011 22:55:25,Chris Hogg,20-03-2011,BBC News Website - Asia Pacific,"""Again it is the stalwart exterior that is on show, but you have to wonder how much uncertainty there is behind the mask. As a foreigner in Japan, that is a question you'll almost never get an answer to.""Stereotyping based on assumptions, not facts. ",5,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12798799
98,3/21/2011 22:59:15,GIAMPAOLO VISETTI,20-03-2011,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/,"Catastrofic article about a devastated Tokyo. In italian language. On Repubblica.it there are a lot of those articles. They always create sensationalism for nothing. I think they do this to raise the click rate on sponsors. The title is ""Tokyo capitale in agonia, non vivremo piu' qui"", meaning ""Tokyo, capital in agony, we won't live here anymore"". ",10,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/
99,3/21/2011 23:44:43,Robert Hetkämper (reporter),21.03.2011,Die Welt (online),1) The reporter is stating that Tepco has been using homeless and underage for different kind of jobs. They supposedly were fired when being radioactively contaminated. This - according to Die Welt has been going on for years.2) Another so-called expert is stating that all people who were helping to put out the fire etc have been contaminated and will VERY LIKELY DIE. He adds that dying from radioactive contamination is NOT A NICE KIND OF DEAD!Can not believe what I just read. ,10,http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/weltgeschehen/article12901818/Schickt-Tepco-Obdachlose-ins-havarierte-AKW.html
100,3/21/2011 23:47:23,21 søndag,3/20/20011,DR - national TV Denmark,"Broadcasting a comparison between Fukushima and Chernobyl, sending a man there to measure the radiation. When shown on the TV-screen the measurement for comparison with Chernobyl was Copenhagen and the radiation level was 0,06 microsievert/hour. 3 days before this the level in Shinjuku was 0,0562 (and since then things got more under control). However - this was never mentioned in the program. Wouldn't want panic in our howe quarters, would we now?",7,""
101,3/21/2011 23:50:07,"TOMOKO OTAKE, SETSUKO KAMIYA and JUN HONGO",19-03-2011,The Japan Times,"A Q&A article on effects of radiation is mostly fine but in the question ""Is the higher radiation in Tokyo dangerous enough to pose immediate health risks? Should I evacuate?"" the writers quote Masaharu Hoshi, professor at Hiroshima University's Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, as saying, ""In the Kanto region, radiation levels in the air rose significantly across the board Tuesday — as much as 100 times normal in Ibaraki Prefecture and about 20 times normal in Tokyo.  But Hoshi said there is no imminent need for Tokyoites to evacuate, although it's advisable that they shower when they get home."" ",4,http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110319f1.html
102,3/22/2011 0:40:09,Nick Allen,15-03-2011,telegraph.co.uk,Complete exaggeration of the facts. There was no panic to be seen on that day in Tokyo. Mr Allen is just taking liberties with the facts. ,8,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8382504/Japan-earthquake-panic-in-Tokyo-as-radiation-spreads.htmlGeneral linkshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/nick-allen/
103,3/22/2011 1:17:54,Rai1 ,18-03-2011,TG1 Notte,On the video of a man searching pictures of the family (I saw the same video on NHK in japanese) the Italian journalist said: The desperate man searching food under the destroyed Sushi restaurant.,8,http://www.rai.tv/
104,3/22/2011 1:43:07,TV søndag,3/20/2011,DR - Danish national TV channel,"On comparing radiation in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Chernobyl in order to indicate that Fukushima would develop to that scale of disaster and tell how to cope with the future if it happens, they forgot to mention that the radiation level in Copenhagen used for comparing was 0,06 (as could be seen on the screen) - this compares with an radiation in Shinjuku on the 17th, which was 0,05. Panic in Copenhagen, watch out. ",7,""
105,3/22/2011 1:50:41," ERIC TALMADGE and MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press",22-03-2011,http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110321/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake,Overblown headline - Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as smoke rises,7,""
106,3/22/2011 2:20:07,GIAMPAOLO VISETTI,20-03-2011,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/,"Catastrofic article about a devastated Tokyo. In italian language. On Repubblica.it there are a lot of those articles. They always create sensationalism for nothing. I think they do this to raise the click rate on sponsors. The title is ""Tokyo capitale in agonia, non vivremo piu' qui"", meaning ""Tokyo, capital in agony, we won't live here anymore"". ",10,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/20/news/tokyo_capitale_in_agonia-13852633/
107,3/22/2011 3:06:17,Fernanda Cabrera,15/03/2011,Telemundo deMañana,"This woman has portrayed a very JOLLY demeanor while reporting on the news from Japan. Her tone borders with laughter while she reported on a variety of occasions the ""total nuclear meltdown"" of the Fukushima reactors, the ""death of more than 12000 people in the Miyagui prefecture"", etc. Not only it is insulting but also the inaccuracy of the reports is blatant.",8,""
108,3/22/2011 3:45:14,Unknown,March 21st 2011,Telegraaf,Unverified sources.,6,"http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/9327057/___Daklozen_werken_in_rampcentrale___.html?sn=binnenland,buitenland"
109,3/22/2011 5:00:22,Online redation,21-03-2011,Corriere della Sera,"Title suggest huge food contamination (and darger to public health), while the article point out that the radioactivity levels found in milk and vegetables are not dangerous. ",5,http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_marzo_21/giappone-pressione-reattore-test-mare_a765e6b8-538c-11e0-9775-d7937a6c081d.shtml
110,3/22/2011 5:06:15,Kyodo News,20-03-2011,here,"NEED TO CORRECT/REMOVEYou need to correct this entry on Kyodo News. You say the headline reads ""Radioactive iodine detected in Tokyo, vicinity,"" but leave out ""no health risk: gov't"" IN THE SAME HEADLINE. Play by your own rules, please. Kyodo is merely repeating what the local governments themselves are reporting, in English.  They often report brief headlines at the instant of an announcement and fill in the details shortly thereafter. A huge service to the international community. Look at the link and read the story. ",1,http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/traces-of-radioactive-iodine-found-in-tap-water-in-tokyo-other-areas
111,3/22/2011 6:26:19,NA,22-03-2010,TV3 (NZ),"Not actually bad journalism but exceedingly poor taste. TV3 is running a promo of its news service using its allegedly superior coverage of the tsunami and quake versus rival TV1. Both channels have had abysmal reporting: scaremongering, inability to pronounce place names, focusing on stories relating to NZ/other caucasian individuals who were unharmed at the expense of reporting on the thousands of Japanese casualties, interviews with nuclear ""experts"" who are in fact members of antinuclear lobby groups, etc.",8,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sba3W1T0aY
112,3/22/2011 7:58:50,PA,21-03-2011,The Independent,Omission and possible misquote.,8,http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japans-nuclear-accident-beyond-belief-2248107.html
113,3/22/2011 10:25:34,Hayden Cooper,22-03-2011,ABC TV (Australia) Midday News,"When trying to hype up a story with the byline ""Radioactive food fears grow in Japan"" used footage of food vendors in Ame-mura (clearly showing the sign above the street in Japanese).Only problem is that this street is in Osaka (western Japan) nowhere near Fukushima and any food production sites that may be affected by radiation.Also conveniently glosses over that fact that food and milk products from any of the affected areas in Fukushima have already been quarantined and are not for sale in any region.",5,This is the text link to the article but doesn't have offending image of Ame-mura as a still.<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/22/3170109.htm>
114,3/22/2011 11:20:46,Richard Shears,22-03-2011,http://www.dailymail.co.uk,Fearmongering,7,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368357/Radiation-poisoning-food-supply-Japan-lot-feared-eggs-milk-danger-list.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
115,3/22/2011 11:50:12,Roberto De Vido,22-03-2011,Japan Times,"The article is entitled Judge not, lest you be judged but soon drift off subject to make accusations again TEPCO staff although the write fails to identify any of his sources.So it seems that one one had the reporter defends those who left Tokyo and ask them not to be judged others, but soon takes the high moral ground and starts judging others himself.",6,http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110322a2.html
116,3/22/2011 13:52:27,David Gutnick,21-03-2011,CBC Radio /The Current,"Gutnick travelled to Horoshima determined to establish a link between radiation poisoning from the Hiroshima bombing and the potential for radiantion poisoning at the Fukushima nuclear station. He interviewed a few citizens who, although painfully polite, brushed off his nonsense with comments about the bombing being an act of war and whereas the ongoing difficulty at Fukushima was an unfortunate failure resulting from the force of nature. A few seemed to be offended that he would attempt the equation, and from the hysterical tone that crept into his voice, it was clear that Gutnick found their common-sense replies offensive.He finally found an interviewee whose responses suited him - a bombing survivor who was also an opponent of nuclear plants in general and especially a proposed one about 80 km from Hiroshima. He kept feeding her loaded questions and remarks but, she came across as much more rational than him, even while giving him what he wanted.Gutnick was abetted by uber-liberal show hostess Anna Maria Tremonti, who preceded and followed his piece with comments about a ""looming disaster"" and contamination of local spinach and milk with radiation levels up to 17 times ""safe"" levels. She didn't elaborate on what ""safe"" levels are. One presumes that she meant background levels.All in all, a truly disgusting performance.",10,http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&biw=891&bih=644&q=the+current+cbc&aq=1&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=the+current&fp=207be8665002b41c  
117,3/22/2011 14:10:34,Carmen Yuen,21-03-2011,lacarmina.com/blog,"Fear-mongering, blog posts telling foreigners to leave Tokyo before radiation kills them, claiming to post ""vital information"" for those in Japan but only tweeted her own blog posts about her friends in Kansai and unaffected areas. Never once tweeted useful information about Japan; only retweeted her boyfriend's tweets as they are more ""important."" The worst kind of fear-mongering that just seeks to get website traffic. All posts were obviously written for SEO and gaining traffic about the disaster in Japan. ",8,"The main fear-mongering post was taken down hours after being up due to bad reception by readers, and tweets henceforth had a bitter tone about it. Other posts are still up."
118,3/22/2011 15:27:07,Chris Lawrence,22-03-2011,CNN.com,Claiming that the USS George Washington left port in Yokosuka “in order to get away from the plume of radioactive particles that could blow over the base”. Fear mongering and in contrast to what is being reported to the people of the base. No consideration for the ships that may not be in port due to their assistance with humanitarian efforts.  ,9,http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/03/21/japan.military.evacuation/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
119,3/22/2011 15:35:44,Dr. Gupta,20-03-1011,CNN,"Gupta states that the Japanese government cannot be trusted because they stated ""400 milliseverts""  instead of ""400 microseverts...""a thousandfold difference"".   Neither he nor anyone else followed up to say that in effect the Japanese government had accidentallyexaggerated a statement but instead implied that the Japanese government was grossly underestimating a situation.   Gupta added ""it could be a matter of translation"".  Yet, this wasused as a major summation of why Japanese information could not be trusted.",5,""
120,3/22/2011 16:07:49,Robert Hetkämpfer ,21-03-2011,www.welt.de,"Headline ""Is Tepco sending homeless people into the Nuclear Power Plant?""He claims that Tepco is sending homeless and minor into the NPP.GERMAN NEWS REPORTER IS FROM ARD Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen",10,http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/weltgeschehen/article12901818/Schickt-Tepco-Obdachlose-ins-AKW.html
121,3/22/2011 16:22:13,Hurriyet Web Site ,23-02-2011,Turkish Hurriyet Website,"Reporting wrong information released by WHO by saying there is serious a short-term heath risk from contaminated food chain although WHO reported as ""No short-term risk from contaminated food"". In Turkish it was reported as below""Besin zincirinde tehlike büyükDünya Sağlık Örgütü WHO, Japonya’da süt ve ıspanakta bulunan radyasyon ile başlayan, gıda zincirindeki kirlenmenin tahminlerden çok büyük olduğu uyarısında bulundu.Örgütün sözcüsü Peter Cordingley, Filipinler’in başkenti Manila’da yaptığı açıklamada, “Japonların söylediğinden çok daha büyük bir tehlike söz konusu. Radyasyon yayılmasının bahsedilen alandan çok daha geniş bir alana ulaştığını rahatlıkla söyleyebiliriz” dedi.Sağlık örgütü sözcüsü, Japonların açıkladığı gibi kirlenen bölgenin 20-30 kilometre olmadığını da belirterek, çok sıkı kontroller yapılması gerektiğini kaydetti.""",8,http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/17337698.asp?gid=373
122,3/22/2011 16:35:45,Gianluigi Paragone,18-03-2011,L'ultima Parola Rai Due,"The Images of the tsunami with the writing: ""Nuclear Apocalips"", the video look likes the destruction was not made by the tsunami but by the Fukushima Plant. The speaker talked about the disaster made by nuclear.",9,http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-33c41611-4636-4a9f-9065-e3a3c714f5b4.html#p=0
123,3/22/2011 18:55:14,Evan Osnos,28-03-11,New Yorker (online edition),"As a whole the article is responsible, but the author, who likens the emperor's television address to the nation to the previous emperor's radio address in 1945 announcing Japan's surrender, goes on to describe Emperor Akihito ""as speaking in a courtly language that most of his listeners do not understand."" The remark, which obviously draws from ubiquitous descriptions of the 1945 radio address rather than an understanding of the almost painfully prosaic language used by the current emperor, suggests that the image of ""inscrutable Japan"" has as long a half-life as cesium and can color in both subtle and not-so-subtle ways even well-meaning coverage.",3,http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=2011-03-28&email-analytics=newsletter110328p070#folio=072
124,3/22/2011 18:56:51,Unknown,21-03-2011,De Telegraaf - Netherlands,"Sensationalism, based on unchecked sources ",10,http://bit.ly/f334Qu
125,3/22/2011 19:53:50,"Not known, not relevant for this one",22-03-2011,SBS world news Australia,"Report title reads 'Japan Orphans' and then the reporter proceeds to interview two children ... and their mother!  Has the definition of orphan somehow come to mean children with one parent?  SBS's voice over introduction opened with the phrase 'Japan's disaster has left a generation of orphans'.  Has the word 'generation' come to mean something different as well since I last heard it?  Shame SBS, and it's not your first offense.  http://player.sbs.com.au/naca/#/naca/wna/Latest/playlist/Japan-orphans/",4,http://player.sbs.com.au/naca/#/naca/wna/Latest/playlist/Japan-orphans/
126,3/22/2011 20:53:09,embassy staffer,19-03-2011,Australian Embassy Tokyo,"I rang on this day to find out what the Australian government's position on the situation was, from the horses mouth so to speak. After the speaker explained she was new to Japan, couldn't confirm where Gunma was or indeed Kanto, she then went on to tell me the government's official position was that I should get out of the area. To where? I asked, mentioning I have a wife and two children. Out, was her reply, Away. She then went on to suggest I should get to the embassy, get an emergency passport for my 1 year old daughter and fly to Australia. (Out of my own pocket of course). This is a government representative in a potential emergency situation giving out false and misleading information. God help us if there really was an emergency.",9,""
127,3/22/2011 21:11:19,Rachel Maddow,17-03-2011,Rachel Maddow Show,"""Know Nukes"" is her tag line.  And while her words are saying ""it will not be a bomb""... her graphics are of a bomb & her discussion of re-criticality are overly sensational.",8,http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#42142166
128,3/22/2011 22:53:18,Unnamed,22-03-11,Daily Mail,state that Fukushima has reached 'boiling point' and temperatures have increased (despite the fact that all publications and news state that temps are decreasing) and claim radiation found in Reyjavik is from Japan....basic geography and understanding of physics dictates that thisis quite simply impossible.,9,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368716/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Fukushima-heats-AGAIN-aftermath-earthquake-tsunami.html
129,3/22/2011 23:05:04,Andrew Gilligan,20-03-2011,Telegraph,totally untrue account...the country is not in meltdown...no food shortage across the whole f japan at all...rubbish. Tokyo did not just 'suffer a feW broken windows' but goon with it...the whole article is a lie,10,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368716/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Fukushima-heats-AGAIN-aftermath-earthquake-tsunami.html
130,3/22/2011 23:18:34,Pertri Saraste (Tokyo) / Miia Hakkarainen (Helsinki),18-03-2011,MTV3 TV channel&online news - Finland,"Use of fearmongering headline to grab clicks ""MTV3 Reporter in Japan: There really is danger of death here soon"". Quoting death toll at 16 600 ""according to latest reports"" without citing source (on 18 March).Exaggerating ""...everyone who can, is leaving Tokyo"".Grossly misinforming ""If radiation is at levels presented by the US and EU, there really is fear of death here soon"".He is interviewed for a Finnish national breakfast TV show by phone from a Tokyo hotel lobby waiting for bus to airport.",9,http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/ulkomaat.shtml/2011/03/1292862/mtv3n-toimittaja-japanissa-taalla-on-todellakin-pian-kuoleman-vaara
131,3/22/2011 23:29:10,Timo Myllyniemi,12/3/2011,Ilta-Sanomat tabloid online - Finland,"Use of scary photo-montage with false implications. The Tokyoite father/daughter pair are in Shibuya and fire in Ariake/Daiba area (7-8 km apart). I'm reporting this as a 10 as there is an element that ""our nationals are in immediate danger of fires"" element built into the picture. No Finns have been hurt. The text of the article is on the ok side, and mainly about the aftershocks.",10,http://www.iltasanomat.fi/ulkomaat/Suomalaismies%20Japanista%20ISlle%20J%C3%A4lkij%C3%A4ristykset%20piinaavat%20koko%20ajan/art-1288375413327.html
132,3/22/2011 23:38:08,Nancy Grace,21-03-2011,CNN ,Where to start? Blatant sensationalism with very little regard to facts. Crosses the line from ignorance to blatant racism.,10,http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/03/21/ng.japan.radiation.hln
133,3/22/2011 23:48:18,Nancy Grace,21-03-2011,CNN's HLN,Fear mongering based on unproven claim (actually proven otherwise at time of report). Argues with pseudo-science as sole evidence that harmful radiations from Fukushima are reaching the US West coast. This is imo a typical exemple of harmful and plain wrong journalism looking for scoop though scandal. Sad and scary.,9,http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/03/21/ng.japan.radiation.hln
134,3/23/2011 0:37:58,Simona Ravizza,22-03-2011,Corriere della Sera,"The article is inaccurate. It says that Italians coming from Japan have been checked at Niguarda hospital in Milan and ""their level of radioactivity is not high"". The fact is that the author doesn't say what has been found in their urine and how much radioactivity they absorbed in Japan, if they did. «Sono lievemente alterati solo i valori delle urine - spiega il direttore sanitario del Niguarda, Giuseppe Gianduso -. I pazienti stanno espellendo dall'organismo la radioattività assorbita in Giappone. Ma in una quantità minima, che non comporta pericoli per la salute». Radiations exists in nature and can be absorbed when you are on a long haul flight. It should be clarified what is detected (is it really ""radioactivity"" from Fukushima?) and what is the connection with Japan, otherwise common people can think that all Italians who are coming or will come from Japan are ""contaminated"", whether the level of contamination is low or high. Moreover, the instruments used to check the Italians are described as ""having names too scary to be said"". This is bad journalism, aimed at making sensationalism and fear of the nuclear.",7,http://www.corriere.it/salute/11_marzo_22/ravizza_esami_giappone_c0eaabce-5453-11e0-a5ef-46c31ce287ee.shtml
135,3/23/2011 0:55:29,Robert Hetkämper,15-03-2011,ARD Morgenmagazin,"Compares situation in japanese government to the last chaotic days in the ""Führerbunker"" (Nazi HQ in Berlin at the end of WW II) at the very end of the Nazi regime in Germany. Distasteful and useless comment",9,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4Mj6o74fw&feature=player_embedded
136,3/23/2011 2:22:07,N.A.,22/03/2011,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/,"The usual, catastrofism and scaremongering.The first (on line) page title is :""Giappone, sale la radioattività a FukushimaDue scosse oltre i 6 gradi. 'Nube attesa in Italia' """"Japan, radioactivity increasing in Fukushima, new quakes of over 6 degrees.(radioactive) Cloud expected over Italy"".Opening the article will give you some more equilibrate reporting, but even then it is not a good read. There are mentions of ""new and high levels of radioactive elements in 47 prefectures, including Tokio"". Then there is a mention of the notorious ""cloud"" that seems to be flying over Iceland and is expected over France and Italy tomorrow, but it seems to be balically unmeasurable since it should be ""at least 10 thousend times smaller than the natural background"".Now, I admit I like Repubblica, but I'm tempted to say I liked, since the reporting over the Japanese disaster has been simply shameful. ",7,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/22/news/giappone_22_marzo-13933612/?ref=HREC1-3
137,3/23/2011 5:06:14,Felix Salmon,14-03-2011,reuters,"intellectual bigotry, blatant reverse discrimination, grossly offensive",10,http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/03/14/dont-donate-money-to-japan/
138,3/23/2011 5:09:25,VIENNA,3/22/2011,Kyodo News,"Excessive, fear mongering news headline.",9,original news: http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/80057.htmlscreen capture: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u274/Invince_Z/japan%20quake/02B-1.png
139,3/23/2011 5:33:17,Dana Kennedy,22-03-2010,AOLNews,"Interviews one Chernobyl liquidator (so that makes her an expert right?) which does nothing but spout bitter statements about her mistreatment and lies by the Soviet/Ukranian government and extrapolates that to saying that all government are lying to their citizens, and implying that the government is letting its citizens die. And that the citizens should run away...",8,http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/22/chernobyl-cleanup-survivors-message-for-japan-run-away-as-qui/
140,3/23/2011 6:58:40,DER SPIEGEL,20-03-2010,11/2011,"Instead of writing about the disaster in Japan, the SPIEGEL takes this as an opportunity to push forward a left-wing anti-nuclear power agenda and titles its 11/2011 magazine: ""The End of the Nuclear Energy Age"". In the wake of the biggest disaster in the history of modern Japan, the SPIEGEL has nothing better to do than to feed the neurotic German mind with fears about Nuclear Energy. 10 out of 10 Points for this, because the magazine with a long history has its lowest moment in 50 years of publication history.",10,http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/index-2011-11.html 
141,3/23/2011 7:03:14,CBSNews.com staff,22-03-2011,CBS News,"""Japan's medical system unprepared for health crisis""Conflates damaged medical facilities in remote areas with the entire health industry of Japan. Fails to point out the benefits of universal healthcare for the long-term.",7,http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20045987-503543.html
142,3/23/2011 7:15:34,Garth Brae,18/3/2011 approx,TV1 News New Zealand,"Garth and his handlers seemed so terrified of the then-relatively minor leaks from the Fukushima Daichi reactors that he abandoned his pursuit of real, vital, human-oriented stories north of Sendai and scarpered - first west from Sendia, then back to Tokyo and, within a day more, off to Hong Kong -- where he stayed.This gross overreaction meant that NZ's view of the earthquake and tsunami story was (and continues to be) largely dominated by overblown meltdown and radiation fears -- instead of the very real, very concrete and very awful effects already being felt from the quake and especially tsunami.",4,""
143,3/23/2011 7:16:05,Thilo Thielke,12/3/2011,"http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/0,1518,750649,00.html","Facing the boring reality, this reporter takes the standard exaggeration route. He claims that ""people are buying up all the bycicles from the bycicle stores in order to be able to escape in case of a mass panic."" That's very new to me and anybody who actually was in Tokyo at that time. Fact is: people may buy some bycicles in order to stay mobile when the trains are failing again, but by no means to escape a mass panic. That is the fantasy of the author. Later, he goes on to claim that Tokyo resembles a ""ghost town"" and that most of the shops are closed. Note that this article is from the 12th of March, day two after the earthquake. anybody who was actually in Tokyo can confirm that this is, again, a product of fantasy and fiction. ",7,"http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/0,1518,750649,00.html "
144,3/23/2011 7:29:01,Spiegel Online,20-03-2010,www.spiegel.de,"During the early days of the earthquake, the Spiegel Online, an online Version of the German Spiegel Magazine, was a gigantic pile of sensationalism, with headlines and articles mainly about the Fukushima Power plant that read like Roland Emmerich himself wrote them whilst on Cocaine. It really was that much of a sensationalist, speculative mess that the SPIEGEL ONLINE made the SUN-like tabloid online format of BILD.DE look like the Time Magazine. In these days, the online formats of the German newspapers showed their biggest weakness: lack of quality control and wild speculation. In fact, the news that SPIEGEL ONLINE and BILD.DE produced had little difference in terms of the content and information value. Only BILD had a more sensationalist design, which makes it at least straightforward in its trashy makeup. The SPIEGEL, however, tries to give an impression of sincere Journalism, which in this case failed spectacularly. 10 out of 10 points on the shame scale, because trying to look like a honest news magazine whilst making up wild stories is cheap sensationalism. ",10,www.spiegel.de
145,3/23/2011 7:32:16,Nancy Grace,21-3-2011,CNN,"After depicting an apocalyptic scenario of the situation in Japan, Miss Grace did not even let a weatherman talk about the dynamics of radiations, suggesting dramatic effects on American soil, claiming unverified facts with obvious fear in her voice tone.This was simply fear-mongering of the worst category : refusing to listen to the specialist. Blocking information to the public.",9,http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/03/21/ng.japan.radiation.hln
146,3/23/2011 10:07:06,N/A,March 2011,Susan G. Komen for the Cure®,"This is a non-profit organization, not a media outlet, but they usesensational expressions just like the media (""a looming cancer crisis""), spreading fear in order to raise their profile and get more donations:  as if everyone living in Japan is subject to dramatically higher cancer risk.This organization is well-known throughout the U.S. and quite influential.This overreacting and sensationalism could lead to people (returning/moving from Japan) being denied access to health insurance. U.S. insurance companies are notorious for finding ways to deny insurance claims; this could give them a ready-made excuse. ",9,http://ww5.komen.org/japan.html
147,3/23/2011 10:17:47,N/A,22-03-2011,TIME,"The cover of the lastest (Mar 28) issue of TIME: Japan's MeltdownMy SO worked for various US newspapers for 30 yrs.From a journalist's point of view, ""Japan's Meltdown"" is, at the least, inaccurate. Merrium Webster defines ""meltdown"" as1: the accidental melting of the core of a nuclear reactor2: a rapid or disastrous decline or collapse3: a breakdown of self-control (as from fatigue or overstimulation)1. No core meltdown has been confirmed at this point, only suspicion and rumor. 2. Possibly this could be justified in reference to the stricken areas, but one area isn't ""Japan."" It'd be like saying, ""America's Underwater"" after Katrina. 3. Neither the woman in the picture or the nation as whole is suffering meltdown. People are grieving, but if anything, reports indicate that the Japanese, even in the worst-hit areas, are in general coping with stereotypical stoicism.",4,"http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601110328,00.html"
148,3/23/2011 11:42:15,Nancy Grace,21-03-2011,CNN,"Willful attempt to inspire irrational fear that radiation will harm California.Obvious displeasure at expert attempting to explain the situation calmly and rationally.Obvious agenda that the effect to United States is most important, and so that effect must be made newsworthy.",10,http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/03/21/ng.japan.radiation.hln
149,3/23/2011 11:52:32,Yoichi Shimatsu,18-03-2011,New America Media,"Incredulously Absurd.Claims that Fukushima will explode by May, advising to ""entomb the six reactors or start burying nuclear victims in large numbers"" and the ""jet stream will do the rest, carrying the deadly cargo to North America and beyond.""This ""former editor of the Japan Times"" believes the only choice left is a last-ditch effort to pour concrete. Strongly advises using barges from Hong Kong that mix the concrete enroute using seawater.",7,http://newamericamedia.org/2011/03/tohoku-quake-tsunami-monitoring-a-lighter-moment.php
150,3/23/2011 14:14:23,Ethan Huff,20/03/2011,NaturalNews,"Fear-inducing headline. No statistics on the amount of radiation released. Only 1 source cited - a single article from the Los Angeles Times, which itself belongs on this wall of shame. Ads for fat-burning pills are displayed right next to this article, arguably lending less credibility to the article.",8,http://www.naturalnews.com/031769_fuel_rods_uranium.html
151,3/23/2011 14:44:11,bru/sda (No complete name shown),22.03.2011,BAZonline ,"Fear-inducing headline, complete useless""There is a nuclearcloud reaching Swiss""",7,http://bazonline.ch/schweiz/standard/Radioaktive-Wolke-auf-dem-Weg-in-die-Schweiz/story/21859995
152,3/23/2011 15:29:01,CBSNews.com staff,22-03-2011,CBS News,"""Japan's medical system unprepared for health crisis""Conflates damaged medical facilities in remote areas with the entire health industry of Japan. Fails to point out the benefits of universal healthcare for the long-term.",7,http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20045987-503543.html
153,3/23/2011 17:27:35,Not named,22-03-2011,Agence France Presse (AFP),"Agence France LOUSY reporting: Reports testing done 100 METERS from Daiichi as 100 KILOMETERS NHK World website version:Excessive levels of radioactive iodine and cesium have been found in seawater near the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, collected seawater samples 100 METERS south of the plant's water outlet on Monday afternoon.The samples were found to contain radioactive iodine-131 in excess of the legal standard by 126.7 times, cesium-134 by 24.8 times, and cesium-137 by 16.5 times.http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_19.htmlAFP version:OSAKA — Abnormally high levels of radioactive substances have been detected in seawater near a quake-crippled nuclear power plant in Japan, its operator said early Tuesday.Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said the level of iodine-131 was 126.7 times higher and caesium-134 was 24.8 times higher than government-set standards.The substances were detected in seawater which was sampled Monday about 100 KILOMETERS (60 MILES) south of the Fukushima No.1 plant, a TEPCO official said.http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hkvcJuytxEwNemFkk6Zxk-jdiGPw?docId=CNG.c1a375e7c725666e2ee5e250a84aa0a7.5d1Information is nearly identical but the inexplicable transmutation of meters to kilometers & the helpful addition explaining that 100 km = 60 miles.  Inexplicable because the words for meters & kilometers are the same in French, Japanese & English.Thus a measurement taken .062 of a mile from the plant becomes one taken 62 miles from the plant.",10,http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hkvcJuytxEwNemFkk6Zxk-jdiGPw?docId=CNG.c1a375e7c725666e2ee5e250a84aa0a7.5d1
154,3/23/2011 21:36:13,Tyler Durden,22/03/2011,Zero Hedge,"Sensationalized journalism.  Claim of conspiracy and cover up based upon a former employee who has not been involved with the Fukushima Plant for over 30 years.  Implies the Japanese government is lying and that the situation is worse than reported (fear mongering).  ""We can only imagine what comparable horror stories will emerge in the next several days as other whistleblowers emerge and disclose that Reactors 1 through 3 (which unfortunately do have radioactive fuel in their reactors) passed the same ""rigorous"" quality control process that makes them the same time bombs just waiting or [sic] the signal to go off (and probably already have... but since the truth is the last thing the public will uncover one can only speculate).""",10,http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-smoking-gun-emerges-founding-engineer-says-reactor-4-has-always-been-time-bomb-exp
155,3/24/2011 0:03:46,VITTORIO ZUCCONI,14-03-2011,La Repubblica.it,"""L'abitudine al dolore è dentro il destino""La lotta contro il terremoto si combatte con le piccole armi della organizzazione collettiva e della preparazione, non perché possa mai essere vinta, ma perché è la vita che è stata data da vivere. Un fatto d'onore:the title of meaning is ""the habit of pain is in the destiny""... even this title sound like insulting Japanese people especially people're actually hit by the huge Tsunami. It's just unbelievable!!!! ",10,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/14/news/giappone_zucconi-13575744
156,3/24/2011 1:28:29,dapd,14.03.2011,http:de.news.yahoo.com/17/20110314/twl-man-weiss-nicht-wem-man-glauben-soll-891be1d.html,"The airplane arrived in Munich Germany on Thursday, but the the earsquake was on friday, the news was written on monday the 14th. Who can explain me this curious story?",10,""
157,3/24/2011 3:47:26,sda (no names shown),22-03-2011,20 Minuten (printed as well as online),"Headline ""Verseuchte Wolke erreicht morgen die Schweiz"" (Contaminated cloud will reach Switzerland tomorrow). Although they put that remark in context inside the article, it's a realy bad attempt to stoke fears.",9,http://www.20min.ch/news/ausland/story/Verseuchte-Wolke-koennte-Schweiz-erreichen-20639823
158,3/24/2011 3:54:42,Hagit Limor,13-03-2011,Multiple--Scripps wire service article picked up by several papers and TV stations,"The article starts ""It is this nation's greatest fear, revisited.Almost 66 years after atomic bombs decimated this city and Nagasaki during World War II, Japan holds its breath against a new nuclear threat.This time nature, not man, has led to impending disaster.""It only gets worse from there. When you read it, you get the sense that Hiroshima is a small town populated entirely by hibakusha. There's scientific illiteracy, too. ""Iodine prevents the thyroid gland from absorbing radiation.""The only apparent source for the article is an interview with a peace activist named Steven Leeper.",9,http://public.shns.com/content/japan-earthquake-tsunami-biggest-nuclear-threat-hiroshima
159,3/24/2011 8:02:29,Matt Blake,23-03-2011,"Daily Mail, UK","Scaremongering and offering supposition without quoting a source:""But as more radiation seeps into the atmosphere minute by minute, they know this job will be their last.  Five are believed to have already died and 15 are injured while others have said they know the radiation will kill them.""Contradiction in same article:""The warning came after it emerged last night that radioactive particles have reached Europe and are heading towards Britain in the wake of the catastrophe ""followed by:""Last night the British Government said radiation from Japan had not been detected by the UK’s network of monitoring stations set up after the 1986 Chernobyl explosion. A spokesman said any signs of radiation were not expected in the next few days.""",9,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369216/Fukushima-Fifty-First-pictures-emerge-inside-Japans-stricken-nuclear-power-plant.html
160,3/24/2011 15:43:03,Rupert Wingfield-Hayes ,23-03-11,BBC website,Inappropriate use of the term 'ground zero'.Emphasis on scared Tokyo residents and 'particularly vulnerable infants'.Failure to put the amount of radioactivity into perspective.Unfounded claim - 'but now it's become clear the radiation has spread much further and much faster than anyone had thought possible'. 'Anyone'??Scaremongering by suggesting the rain will bring more radiation.,8,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12839485
161,3/24/2011 16:58:45,Graphic department,24-03-2011,"Ilta-Lehti tabloid online, Finland","Creation and use of cheap horror movie like banner for the publication's online special section on Japan. Sinister black background with wave and clouds with (possibly custom designed) ""quake font"" reading Japani (Japan). In blood-red.Just bad taste overall. I'm going for a 9 but this might fit an 11 (Satan) as well.The online publication averages 2 million different readers per week in Finland.",9,http://www.iltalehti.fi/japani/
162,3/24/2011 18:26:33,yahoo españa,24/03/2011,http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/,"They highlight this latest news: ""A preliminary 6.1 magnitude aftershock affects northern Japan"" BUT they join a pic of a death person by the 11th March earthquake. A complete lack of respect to the victims!Destacan ahora mismo la noticia de última hora de una réplica de 6,1grados en el norte de Japón y le adjuntan la foto del traslado de un cadáver correspondiente a una víctima del terremoto de 9grados del 11-Marzo. Una flagrante manipulación de la imagen y una absoluta falta de respeto a las víctimas de la tragedia.",10,http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/10/20110324/tts-oestp-japon-replica-ca02f96.html
163,3/24/2011 18:28:56,Wieland Wagner,22.03.2011,www.spiegel.de,"Titling ""Tokyo banned by fear and apathy"", Mr. Wagner totally exaggerates the situation in Tokyo. He depicts Tokyo being grey and colourless due to electricity shortage (Tokyo is ALWAYS grey) and its residents losing their joie de vivre as they might have to relinquish their ""beloved sushi"" (as Tokyoters are surely known for partying on the streets day and night). Finally, he compares the workers at nuclear plant Fukushima 1 to ""Kamikaze pilots"" of WW II - which is absolutely non-p.c.All in all, Mr. Wagner successfully puts the three most wanted klischées of Japan and Tokyo in one article:1. Tokyo is a neon light flickering, colourful city and its residents use to party day and night.2. Japanese, especially Tokyoters, eat sushi all the time (which is not true as an average Japanese probably eats less sushi as an average German yuppie)3. Kamikaze pilots are still common in Japan.",7,"http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/0,1518,752401,00.html"
164,3/24/2011 18:36:35,Chris Hogg,20-03-2011,BBC News,"Hogg washes over the trials of those trying to hold on to a sense of ""order"" and ""thoughtfulness to others"" amidst the chaos of the disaster as mere ""Japanese"" stoicism - a stereotype. While those he interviewed offer divergent perspectives, he sadly ends his piece with ""as a foreigner in Japan,... you'll never get an answer to"" the question of what lies behind the ""stalwart exterior."" Has he considered the possibility that maybe he is just a bad journalist? When people talk about THE ""national character"" of a place, what does this really mean? Can we somehow go beyond these platitudes of, for instance, ""Japanese stoicism"" to get at suffering as it is experienced? Isn't that what journalism is about? Why interview anyone and waste their time if you are just going to confirm what you already ""knew"" about the other - that you are ""stoic.""",3,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12798799
165,3/24/2011 19:57:32,AJW by the Asahi Shimbun,24-03-2011,http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=162706927116284&set=a.157475197639457.39036.157466287640348&theater,"Fear mongering, again. AJW (Asahi Japan Watch) by the Asahi Shimbun published the following on their facebook page, which shows a calculation based on *extreme* conditions and not based on fact.NSC releases predicted radiation exposure using extreme conditionsAfter coming under fire, the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan for the first time on Wednesday released predicted ranges of radiation exposure and radioactive materials from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.The calculations were made using the System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information (SPEEDI).Emphasizing that its predictions were based on extreme conditions, the commission said the thyroid glands of 1-year-old infants could be exposed to more than 100 millisieverts of radiation over a 12-day period--even outside a 30-kilometer radius from the plant--if iodine is dispersed in a northwesterly and southerly directions.The government had recommended that residents living within a 20-km radius evacuate and that those living between a 20- to 30-km radius remain indoors as much as possible.""We made the calculations using very extreme conditions. There will be no need to implement measures immediately,"" NSC Chairman Haruki Madarame said.The calculations were based on the scenario of infants being outdoors for the entire 12-day period between 6 a.m. March 12 and midnight Wednesday, after the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11 and damaged the nuclear plant.The calculations found that if the infant remained indoors exposure to iodine would decrease to one-quarter to one-tenth of the most extreme calculation.The levels of radioactive iodine dispersed were calculated based on radiation monitoring data recorded at various locations, and the exposure calculation was made for a 1-year child whose thyroid gland would be most affected by iodine.The NSC had previously not released such predictions, saying the data were only rough figures that could be inaccurate. Critics said the commission should release as much information as possible about the nuclear crisis.According to Wednesday's calculations, the municipalities where infants could be exposed to more than 100 millisieverts of radiation were Minami-Soma, Iitate and Kawamata to the northwest of the Fukushima plant as well as part of Iwaki that lies south of the plant.The 100-millisievert figure is one factor in determining if an exposed individual should take non-radioactive iodine as a precaution against thyroid gland cancer.SPEEDI makes its calculations based on the location of the nuclear power plant, the type, amount and height of the radioactive material dispersed, topographical features as well as weather data.(Copyright 2011 the Asahi Shimbun. All Rights Reserved.)",9,http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=162706927116284&set=a.157475197639457.39036.157466287640348&theater
166,3/24/2011 21:03:11,Frédéric Charles,16-03-2011,RTBF,"""Tokyo is an empty city. Most people in Tokyo can go to work, they stay at home...The Japanese government don't tell them that you know in Europe, Japan may live a kind of second Chernobyl"".""Japanese people know the government don't tell the truth""",7,http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhq932_frederic-charles-rtbf-16-mars-2011_news#from=embediframe
167,3/24/2011 22:10:15,Chris Wilson,22-3-2011,Slate,"Fear MongeringHelp Wanted: Save Japan From Nuclear DisasterSlate wants your ideas on how to avoid a complete meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.Chris Wilson | THE HIVE | Tuesday, 7:09 AM ET",7,http://hive.slate.com/hive/averting-meltdowns/article/help-wanted-save-japan-from-nuclear-disaster
168,3/25/2011 4:36:18,Conny,23-03-2011,Twyggy,"Not to mention more than one article, they should have a closer look on quality of  their texts.""Die Wolke des Grauens über Deutschland"" ""Cloud of Horror over Germany"" is the title. Thankfully an intelligent reader could find sentences in the text like : ""minimum radiation"" ""no danger"" ""few informations"".I could just find horror by reading around your pages .. sorryFear mongering",9,http://www.twyggy.net/news/5714
169,3/25/2011 7:46:56,Crikey editors,21-03-2011,Crikey,Juxtaposes picture of blazing _oil_ refinery with story on 'Nuclear Crisis',6,http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/japan-earthquake/
170,3/25/2011 10:02:22,Ben Sandilands,16-03-2011,Crikey,"Inference that Fukushima was like Chernobyl, apparently on the basis of no more than an a precautionary advice to airline pilots.",9,http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/16/japans-nuclear-farce-has-chernobyl-written-all-over-it/
171,3/25/2011 17:46:14,Richard Littlejohn,22-03-2011,Mail Online (UK),"Article basically  says Japan deserves what it got. ""Anyone who has visited or worked in Japan will tell you it is like landing on another planet. Beyond the baseball caps and Western clothes, the Japanese people have a distinct culture of their own, which is entirely alien to our own values. They are militantly racist and in the past have been capable of great cruelty.""Brings up past Japanese war crimes against British soldiers and assumes that they, the soldiers who have since passed away, would not like to be ""associated with the expressions of sympathy over the earthquake and tsunami. And who can blame them?""Article scoffs at those who do show sympathy and says ""Our natural inclination is to wonder how we can help. But besides sending specialist search teams and offering heartfelt sympathy, there is nothing we can do. Japan is an advanced, wealthy nation, which will recover and rebuild over time. It doesn’t need our money.""While there are no actual errors in this article, this writer is using the current situation to spin his hate toward Japan.",10,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1368594/Japanese-earthquake-tsunami-My-wifes-PoW-grandad-wouldnt-mark-minutes-silence.html
172,3/25/2011 19:47:10,"Mehmet Ali Birand, Fulya Soybas",16-03-2011 ,Turkish TV Kanal D - CNN Turk,"Fabricated News were broadcasted by Turkish TV Kanal D in evening news on 16th of March 2011 at 7pm presented by Mehmet Ali Birand and reported live from Tokyo by CNN Turk Correspondent Fulya Soybas. 2 Turkish citizens living in Japan were also interviewed during the news.There were several fabricated / intentionally falsified information were given by CNN Turk correspondent Fulya Soybas during the live news from Tokyo. Here are the list of intentionally falsified news reported by CNN Turk correspondent Fulya Soybas in evening news presented by Mehmet Ali Birand- As the news was live, the local time in Tokyo at that moment was about ""2:22AM in the morning"". CNN Turk Correspondent Fulya Soybas reporting from one of the narrowest streets in Tokyo, compared that street to Istanbul's Taksim Square and described it as empty due to radiation fears. - She, CNN Turk correspondent Fulya Soybas, mentioned that she got special permission from Japanese authorities to go outside in Tokyo after 9PM as there was strict curfew in Tokyo, meanwhile there many cars, taxis and people were passing by during live broadcast from Tokyo. - She, CNN Turk correspondent Fulya Soybas, also mentioned that everybody in Tokyo were wearing Radiation Masks outside while She and Turkish Citizens she was interviewing were any mask.  - Mehmet Ali Birand named the nuclear plant name as Fujiyama although the name of the plant is Fukushima,- During live news, Kanal D TV also showed footage of the fire in Sendai Petrochemical Refinery as it was actually the fire in Fukushima Nuclear Plant.- Turkish Citizen interviewed by CNN Correspondent Fulya Soybas, said that they would like to go Turkey but they cannot find empty seats in the flights and asked Turkish Government to evacuate them from Tokyo. There were enough low cost economy seats during that time, even Turkish Airlines canceled one of flight arranged by Turkish Government due to no demand.These all fabricated/intentionally falsified news broadcasted to attract more audience were reported to Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council with a letter below:Sayin Yetkili,Su an Japonya-Tokyo’da ikamet etmekte olan Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandaslari olarak, 16.03.2011 tarihi saat 19:00’da Kanal D Ana Haber’de yayimlanan yalan ve yanlis haberle ilgili olarak sikayette bulunmak istiyoruz. Ilgili haberin görüntülerine asagidaki linklerden ulasabilirsiniz:http://videonuz.ensonhaber.com/izle/birand-birak-haberi-falan-cik-oradanKanal D’nin resmi sayfasinda:http://webtv.kanald.com.tr/Detail.aspx?Id=9127&Part=3Bu tarz yalan haberlerden dolayi su an Japonya’da çok zor durumdayiz. Ailemiz, arkadaslarimiz haberlerin etkisinde kalip müthis bir sekilde panige kapilmis durumdalar. Onlarin huzursuz olmalarindan dolayi biz de burada huzursuz günler geçiriyoruz. Su an Japonya’da hatiri sayilir sayida Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandasi yasiyor. Bu insanlarin Japonya disindaki akraba ve yakinlarini da düsündügünüzde, bir yalan haber yüzünden on binlerce kisinin ciddi sekilde etkilendigini öngörebilirsiniz.Yayimlanmis haberde ne yazik ki, dogru tek bir bilgi yok. Özellikle dikkatimizi çeken gerçek disi, yanlis bilgiler ve saptirmalari asagida listeliyoruz.1- Her seyden önce, ekranda görünen haber basliklari tamamen provokatif: “Radyasyondan Canli”, “Durum Çok Çok Ciddi”2- Japonya’da Fujiyama diye bir nükleer santral yok.3- Reaktörlerde herhangi bir yangin çikmadi. Verilen yangin görüntüleri bir petrokimya rafinerisinde çikan yanginlardan alinmadir ve ilgisi yoktur.4- Muhabirin “Burasi Taksim gibi islek bir cadde” dedigi sokak görüntülerden de anlasilacagi gibi taksinin bile zor sigdigi arka sokaklardan birisi”. Dahasiö haberin yayinlandigi saat itibariyle Japonya’da saat geceyarisi 02:00 sularidir. Bu saatte o sokakta o kadar taksinin geçmesi bile büyük kalabalik sayilabilecekken, bu sekilde bir yaniltma art niyetten ve sansasyon yaratmaktan öte bir sey degildir.5- Haber sirasinda yorumlari alinan vatandaslarimizdan alinan bilgilere dayanilarak, uçaklarda yer yok deniyor. Japonya’dan giden yabancilarin arttigi dogru fakat yogun bir sezon olmadigi için THY’de bile çok uygun fiyatlara bilet bulmak mümkündür. Hatta düzenlenecek TK5401 numarali ek sefer, talep olmamasi nedeniyle iptal edilmistir.6- Fukusima 1. No’lu Nükleer Santral tesisinin 30 km yariçapi haricinde, Tokyo’da ya da her hangi baska bir sehirde hiçbir zaman eve siginma gibi bir durum yasanmamis, resmi tatil olmamis, iletisim, posta ve ulastirma sektörleri basta olmak üzere, insanlar 12 Mart 2011 itibariyle normal islerine dönmüs, çalismaktadirlar.7- Haberde iddia edildigi gibi gece saat 9'dan sonra disari çikmak yasaklanmadi. Diyelim ki yasaklandi, bu bahsi geçen özel izin hangi makamdan alinmis? Hem neden aksam 9? Nükleer sizinti aksam 9'da günlük salinimina ara mi veriyor?8- Tokyo’da kimsede gaz maskesi yok ve kimse deprem çantalariyla ortalikta gezmiyorken ve dahasi kendisi maske bulundurmuyorken, bu bilgiyi hangi kaynaga dayandirarak halka sunabiliyor?9- Altyazida gecen “50 kamikaze” haberi nasil bir hayal dünyasinin ürünüdür anlamak mümkün degildir. Santral ve çevresinde çalismalarini 16 mart itibariyle sürdüren itfaiye ve teknik ekiplerde toplam 180 kisi vardir…10- Haberin sonundaki M. Ali Birand’in “Haberi maberi birak, kendini koru” demesi habercilikten tamamen uzak olan, sergilenen bu tiyatroyu çok güzel tamamlayan bir mizansenden ibarettir.Kisaca, biz Japonya’da yasayan Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandaslari olarak, bu türlü yanlis ve yalan haberlerden dolayi çok büyük sikinti içindeyiz. Haberi yapanlarin ve sorumsuzca yayinlayan kanalin verilebilecek en agir cezayla cezalandirilmasini isitiyor, ve caydirici bir ceza ile bu tarz yalan haberlerin önüne geçilebilecegini inaniyoruz.",10,http://videonuz.ensonhaber.com/izle/birand-birak-haberi-falan-cik-oradanhttp://webtv.kanald.com.tr/Detail.aspx?Id=9127&Part=3
173,3/25/2011 19:55:40,Fulya Soybas,23-03-2011,CNN Turk Web Site,"Intentionality falsified information about the earthquake for the sake of Sensationalized journalism.Even though the number of death and missing can rise in coming days, as of 23rd of March the official death toll was 9301 with 13786 Missing.In report by CNN Turk Correspondent Fulya Soybas, the death toll was reported as more than 50,000.",9,http://www.cnnturk.com/2011/yazarlar/03/23/kimsesizligin.tsunamisi/610878.0/index.html
174,3/26/2011 1:18:28,NA,26-03-2011,Channel News Asia,"Reading this article makes everyone traveling out of japan sound like radiation-carrying monsters. No statistics to back up radiation levels, which might be completely negligible. ",9,http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1118788/1/.html
175,3/26/2011 2:31:50,Economist,24-03-2011,http://www.economist.com/node/18441143,"Graphic of Japan showing the Fukushima plant with a wide circle around in encompassing Tokyo.  Its similarity to the exclusion zone images suggests that either is within some exclusion or warning zone, which is simply not correct.",7,""
176,3/26/2011 4:21:42,Cinthia Briseño,25-03-2011,Spiegel Online,"Journalist writes: ""Die Inhalation von 40 Milliardstelgramm Plutonium 239 genügt, um eine akute Strahlenbelastung von 15 Millisievert im Körper zu verursachen. Dann kommt es zu einer schweren Strahlenkrankheit (siehe Kasten links), die innerhalb weniger Tage tödlich endet."" Roughly translated: The inhalation of 40 ng Plutonium 239 cause an acute exposure of 15 mSv to the body. This leads to radiation sickness that causes death within days. -> I just wonder if there is information lacking in this article or if the journalist mixes up mSv and Sv... In the end the article is causing the typical panic in the comments to this article...",5,"http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/0,1518,753117,00.html"
177,3/26/2011 8:03:23,Debora MacKenzie,25-03-2011,NewScientist,"Irresponsible headline.Headline: ""Fukushima radioactive fallout nears Chernobyl levels""Body of the text: ""...The Chernobyl accident emitted much more radioactivity and a wider diversity of radioactive elements than Fukushima Daiichi has so far..."". Also links to ""Why Fukushima Daiichi won't be another Chernobyl""",7,http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20285-fukushima-radioactive-fallout-nears-chernobyl-levels.html
178,3/26/2011 9:30:37,David Goldstein,23/03/2011,slog.thestranger.com,Refers to the Japanese government warning not to give infants tap water as 'yet another example of the widespread contamination from the ongoing nuclear crisis'. Reports on the TEPCO observations of neutron beams without knowing what a neutron beam is or reporting the dose rate of the observed beams. He takes the Kyodo News' article on the neutron beams words out of context to make them sound more scary.,5,http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/03/23/unsafe-water-black-smoke-and-neutron-beams
179,3/26/2011 13:10:18,David Muir / Dr. Michio Kaku,3/25/2011,ABC News,"While the information is probably quite true, it has been sensationalized with very dramatic language.  ",9,http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/crisis-japan-nuke-breach-13218555
180,3/26/2011 15:57:09,Nancy Grace,3/21/2011,CNN,"Nancy Grace should be fired. Her ""report"" about the radiation was simple fear mongering and cannot be justified as meeting any reasonable standards.",10,http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/03/21/ng.japan.radiation.hln
181,3/26/2011 23:41:52,"David Jolly, Hiroko Tabuchi & Keith Bradsher",3/25/2011,New York Times,"“We’re evacuating people at a larger distance from the reactor. Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone.”“Sir, this is a press conference. You’re being broadcast live around the world.”“Oh. So that’s how all this secret information keeps getting out!”",7,http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/03/26/new-york-times-quietly-edits-article-about-fukushima-evacuation/
182,3/27/2011 4:38:08,E. Burchia,26-03-2011,Corriere della Sera (Italy) / Money CNN,"""Paure nucleari: negli USA i bunker vanno a ruba /rifugi a cinque stelle, dopo l'11 marzo vendite decuplicate"", that in English translates in ""Nuclear fears: in USA bunkers sell like crazy /5-stars bunkers: after March 11 sales have rised by a factor 10""The Italian article is an interpretation of a Money.cnn.com article. Reading the text of the article, you will NOT find any strong link with Fukushima...rather it is linked with the fear for natural catostrophes, nuclear war, etc...of of extremely few people who believe in the end of the world (the bunkers company sell an average of 4 bunkers per year, and this year they got 12 (TWELVE, WOW!!!!!) orders...that's an awful lot to make such big news, we have to admit :)))",9,http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_marzo_26/investire-nel-bunker-elmar-burchia_c950bd76-57b9-11e0-8a3c-34dcb0202b47.shtmlhttp://money.cnn.com/2011/03/22/real_estate/doomsday_bunkers/index.htm
183,3/27/2011 12:28:59,Steve Inskeep,23-03-2011,National Public Radio (NPR),"Title is ""Japan Declines Most Offers Of Relief Aid"" and claims, ""Out of 102 offers for help from different countries, the Japanese government only accepted 15"".  Aricle does not bother to mention that their source (available in the comments) say the rejected offers were not money, but of people, many of which would require too much babysitting (no Japanese language capability, transport, etc.).  Article also say that foreign relief money raised is far less the hurricane Katrina or Haiti and offers the unqualified and offensive explanation, ""They've [Japan] got money.""",5,http://www.npr.org/2011/03/23/134784722/Japan-Donations
184,3/27/2011 12:42:14,NPR Staff,17-03-2011,National Public Radio (NPR),"A section heading, ""Like Suicide Fighters In A War"", comes from a quote from a university professor but there is nothing in the article (or other news at the time)  to support the implication that TEPCO workers were rushing to take crazy risks. This comes across as a revival of the WWII racist propaganda, ""Japanese love to die"".   ",5,http://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134611731/helicopters-douse-crippled-nuclear-reactor-in-japan
185,3/27/2011 13:20:57,Dave Masko ,3/24/2011,Huliq,"I don't even know where to begin.- Blames Japan for lack of tourism in Oregon- Claims Oregon is ""still"" getting radiation from Japan via ""more ill wind""- Claims NHK has said radiation has spread worldwide- nuclear winter is coming- misreporting radiation levels- reports that people are scared of ""radiation infection""- political grandstanding for ""clean energy"", ""safe energy"", etc.- ""smoldering nuclear reactors""- reports whale watching suffering because of Japan's tsunami- insinuates Fukushima is now a nuclear wasteland- misreports that Japanese government is advising people to not give ""ANY tap water"" to babies, despite multiple reports from within Japan that it's only unsafe over a long period and the child's hydration should be the primary concern- ""Japanese people wearing soiled face masks and shocked looks in their eyes, scurry home to seal themselves in their homes with duct-tape due to fears that radiation may be reaching their lungs and other vital organs."" ... talk about ignorance- claims there are regular releases of radiation and workers are risking their lives where ""spent fuel rods are spewing dangers radioactive radiation and contamination""- claims people in Oregon are scared of ""infection"" and blames news out of Japanese government for dropping tourism in Oregon- More blaming Japan for their own issues...“It doesn’t help that we get radiation from Japan, but gas is now over $4 and the year before last was bad, last year was really bad and so far this year with the Tsunami and all, it’s getting ridiculous to do business,” explained Steven, a seller of antiques and collectables in the trendy Nye Beach area of Newport that faces the Pacific and far off Japan. - Claims WHO is sending teams out to look for signs of ""infection""- More grandstanding for solar power over nuclear- Claims history of Nagasaki and Hiroshima is ""repressed"" in Japan- ""radiation that’s now hurting so many people in Japan""- Vivid and graphic descriptions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki juxtaposed with Fukushima- China Syndrome portrayed as realistic scenario to Fukushima- ""Not surprisingly, scientists today are fearful of the same sort of nuclear winter in the wake of the recent and ongoing crisis in Japan""",10,http://www.huliq.com/10282/japans-radiation-crisis-and-tsunamis-wake-continues-impact-west-coast
186,3/27/2011 22:11:40,Hans Chr. Hansson,21-03-2001,VG,"Reporting that Tokyo Electric Power Company uses homeless people, immigrants and minors as workers at Fukushima power plant, according to German TV program ""Recent Stunde"", WDR.",10,http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/jordskjelv-i-japan/artikkel.php?artid=10091205
187,3/28/2011 8:16:27,Aki Ito (writer) - Paul Panckhurst (editor),27-03-2011,Bloomberg,"Misleading/sensationalistic title: ""Kan Told to Decentralize Japan as Aide Says ‘Big One’ May Annihilate Tokyo"". For anyone living in a city expecting a big earthquake for quite some time now, this title creates the illusion that some aide to the PM of Japan has inside info on the city collapsing in the event of such an earthqquake. This is not supported anywhere in the text; the closest things get to annihilation is the phrase ""We have no idea when the big one’s going to hit Tokyo, but when it does, it’s going to annihilate the entire country because everything is here.” -not exactly the same. After a real annihilation in Tohoku, it'd be better if such words were used more carefully. ",7,http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-27/kan-told-to-decentralize-japan-as-aide-says-big-one-may-annihilate-tokyo.html
188,3/28/2011 11:51:24,Robert Hetkaemper,17-03-2011,"ARD German Public Television, Aktuelle Stunde","Report likens TEPCO cleaning efforts to those of communist regime in Chernobyl -- this is either great investigative journalism that should be commended and followed up upon or the biggest offenses in bad journalism I have see, and on top of it committed by a news organization that is funded by the German tax payer",10,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRPzQHfOVPs
189,3/28/2011 12:31:42,Mike Clarke,3/19/2011,cbc news," Presents expert trying to be helpful with a lecture on how to ""correctly"" use equipment design for a different situation. Assumes filling pools holding radioactive fuel in a damaged building is the same as putting out forest fires.  Essentially implies the responders do not know what they are doing  which can increase panic.",3,http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/03/18/bc-japan-reactors-water-buckets.html
190,3/28/2011 17:03:53,Mark Mackinnon,27/03/2010,Globe and Mail ,"Headline (Fear grows near another nuclear plant in Japan) is scare-mongering BS at its worst. Nobody in Japan has been talking about the plant at Kashiwazaki -- if anything, the Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka is seen as more vulnerable, but even then, there hasn't been an excessive amount of fear about it.The situation in Japan is already difficult enough for the local people and the foreigners who live here. This kind of crap just makes people more scared. Horribly insensitive and factually off. Stop the fear!",10,http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/fear-grows-near-another-nuclear-plant-in-japan/article1958746/
191,3/28/2011 22:55:43,MARK MACKINNON,14/03/2011,"Globe and Mail, Canada","Fear-mongering with factually inaccurate, loaded terminology with the intent to create fear. I'm based in Saitama and this unnecessarily scared the crap out of me. The hydrogen explosion at reactor 3 was not a ""mushroom cloud,"" as the video shows. But even then, the writer knows how loaded that term is, and he chose to use it...""Separately, the outer building encasing the No. 3 reactor went up in a small mushroom cloud Monday after a hydrogen explosion blew the roof off in a blast almost identical to the one that struck Fukushima’s Reactor No. 1 in Saturday. The explosion Monday had been predicted by officials, who said afterwards that the inner building had not breached, making a complete meltdown very unlikely.""",10,http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/high-radiation-levels-threat-to-human-health-japanese-government/article1941418/
192,3/28/2011 23:30:53,France 2,19-03-2011,"program""13:15"" in 13 o'clock News","At the very beginning, there was a big title in Japanese in full screen.  ""気をフけて”6 year old japanese kid or first year Japanese learner can tell what is wrong.  Lost in Translation???Without having a decent Japanese speaker, this TV station has been sending out false information.  Their correspondent Alain de Chalvron is reporting from Osaka, not from Tokyo, not from Tohoku.By the way, this documentary was about some tunami victims.  But why ""気をフ（つ）けて""？",5,http://13h15-le-samedi.france2.fr/?page=accueil&rubrique=reportages&video=manuel_13h15_reportage_1_20110319_220_19032011140510_F2
193,3/29/2011 17:54:24,"Chico Harlan, Brian Vastag",28-03-2011,The Washington Post,"Factual error regarding graphite seals around control rod drivers at bottom of reactor pressure vessels:""But at temperatures above 350 degrees Fahrenheit, the graphite stoppers begin to melt.""Graphite begins to melt at 3500K (5800F).",9,http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/radiation-levels-reach-new-highs-as-conditions-worsen-for-workers/2011/03/27/AFsMLFiB_story.html
194,3/29/2011 20:13:57,Richard Shears,29-03-2011,IOL,"""Hospitals in the Osaka region, 450 miles from the crippled power station which is spewing radiation into the air....""",8,http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/mothers-to-be-flee-japan-1.1048917
195,3/29/2011 23:20:06,Meirav Crystal,15-03-3011,Ynetnews ,"I guess the title says it all: Israelis fear sushi shortage after quakeSituation in Japan may affect regular supply of ingredients for one of Israelis' favorite dishes, restaurateurs sayMeirav CrystalPublished: 	03.15.11, 14:02 ",9,"http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4042347,00.html"
196,3/30/2011 1:14:23,none given,3/26/2011,The SF Gaurdian,Misrepresenting facts about the Japan reactor. Linking those facts to a reactor in California. Sensationalism. Lies about the nature of the nuclear release. False reporting about the types of faults in California and Japan. General stupidity.,5,http://www.sfbg.com/2011/03/22/shut-down-diablo-canyon
197,3/30/2011 2:38:29,Cinthzia Breseno,29.03.11,SPIEGEL online,"The article's title is ""Traces of plutonium reveal extend of the catastrophy""(Plutonium-Spuren enthüllen Ausmaß der Katastrophe) while in the article an official of the ASAis cited""(...)if the plutonium has broken through the original containment it would show the severity of this accident(...)""But probably the headline was more important.Also TEPCO is cited with the remark that found Pu traces are not dangerous to health.But the amount which was discovered(0.54bql per m2)is not cited,but TEPCO accused of playing down the problem.(""herunterspielen"")As usual in Der SPIEGEL the undoubtetly dangerous effects on health of Pu are painted in the most horrible colours,just to have at the end of the article an expert explaining that Pu is heavy and unlikely to move far.Typical fear-mongering",5,"http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/0,1518,753770,00.html"
198,3/30/2011 12:42:30,Ian Sample,29-03-2011,The Guardian,"- Sensationalism: negative & defeatist, yet totally subjective headline (""may"").- Fear-mongering: ""lost the race"", ""meltdown fears rise"".- Confusing facts and opinions: article based on the opinion of one retired scientist who is not involved in the Fukushima plant repair works, yet stated as ""experts say""; the ""expert"" quoted even says ""I hope I am wrong""; the title says ""may have lost the battle"", yet the subtitle states ""radioactive core melts through vessel"", and the first paragraph has ""appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel"" (there is no confirmed report of this anywhere in the international media that I could find, as of 30 March 12.30pm, Japan time).",8,http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/29/japan-lost-race-save-nuclear-reactor
199,3/30/2011 14:40:50,Not given,29-03-2011,bbc.co.uk,"The headline ""PM Naoto Kan signals 'maximum alert'"" as if it were an official government emergency declaration akin to DEFCON 1. It is a mistranslation of the term 最大限の緊張感, or ""acting with the utmost urgency"", not a level on a scale.",7,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12889541
200,3/30/2011 15:31:16,Mark Prigg,24-03-2011,http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23935074-fukushima-three-hit-by-radiation-burns.do,"Mark Prigg writes, ""Five are believed to have died and 15 are injured while others have said they know the radiation will kill them"" regarding TEPCO's workers at Fukushima. In the previous paragraph of this sentence, Mark Prigg writes about Fukushima 50. And thus readers will misunderstand the five workers were at Fukushima Daiichi. The way he writes implies that five people died of radiation exposure, but it is not true. Four people who died of physical injuries were working at TEPCO's other non-nuclear power plants. One died at Fukushima Daini (#2) but of injuries. None of them died of radiation exposure. (Source: http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/110312/trd11031213410008-n1.htm)",8,http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23935074-fukushima-three-hit-by-radiation-burns.do
201,3/30/2011 17:37:49,John Cook,29-03-2011,Gawker,"Implying that Goldman Sachs, located in Mori Tower (which has it's own propane gas turbine power generation and is thus unaffected by even power shortages), which is a skyscraper and planned community that is graced with opulence and designer stores and restaurants, is in the middle of an ""irradiated hellscape.""",10,http://gawker.com/#!5786901/goldman-sachs-orders-employees-not-to-leave-japans-irradiated-hellscape
202,3/30/2011 19:35:21,"Yoko Wakatsuki, Whitney Hurst and Paula Hancocks",30-03-2011,CNN.com,"Article states ""The now 19-day-old crisis at the plant has spread radioactive contamination across much of northern Japan."" This claim is false according to all available data sources.",7,http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html
203,3/31/2011 3:16:05,Cinthia Briseño,30.03.2011,SPIEGEL online,"The title of this article is:""Japanese want to wrap the reactor up""which is probably supposed to be an analogy of the Cristo wrapping of the Berlin Reichstag and comes across as a kind of ""joke"".These measures which are considered by the Japanese are called ""desperate"" as all the cooling operations(water spraying) have been called before.Everything is always desperate(""verzweifelt"")The article opens ""The  stream of evil tidings(""Hiobsbotschaft"") from Fukushima does not end(...).But the second sentence actually cites the TEPCO press conference with the message that the situation in the 6 reactors has improved but leaves it at that and gives no details about the improvements just to continue with all the ""evil tidings""from the days before.The article cites ""Greepeace""which has detected high radiation levels at Itate but does not cite NHK and the published radiation monitoring(www.pref.fukushima.jp/j/20-30km16.pdf) which indicates a steady decline of radiation.At the very end of the article Cinthia Briseño writes about the new safety standards for Nuclear Power Plants which have been issued by the jap.govermnent just to conclude that Japan has 53 power plants-""many close to the sea""Written in a way to give the reader a very uneasy sense of approaching doom.Typical fear-mongering.",9,"http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/0,1518,754074,00.html"
204,3/31/2011 8:44:07,Artur P. Schmidt,27-03-2011,Heise Telepolis,"""Mega-Chernobyl .., situation entirely out of control ..1) asssessment of present situation: ...all of Japan will become uninhabitable for thousands of years ...2) scenario: .. the expulsion of plutonium is highly critical and lethal for the entire planet .. all industrial exports irradiated .. all Pacific fish poioned3) recommendations: ...evacuate 250km zone and all of eastern Tokyo, maybe even the entire island .. international community must take over now, this is not about only Japan any more--- Utter insanity. This is not a fringe blog but the wesite of a major magazine...",10,http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/34/34432/1.html
205,3/31/2011 13:47:36,Bluelou,30-3-2011,Gardian UK,"Text which says ""Bluelou on the Fukushima disaster in Japan - cartoonOfficials concede they are no closer to resolving nuclear crisis as high level of radiation is detected in ocean""This text lacks basic fact checking and amounts to scaremongering: while, yes, there is a high level of radiation in the water it's not at a level that is harmful to human health.Followed by a cartoon showing Godzilla holding two suitcases looking worried while walking away from Mount Fuji and all kinds of debris along the coast.",10,http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/cartoon/2011/mar/30/bluelou-fukushima-disaster-japan
206,3/31/2011 18:49:33,Annette Langer,31.03.2011,Spiegel Online,"Please refer to the interview with Thomas Dersee:Dersee commented ""In der Regel können die Betroffenen mit harten Fakten besser und rationaler umgehen als mit Halbwahrheiten und enttäuschten Hoffnungen."" means ""in general the person concerned can better and more effectively go along with the hard facts than with the half-truth and disappointing hopes."" This comments proves that Thomas Dersee is an ethnocentric person and believes that the same information politic in Germany must apply to other contries too. If a comparable catastrophy occurs in Germany, would the German government discloses all the horror senario then no one is left over in Germany?Dersee comments also ""Für die Japaner, die sich sehr viel von Fisch ernähren und gern auch Seetang essen, bedeutet der Verlust dieser Nahrungsquelle einen Kulturschock."" means ""For Japanese, who eat much fish and  seaweed, the loss of such nourishment source means a culture shock."" Are you crazy? The Germans believe still now that the Japanese only eat Sushi (called ""Z""ushi in Germany, same like ""Z""ony for Sony).I can only define such journalist like Annette Langer as ""Rainbow-Journalist"", who easily makes money by picking up such one-sided comments by so called ""Wissenschaftler (knowledged people)"" who might have the copy-paste German PhD title. ",9,"http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,753938,00.html"
207,3/31/2011 19:20:04,PIETRO DEL RE,31-03-2011,La Repubblica ,"a variety of mistakes, from the function of the (directly?) interviewed (P. Del Re assumes Yokota is a volunteer, but in fact is an Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency's officer) to the amount of assumed amount of radiation... probably a sentationalist and bad translator, i wouldn't wonder if he is ""reporting"" from italy",8,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/03/31/news/samurai_fukushima-14300560/?ref=HREC1-1
208,3/31/2011 19:47:31,Pietro Del Re,30.3.11,La Repubblica (reported by governo.it),"tiles ""Plutonium released from Fukushima"" ""Japan worsier than Chernobyl"" and a variety of other unchecked news reported as reality",9,http://rassegna.governo.it/rs_pdf/pdf/YLZ/YLZER.pdf
209,3/31/2011 21:47:46,Annette Langer,31.03.2011,SPIEGEL online,"Already listed here but 2 important points were not mentioned:2 interviews with 2 ""experts"".One of them proves to be a member of an anti-nuclear power organization the other one a meteorologist who admits ""(...)I don't know much about reactors(...)The first question put to them is:""Is Fukushima worse than Tschernobyl?""The first expert answers:""In my view,yes.(...)""(That's what he would say,wouldn't he, with his background)The other one answers ""At this moment not yet""(...)The headline used for this article is ""Fukushima goes beyond the scope of Tschernobyl""Pure sensationalism.",9,"http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,753938,00.html"
210,3/31/2011 22:29:41,Perez Hilton,29-03-2011,fit perez,Perpetuating the idea that nuclear radiation from Fukushima is a valid concern in California.,1,http://fitperez.com/2011-03-29-superbug-appearing-in-west-coast-hospitals
211,3/31/2011 22:46:50,Clarissa Ward,31-3-2011,Twitter/ABC news,"I was following ABC Good Morning America twitter, then this below tweet was retweeted.  I felt sorry for this young lady who came all the way to Japan to report.  So, I went online to Yahoo Japan, to see if I could help out to find a hotel.  Then, I found many rooms available on Yahoo Travel.  Maybe this journalist was looking for a presidential sweet or some sort in Osaka.  Is this an attempt to describe everyone is moving out to Osaka like Exodus???  This kind of false information would affect decline on tourists to Japan.  And she should know people in rest of Japan are having normal working days.   Her tweet was below：Not a single hotel room left in Osaka. Word on the street is a lot of rich Japanese coming down from Tokyo, away from potential meltdown.17 Mar via web Favorite Retweet Reply",5,https://twitter.com/#!/clarissaward
212,4/1/2011 0:13:55,Thomas Stölzel,31.03.2011,Wirtschafts Woche,"""Die gefährdetsten Städte der Welt (the most risky cities in the world)"":This is a real joke; you can click the icon showing the risk of earthquake, hurricane, flood/Tsunami and volcano in the interactive map.  Of course the map never pops up Germany beause Germany is the most safe country over the world! God bless you!!",10,http://www.wiwo.de/technik-wissen/technik-infografiken/naturkatastrophen-karte.html
213,4/1/2011 9:15:00,Joe Weisenthal,31-03-2011,Business Insider/FOX,"Title of the article itself:Heroic Fukushima Workers Believe They Will Die ""Within Weeks""Unscientific and irresponsible. Workers are closely monitored and work in groups. One time Tepco showed the possibility of raising the limit dosage to 250 milliSV but so far, still sticking to 100milliSV per shift. --------------""As the crisis at Fukushima keeps getting worse -- the latest is the discovery of water underneath the reactor at 10,000x the legal limit -- a reminder of the heroic effort that workers inside the plant are putting in to save their country.The mother of one of the workers relayed to Fox News this message from her 32-year old son:  “He told me they have accepted they will all probably die from radiation sickness in the short term or cancer in the long-term.”She added: “They have concluded between themselves that it is inevitable some of them may die within weeks or months. They know it is impossible for them not to have been exposed to lethal doses of radiation.”",10,http://www.businessinsider.com/heroic-fukushima-workers-believe-they-will-die-within-weeks-2011-3#ixzz1ICCVN7Om
214,4/1/2011 10:26:36,David Gutnik,21-03-2011,CBC Radio One - The Current,"As stated already, I thought I was alone in my disbelief in hearing Gutnik looking for a journalism award, by creating a linkeage in his head that Japanese should be enraged, especially in Hiroshima, that nuclear thingys had gone bad.  When he found people living their lives, celebrating life in a High School graduation, he was shocked they werent in mourning at home wearing black sackcloth.  Finally desperate to get a story to justify his expense claim to the CBC, he found an anti-nuclear group to buy into his paradigm",10,"http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/03/21/hiroshima-david-gutnick/The prior link did not link to the interview and the audio file, maybe save it for future journalism students to study how to file a story about your story not working out, and salvaging it.  The medium is the message."
215,4/1/2011 12:01:40,Kate Murphy,30-03-2011,NY Times,"Using the current fears of radiation from Japan as a tool, she brings up an old subject about cell phones and radiation, scaring readers into thinking radiation isn't just from nuclear plants, but from your own pocket. This article wouldn't get attention if it weren't for the Fukushima plant. ",9,http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/technology/personaltech/31basics.html
216,4/1/2011 14:16:19,Diario El Comercio - Peru,30-03-2011,http://elcomercio.pe/impresa/2011-03-30,Bad reporting creating unnecesary panic between the relatives of many peruvians living in Japan,10,"http://elcomercio.pe/impresa/2011-03-30""Se teme fusión en uno de los reactores"" ... translated as ""fusion is feared in one of the reactors""""Plutonio causa pánico en Japón"" ... translated as ""plutonium cause panic in Japan""http://elcomercio.pe/impresa/2011-03-17""El miedo desata exodo en Japón""... translated as ""Fear triggers exodus in Japan""""La brisa radioactiva llega a Tokyo"" ... translated as ""radioactive breeze reaches Tokyo"""
217,4/2/2011 0:28:49,Takashi Uesugi,31-03-2011,Diamond online,"He unnecessarily tries to scare the citizens and intentionally make us have doubt and anger towards the govenment. Informed above is regarding the gap of PU found in soil around the plant and he worte as if while the Europeam medium (BBC & Le Monde) had the correct information, the report Japanese medium tell are untrue and telling us false ""safe"" information.   ",9,http://diamond.jp/articles/-/11689
218,4/2/2011 5:42:24,Claes Svahn,1/4/2011,"Dagens Nyheter, Sweden","Story about criticisms against TEPCO, photo accompanying article shows damaged cisterns and ominous black cloud above, with caption ""The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant."" Photo not from Daiichi at all. Refinery structures seen in background, photo likely from the natural gas cistern fire in Ichihara, Chiba.",2,http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/hard-kritik-mot-fukushimas-agare
219,4/2/2011 11:53:44,Mike Adams,18-03-2011,Natural News,"Unfounded claims that the Mainstream Mass Media (MSM) are involved in a cover-up and conspiracy to prevent the truth about the Fukushima accident becoming public knowledge. Claims that the media had somehow collectively come to the agreement that no truth or factual news would be published beginning Friday, March 18, 2011. Also makes the outrageous claims that the truth about Fukushima had been ""banned"" from the news. Articles states that, ""Scary (but accurate) news stories about Fukushima have now been all but completely banned from the MSM. The word from the top is clearly that media outlets should start downplaying this nuclear accident, which even now ranks as the second worst nuclear accident in the history of human civilization (right after Chernobyl).""",9,http://www.naturalnews.com/031748_mainstream_media_nuclear_catastrophe.html
220,4/2/2011 13:00:17,Rush Limbaugh,17-03-2011,radio,"""Rush Limbaugh mocks Japan quake survivors for recycling in their refugee sheltersRadio host Rush Limbaugh host continued his controversial coverage of the devastating Japanese earthquake yesterday by mocking the country's refugees - for recycling.On his show - the most-listened to in America - he laughed at survivors for recycling  their rubbish at a shelter, calling the quake an ironic 'payback' for Japan's environmentally-friendly policies.""Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366866/Rush-Limbaugh-mocks-Japan-earthquake-refugees-recycling-natural-disaster.html#ixzz1IKpADG1w",10,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366866/Rush-Limbaugh-mocks-Japan-earthquake-refugees-recycling-natural-disaster.html
221,4/2/2011 18:40:51,unnamed,2/4/2011,www.corriere.it,"The headlines of the corriere.it website, the online version of the most prestigious daily newspaper in Italy, reported with big letters news of ""radioactivity in the sea at Fukushima"" while the article was talking about the fact that the leak in the pipes that was spewing radioactivity was found. How a good piece of information has been turned into a scary headline by simply omitting one single word, ""individuata"" (""found"", in italian)",6,http://www.slideshare.net/lucaberta/lettera-al-corriere-della-sera
222,4/4/2011 14:16:00,Kyung Lah ,2/4/2010,CNN http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/02/lah.japan.hating.tepco.cnn,Kyung Lah turns up a TEPCO employee apartment block in order to get some material for some cheap shot at TEPCO. She does not seem to have the brains or common-sense to realise this is family accommodation and that the average TEPCO employee or their families don't deserve some tabloid-like journalist harassing them with a camera rolling during what is already a stressful time for them. She should be on the first plane out of Tokyo. Her anti-Japanese bias has been evident from the day she arrived in Japan. ,10,http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/02/lah.japan.hating.tepco.cnn
223,4/2/2011 18:56:39,"Unknown, Interview with Sebastian Pflugbeil",28.03.2011,Handelsblatt,"Alone the Title: ""Dieses Krisenmanagement ist bösartig"" means roughly "" this crisis management is malicious"".Pflugbeil, president of the society for radiation protection, calls the crisis management of the Japanese Government and TEPCO malicious, dilettantish and speaks of several ""stupid"" mistakes they made.Pflugbeil, in general, takes every possibility to foretell a complete meltdown and disaster.",9,http://www.handelsblatt.com/technologie/energie-umwelt/umwelt-news/dieses-krisenmanagement-ist-boesartig/3996382.html
224,4/4/2011 2:20:53,Christopher Johnson,03.04.2011,WELT online,"Incredibly offensive article under the headline ""Japans forgets victims of Tsunami because of Fukushima"".The writer claims that people in Kessenuma City have nothing to eat and drink and are completely ignored by the goverment.Not one word about the massive support which is taking place,not one word about the thousands of volunteers already working at the evacuation centers.This is not even sensationalistic and overblown,this is vicious writing",10,http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/weltgeschehen/article13057534/Japan-vergisst-wegen-Fukushima-die-Tsunami-Opfer.html
225,4/4/2011 4:13:52,Julie Makinen and Kenji Hall,3/4/2011,Los Angeles Times,"Misleading, malicious headline:""Red Cross aid hasn't reached Japan quake victims"".In the body, they write that AID HAS ARRIVED from Red Cross.""...The Red Cross has dispatched more than 200 emergency relief teams to the disaster zone and organized thousands of volunteers to assist victims...""",6,"http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fgw-japan-relief-20110404,0,2178592.story"
226,4/4/2011 4:28:06,Xeni Jardin,3/4/2011,www.boingboing.net,"Misleading, ""jokey"" headline.""Japan Nuclear Crisis: Sawdust, shredded newspaper, ""diaper absorbent"" fail to soak up radioactive water""From the comments in the post:""StoogeXeni, why would trying to plug the leak with sodium polyacrylate be a joke? It seems eminently sensible to me, but I've not kept up to date with the latest developments in super absorbent polymers. Do you know differently?#5 • 11:37 AM, Apr 3 • Replyphisrow in reply to StoogeTo the best of my knowledge, a hydrophilic polymer is a perfectly sensible material(and, while I'm sure team science has some in the lab that are modestly more efficient per unit weight, the ones with consumer applications can be had by the ton with fairly short lead times...)The fact that one is reduced to injecting them into the pipes and applying optimism as mixed nucleotide soup continues flowing is where the problematic part comes up. Especially if you have to stay 20+ meters from the pit where the leak is because you don't have the hardware to handle the pit directly.#6 • 11:42 AM, Apr 3 • ReplyXeni Jardin in reply to StoogeThe widely-published references to the material as ""diaper absorbent"" are the comedic element.That, combined with the fact that these tactics are now being employed against a problem of massive scale and potential consequences, add up to lulz in the face of disturbing news. The idea of using absorbent polymer, late in the game, to staunch a really large and ongoing leak of radioactive water? It's an interesting idea. The fact that this same material is used in something as innocuous, small, and ubiquitous as diapers? Poetic and/or funny.#7 • 12:01 PM, Apr 3 • ReplyBloodboilerIf only water had a a solid state.I'm not a scientists, but maybe they could try cooling the water below 0 C around the leak. It would be temporary, but then those polymers would have a chance to form in standing water.#8 • 12:10 PM, Apr 3 • ReplyrebdavThe diaper gel stuff is pretty unique in its ability to imprison water in a solid(ish) form at a low price point, it is also used as a mixed spray to protect houses from wildfires, it really works in that application.""",4,http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/03/japan-nuclear-crisis-13.html
227,4/4/2011 16:58:46,John Vidal,1/4/2011,"Guardian newspaper, UK","Assertion that Fukushima may be worse than Chernobyl; quotes no evidence in support, other than media claim by single Russian scientist who claims death toll of 1 million from Chernobyl; asserts that officials are almost certainly covering up a disaster.",9,http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/01/fukushima-chernobyl-risks-radiation
228,4/5/2011 9:12:56,Tyler Durden,4/2/2011,zerohedge.com,"Fear mongering by gross and deliberate distortion of accurate Reuters reports of TEPCO statements on efforts to contain highly contaminated water leaking from Reactor no.2:""Since at this point nobody believes anything coming out of Japan and TEPCO, most are just expecting for the concrete to come: ""TEPCO has begun pouring concrete into the pit to stop the leak, he said."" Alas, as always happens when horrible plans go awry, this latest attempt to fix the problem with the nuclear (pardon the pan) ""solution"" is failing. ""Public broadcaster NHK said late on Saturday that water was preventing the concrete from hardening and the pit was still leaking.""  In other words, recent horrendously planned attempts to cool the reactor by pumping water on it may well scuttle the Plan Z option of entombing the reactor. And if that doesn't work, then Japan is straight out of plans.""The pseudonymous 'Tyler Durden' omitted the contingency plan being developed in light of the concrete failing to plug a leak in the trench coming from Reactor no.2 (not apply concrete to the reactor itself), quoting either side a key paragraph in the original Reuters piece:  ""Leakage did not stop even after concrete was poured into the pit, and Tokyo Electric is now planning to use water-absorbent polymer to prevent contaminated water from leaking out into the sea.""",10,http://www.zerohedge.com/article/attempt-pour-concrete-fukushima-pit-crack-generating-1-sieverthour-fails-new-unmanned-drone-
229,4/5/2011 16:29:57,Kyung Lah,2/4/2011,CNN,I am not sure what Kyung Lah wanted from the TEPCO dorm resident. And the threats to TEPCO she quotes are all from Channel 2 sites which is so biased.,6,http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/04/03/cnn-reports-about-anti-tepco-2channel-threads/
230,4/5/2011 20:22:45,Dr. Tom Burnett,29-03-2011,Common Dreams.org,"-Origally contributed to Hawaii News Daily-Nature of Offence: Lack of fact, misinformation, science illiterate and fearmongeringHe writes:""The Japanese government has had a level 7 nuclear disaster going for almost a week but won’t admit it.""""I suspect three nuclear piles are in meltdown and we will probably get some of it."" In Hawaii, presumably...""Chernobyl was different – a critical reactor exploded and stopped the reaction. At Fukushima, the reactor cores are still melting down."" ""A nuclear reactor means bring fissile material to a point at which it is hot enough to boil water (in a light-water reactor) and not enough to melt and go supercritical (China syndrome or a Chernobyl incident). You simply cannot let it get away from you because if it does, you can’t stop it.""",8,http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/29-6
231,4/5/2011 20:35:23,News reader,05.04.2011,Bayern Radio Die Frühaufdreher,"On 05.04.2011 in the news between 6:30 and 7:00, the news reader mentioned ""still now Tsunami refugees are starving for drinking water and food"" ... sorry, but this situation was more than two weeks ago. From this week the new school year began in Japan and all evacuated school-kids are going to the temporary school every day so that they should not delay in the class lectures, that proves the life of refugees has been in many aspects improved and normalized. If they are still starving they would not go to the school primarily.",8,""
232,4/5/2011 20:37:11,"""Staff reporter""",1/4/2011,"The Sun (Newspaper, UK)","Starting with a sensationalistic title ""Fukushima 50 'deaths imminent'"" (misquoting the ""mother of one of the ""Fukushima 50"") the story reaches new lows when it reports possible ""animal cannibalisation"" in the disaster hit areas. OK, it's the Sun, alma mater of the page three school of journalism so the story is up to everyone's expecations but still it'd be nice to think that maybe some of these families might catch a glimpse of this.",8,http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3504160/Fukushima-50-deaths-imminent.html
233,4/6/2011 6:12:04,Anderson Cooper,16-03-2011,CNN,"""Anybody"" that AC had spoken to, does not believe what Japanese officials are saying. Did he speak to local Japanese residents or is that another overstatement by non-Japanese expats who only focused on foreign language media?AC and co. know ""from TEPCO's track record they have the history of misleading the public"" implying without verification of actual incident, drawing comparison to BP oil spill. ",7,http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/03/16/exp.arena.nuclear.japan.cnn?iref=allsearch
234,4/6/2011 8:23:36,Jacques Attali,21-04-2011,Slate.fr,"Outrageous exaggeration and utter contempt for the facts. Starts of with ""a scenario menacing the medium-term future of humanity cannot be excluded at this point. If the reactors or spent fuel pools...give way due to heat, explosion or an aftershock huge quantities of radioactive materials in liquid or gaseous form will be released in the ocean, air or ground"". Utterly unscientific, but oh so comprehensive.     The Japanese government in its ""pride and love of secrecy"" ""has refused international aid for too long"" despite knowing from the start that the nuclear incident merited ""a world-wide mobilisation.""  The government HAS in fact accepted the ""cooperation of foreign specialists"" (many French, as the Japanese are good clients for French nuclear companies like Areva). ""It is shocking that the 'international community' which is now so prompt to react with indignation at the least violation of human rights, has remained so impassive in this case... our Japanese friends must accept the help of the best specialists from around the world... This would be the only way to really know what is happening inside the power plant...  This is not a time to wonder about our right or duty to interfere, but a time to act."" Send in the troops! Save Japan from itself! ",8,http://www.slate.fr/story/36383/sauver-fukushima-japon-humanite
235,4/6/2011 8:50:04,John Upton,4/2/2011,The Bay Citizen,Miss representing lab results for political hay making and fear mongering  feeding conspiracy fantasy.,9,http://www.baycitizen.org/japan-disaster/story/government-under-fire-radiation-milk/1/
236,4/6/2011 14:14:17,Tokyo American Club,25-03-2011,Tokyo American Club,"The prestigious member-only institution in the heart of Tokyo posted the notice on top page few weeks ago, as if they already had vegetables in their kitchen that are unsafe.Made a big deal out of installing water cooler even though Tokyo announced no health risk.-------------------------Contamination PrecautionsFollowing cautionary reports of radioactive materials on some foodstuffs from Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures, as well as in tap water in the Kanto region, a number of precautionary measures have been introduced in the preparation of food and drinks at the Club:• The Club has removed potentially affected items from all menus and inventories and continues to work closely with its vendors to ensure that all produce it uses is safe.• The Club has installed water coolers in Traders' Bar, Rainbow Café, Café Med, the Squash Courts and outside the Gymnasium and The Spa.• The Club continues to monitor and follow Japanese government safety recommendations.Thank you for your understanding.",8,http://www.tokyoamericanclub.org/
237,4/6/2011 17:07:57,not signed,5/4/2011,Corriere Online,"The title of the article, on this national Italian tabloid claims that radioactivity in the sea near fukushima is 7.5 milion times the normal values.The average background radiation is about 2.4 mSv / year. A radioactivity 7.5 milion times higher would give us 18,000 sV / year or 49 Sv / day. This means 1 Sv in 30 mins.Now if we consider that it is normally accepted that a dose of 1Sv is the threshold after which we start having medical problems in a human (reduction of red cells) and 6 Sv is the 100% death threshold, such a level of radioactivity would have meant TOTAL loss of any life in the sea since a few weeks back the line.Obviously this never happened, so the title of this article is plain BULLSHIT.This is a national newspaper in a G7 country...",9,http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_aprile_05/radioattivita-mare-giappone_756624ba-5f54-11e0-a9b0-e35a83b9ad3b.shtml
238,4/6/2011 19:07:16,Marco Maroni,26-03-2011,Il Fatto Quotidiano (Newspaper),"""Fukushima come Chernobyl""(""Fukushima like Chernobyl"")""Gli esperti: radiazioni giapponesi quasi ai livelli del 1986""(""The experts: japanese radiations almost at the levels in 1986"")",9,http://enea.telpress.it/tweb/
239,4/6/2011 20:21:35,"Patrick Illinger, Jeanne Rubner","Tuesday, March 29.",Sueddeutsche Zeitung,Titel: Jetzt auch Plutonium - Neue Schreckensmeldung aus Fukushima(Now plutonium too - New horror news from Fukushima) Illinger and Rubner acknowledge that they have no information regarding the amount and source of the contamination but nevertheless they speculate that the plutonium could have evaded from reactor 3 which holds socalled MOX fuel rods. They d#ont mention the most probable explanation: fall out from Nagasaki and nuclear weapon tests. ,8,www.sueddeutsche.de
240,4/6/2011 20:34:25,PIETRO DEL RE,5/4/2011,Repubblica.it,"Link Titles ""AUDIO: Allarme mutazioni genetiche"" (genetic mutation alert) but in the report speaks about ""possible genetic mutation that could happen""in the audio report, Del Re reports unnamed rumors of possible fish and seaweed genetic mutation possibility to be near he also reports that tepco assured that this release of water would not damage environmentat beginning says ""water is sea water which has been used to cold down reactors 1 and 2"" but later says ""water released to the sea is underground water from reactor 5 and 6"" he also states ""the option to use a mega-float is abandoned, as it takes too much time ti bring it there"" ",9,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/04/05/news/iodio_radiattivo_7_5_milioni_oltre_la_norma-14508847/
241,4/6/2011 20:44:22,Jeanne Rubner,"Tuesday, March 29",Sueddeutsche Zeitung,"Under the heading ""Ausser Kontrolle"" (Out of control) Rubner delivers an absolute fear mongering commentary:Die Welt schaut auf Fukushima wie auf einen Horrorfilm, bei dem immer neue Bluttaten den Adrenalinspiegel hochjagen. Wollen die Schreckensmeldungen denn gar kein Ende nehmen.... letztlich kann derzeit niemand ausschließen, dass nicht doch noch ein Horrorszenario a la Tschernobyl passiert.(The world looks to Fukushima like to a horror film where ever new bloody deeds push up the adrenalin level. Will the horror news never stop ... nobody can rule out that in the end a horror scenario like Tschernobyl will happen)Commentary: At this date the heat production in the fuel rods was already so low (0,.. per cent of the initial) that it was physically impossible that something like Tschernobyl could happen. Rubner has studied physics.Later on: Vielleicht hat der Tsunami die Notpumpen zerstört, aber vielleicht waren sie auch schon vorher nicht funktionsfähig. (Perhaps the tsunami has demolished the emergency pumps, but perhaps they were out of function beforehand)Commentary: It is established beyond doubt that it was the tsunami which knocked out the pumps. This was communicated on the websites ouf scientific institutions in Germany.",9,""
242,4/6/2011 20:59:45,cris (for Christopher Schrader,"Thursday, March 24",Sueddeutsche Zeitung,"Head line on the front page:Wasser in Tokio radioaktiv verseucht(Water in Tokio infested with radioactivity)Commentary: ""Verseucht"" is much stronger than contaminated. It suggests ""for ever"".Commentary: In some districts of Tokio the level of Jod-131 was above the limit for babies. Jod-131 decays very fast. So, on the morning, when Süddeutsche Zeitung was published with this head line, the level was already under the limit and the babies could drink again tap water.Christopher Schrader is Science editor of Sueddeutsche Zeitung",8,""
243,4/7/2011 22:24:50,Not found on article,7/4/2011,http://www.unita.it/,"Misleading connections, the article is not bad on it's own, reporting on the future compensation by TEPCO of the villages and cities evacuated because of the Fukushima leak. However the picture illustrationg the piece is of a new cemetery (in the tsunami area http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/mondo/photogallery/2011/04/05/giappone_tsunami_macerie_sopravvissuti_foto.html?p=3 ) and it is not connected with TEPCO at all, even if it is sad (and of course there is somebody with little mouth-mask in the picture, always handy to show that ""people fear contamination""...I wonder if in Japan they realize how powerful the scare-effect of this masks is). What's more, the ""related article"" listed after this one is on the ""Growing ozone hole"" over the Artic region. The article appears in the ""World"" section of the on-line newspaper, not the ""Nature & Environment"", so I wonder how can the ozone layer depletion be related to nuclear power, Fukushima and/or geological disasters. Find the connection if you can. I can't.",4,http://www.unita.it/mondo/fukushima-la-tepco-risarcira-br-tutte-le-citta-evacuate-1.280797
244,4/8/2011 1:20:35,Anon,7/4/2011,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news,"Reporting 2m Tsunami warning as 1m Tsunami warning - no source given for this claim.Comment form asked ""Are you on the north-east coast of Japan? Are you going to leave the area?"". This only makes sense if you were standing right by the ocean at midnight on a Thursday, but I don't think that's what they meant.Article stayed up for at least an hour after warnings were lifted with no update or correction.",6,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13005110
245,4/8/2011 8:43:49,CNN Wire Staff,7/4/2011,CNN,"Claims that TEPCO said workers evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which is actually contrary to TEPCO's statements.",4,http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/07/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T2
246,4/8/2011 15:46:18,Fox,1/1/1999,Fox,"I just wanted to point out, if you're not American, that ""nuke"" is used in most parts of the United States for both nuclear weapons and for nuclear power stations.Here's the Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate definition, for instance:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nukeM-W is a description (not proscriptive) dictionary (the same as the Oxford English dictionary). It records actual usage by real people after collecting a large corpus of data.If you want to see a regional break-down, the DARE dictionary (http://dare.wisc.edu/) shows that, but it's not online.",1,""
247,4/8/2011 21:08:55,Giampaolo Visetti,8/4/2011,La Repubblica (from Radio Capital),"""questo piccolo allarme, nuovo, ci dice appunto che questo è un paese in difficoltà estrema, che probabilmente non dice in pieno verità sulla realtà della situazione, ma che si appresta ad affrontare un ripensamento strutturale di sé stesso e del proprio modello di sviluppo""this new small alarm tells us Japan is a country experiencing extreme difficulty, that probably doesn't tell all the truth about the situation, and is facing to a structural rethinking of itself and its model of development",10,http://tv.repubblica.it/dossier/giappone-terremoto-tsunami/il-giappone-costretto-a-ripensare-al-nucleare/65861?video
248,4/9/2011 11:40:10,not disclosed,4/8/2011,www.nu.nl,"This Dutch news website has built a reputation of incorrect translations and suggestive reporting. This time it states ""Eerder deze week werd tot grote opluchting een scheur in een kernreactor gedicht. Technici waren daar al weken mee bezig."" Translation: ""Ealier this week a crack in a nuclear reactor was closed, to great relief. Technicians were working on this for weeks."" ",8,http://www.nu.nl/tsunami/2487901/fukushima-gaat-stoppen-met-lozen-besmet-water.html
249,4/10/2011 5:41:57,Roberto Reale,8/4/2011,http://scenari.blog.rainews24.it/2011/04/08/allarme-plutonio/,"Basing the whole report almost all on old/inaccurate data, the journalist presents the situation today in Fukushima as irremediably catastrophic. He blatantly disregards the latest IAEA news, preferring to cite Areva President's words ""the emergency there is absolute"". Truth to be said, the exact report of Areva says: ""this event, which is in no way comparable to Chernobyl neither technically nor in terms of consequences. The journalist continues insinuates Fukushima is now a nuclear wasteland, comparing it to Chernobyl, and that helicopters pilots have been severely injured by radiation, while workers of the plant have instead been employed without proper protections. However the best part is when, revealing that plutonium has been found around Fukushima, the report reveals that 50 tons of plutonium exists around Japan, that would serve to built 7000 nuclear warheads. So, the report concludes it's CLEAR that Japan is building nuclear armaments using nuclear plants as cover, to counterbalance Russia and US influence in the area and make the country independent from its American ally. Isn't it a harsh accusation based solely on the flimsiest facts? ",8,http://scenari.blog.rainews24.it/2011/04/08/allarme-plutonio/
250,4/11/2011 16:17:04,NRC,4/4/2011,NRC ,"According to NRC statement, they admit that decision to advise US citizens in seaside town of Fukushima to evacuate (50 miles) was based on hypothesis, not based on actual data. WSJ in Japanese reported the article on April 8th, based on this statement which had confused us globally as if US had some unpublicized data that even Japanese gov. didn't have.http://jp.wsj.com/US/node_218522/?tid=nuclear",10,http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/speeches/2011/s-11-011.pdfhttp://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1108/ML11082A048.pdf
251,4/11/2011 16:34:58,no name,11.04.2011,Sued Deutsche Zeitung Online,"""Die Evakuierungszone solle wegen der hohen Strahlung auf 30 Kilometer vergrößert werden, berichtete die Zeitung Asahi am Montag"" SZ referred to the Asahi newspaper on Monday that the evacuation zone shall be expanded to 30Km. However Asahi newspaper says ""20-30キロ圏内の一部地域や、30キロ圏外の一部地域。新たな避難地域は従来のような同心円状にはならず、まだら模様になる見通しだ。"" that means ""a part of the zone within 20-30 Km or a part of beyond the 30Km zone where the radiation is intensively high can be the additional evacuation zone, and such new evacuation zone would become more random instead of a radius area like so far. Obviously the SZ journalist is not checking the translation between Japanese and German language at all. SZ believe that they may create any story cause no average German reader would never doublecheck the original news source in Japanese language.",8,http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/japan-atomkraftwerk-fukushima-daiichi-regierung-weitet-evakuierungszone-aus-1.1083578http://www.asahi.com/special/10005/TKY201104100260.html (original news)
252,4/12/2011 21:32:15,Giampaolo Visetti,12/4/2011,La Repubblica / Radio Capital,"1'30"" of trashthe only correctly reported news is that the crisis-level could/has be(en) raised to 7 the rest is only a collection of fear-morgering melting pot of opinions, suppositions, not confirmed rumors and personal feelings",10,http://tv.repubblica.it/dossier/giappone-terremoto-tsunami/fukushima-come-o-peggio-di-cernobyl/66103?video=&pagefrom=1&ref=HREA-1
253,4/13/2011 0:31:18,Richard Shears,12/4/2011,Daily Mail,"Following the raising of the nuclear crisis level to 7, DM asserts that this is ""as bad as Chernobyl"" while quietly quoting a source in the same article pointing out that it's still only a tenth of the Chernobyl fallout. Also uses the phrase 'out of control' as though it's a quote, but no source is mentioned.",9,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375981/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Radiation-bad-Chernobyl-level-7-reached-2nd-time-history.html
254,4/13/2011 0:40:58,not signed,12/4/2011,Correre della Sera,"This famous italian tabloid is reporting the news of the raise of the level of gravity of the accident in Fukushima.In the same page, the journalist writes first that the quantity of material released is about 10% of what was released in Chernobyl, but later on he states that there are fears the total relase will be more than Chernobyl.So, in practice, we are saying he expects 9 times more release now, when electricity has been restored and pumps are working. Probably he fears another tsunami? and probably this one will be, say, 50mt high to cause the plant to release 9 times more radioactivity....",9,http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_aprile_12/giappone_livello_alzato_cenrale_fukushima_f3ee4a46-64c3-11e0-99a5-e45596b05597.shtml
255,4/13/2011 15:03:46,CNN,12/4/2011,CNN.com,"""Japanese leader invokes WWII to urge quake recovery""WRONG!""Japanese leader invokes Post-War recovery as metaphor""Not as likely to stir-up inter-Asian tensions, but at least it's accurate. If you look at the comments, you can see the China/Japan bashing. Exactly what is Not Needed. Stupid picture too. Thanks CNN, for a strike against world peace.",10,http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/japan.quakes/index.html?hpt=P1
256,4/13/2011 17:11:24,no name,12.04.2011,Sued Deutsche Zeitung (online),"""Minamisoma, die Geisterstadt"": SZ shows a series of pictures appealing most shocking and disastrous scenes of Minami-Soma city. The city became famous of its mayer who asked for support by the volunteers via YouTube on March 24. SZ has no single feeling about such hard damaged city and their victims. Minami-Soma city is now trying to build up again their city. The insensitive report style of SZ aroused so far a huge anger among the Japanese living in Germany and the Japanese victims. Looking back all the German news about the catastrophy in Japan, the Japanese authority should cancel the 150 friendship year (2011) between Germany and Japan. ",10,http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/japan-minamisoma-die-verlassene-stadt-1.1083997
257,4/13/2011 19:05:51,Vincenzo Pricolo,13-04-2011,www.ilgiornale.it,"misinformation, speculation, some words could be an offense to the Japanese people",6,http://www.ilgiornale.it/esteri/adesso_fukushima_e_come_chernobyl_anzi_no_balletto_numeri_gravita_dellincidente/13-04-2011/articolo-id=517015-page=0-comments=1
258,4/13/2011 21:42:23,Not given,10/4/2011,BBC News,"What? Even Tokyo is unsafe?  Probably just bad editing job but these small quirks do influence large number of people.""The Foreign Office is continuing to advise against all non-essential travel to areas to the north east of Tokyo.""",6,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13016583
259,4/14/2011 1:25:23,not available,13-04-2011,Bild.de,"On the second photo, the ""Bild"" compares Chernobyl to Fukushima. The text below the photo says: ""[...] Gestern: Reaktor 4 des japanischen Atomkraftwerkes brennt, kurz danach wird Gefahrenstufe 7 verkündet."" (german). A rough translation would be ""[...] Yesterday: Unit 4 of the jap. nuclear power plant is burning, shortly after that INES was raised to level 7"".The photo shows only a part of the real fire, which took place at an facility, sampling seawater, and which is located a few dozen meters away from Unit 4. But the Bild wants to make their readers believe, that Unit 4 is burning (similar to Chernobyl).Compare the photos yourself:Bild.de: http://bilder.bild.de/fotos-skaliert/tschernobyl-fukushima-20593284-mfbq-17398694/2,h=343.bild.jpgScreenshot of the article showing the photo and the text (backup, as Bild.de may change their links): http://img824.imageshack.us/i/screenshotbild.png/Reality: http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp7/pict45.jpgReality with text: http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp7/daiichi-photos7.htm (third last photo).",8,http://www.bild.de/news/ausland/fukushima/japan-plant-neue-stadt-fuer-fukushima-17407828.bild.html
260,4/14/2011 9:54:52,"Phred Dvorak, Yuka Hayashi, Hiroko Tabushi et al",13/04/2011,"WSJ, Reuters, NY Times","Headline overly sensational and out of line with the reality.WSJ/NYT/Reuters headlines:Japan Crisis reaches level of ChernobylFukushima now Chernobyl level disasterThe fact is the total amount of radioactive substance released in Fukushima is only one tenth of that in Chernobyl. The authors possibly intentionally exaggerated the strict and sound reevaluation of the damage by the authorities to ""low Level 7"" into being comparable to Chernobyl which were rated ""level 7 AND the TOP OF THE RANGE. The fact is, being Level 7 means nothing that makes fukushima comparable to C. What matters is the actual amount of the substance in fukushima, which is only 1/10 of Chernobyl. Fukushima is not comparable at all to Chernobyl in that there has been no deaths (vs. 30 or so in the latter), no widespread emmission of hazards (vs. across European continent in the latter case) and nuclear vessel remains well contained (vs. burst into pieces in the latter).  ",2,http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703841904576256742249147126.htmlhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/us-japan-idUKTRE72A0SS20110411
261,4/14/2011 10:05:10,"Phred Dvorak, Yuka Hayashi, Hiroko Tabushi et al",13/04/2011,"WSJ, Reuters, NY Times","Additionally, any economic damages afflicted on the regions related to and even far away from the fulushima plant must eventually be attributed to one of these reports. These journalists, in due legal course, must be held accountable for any economic damages attributed by courts to their reporting practices.",2,""
262,4/14/2011 18:27:11,Alain de Chalvron,20-03-2011,France2 French Public Channel 8PM News,"The reporter (and others) from this French public television channel started filing reports from Osaka as early as a few days after the quake, to emphasize the fact that things were so dangerous in Tokyo that they'd had to evacuate (other TV channels, mostly British, had reporters staying put in Tokyo). They would only show French people leaving Japan, and when showing people staying, they would show them crying and basically feeling doomed. They claimed the French rescue team who had been sent to Sendai by the Japanese authorities but had then elected to retreat and take shelter from the radiations from Fukushima Plant in an US army base 300km further away were now being shunned by the Japanese authorities who refused to redeploy them. They showed a team of Japanese rescuers from Kyoto, who they claimed were only working with sticks, and reported that out of ""national pride"" Japanese authorities were refusing the assistance of the highly-skilled French rescuers and their high-tech equipment to find survivors and therefore abandonning their own citizens ""to their fate"".",8,http://www.france2.fr/https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFlzejRGcGtEcldaZGw1MG9xOXdwb3c6MQ#gid=0
263,4/14/2011 19:27:45,"William Broad, Hiroko Tabuchi",14-03-2011,New York Times,"just plain scary, and in hindsight probably injustified",4,http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/asia/15fuel.html
264,4/14/2011 20:54:45,Michio Kaku,13-04-2011,Democracy Now,"There's nothing, nothing that comes out of Michio Kaku's mouth that is even close to the fact.Severity of Offense 12 (his brain is experiencing a meltdown)",10,http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/13/expert_despite_japanese_govt_claims_of
265,4/14/2011 21:12:40,AFP cited as source,25-03-2011,lepoint.fr,"Deux Japonais hospitalisés à leur arrivée en Chine pour cause d'irradiationLe Point.fr - Publié le 25/03/2011 à 07:24 - Modifié le 25/03/2011 à 08:58Ces deux personnes résidaient dans un rayon de 200 à 350 kilomètres de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima.Source AFPDeux Japonais ont été brièvement hospitalisés après leur arrivée mercredi en Chine par un vol commercial en provenance de Tokyo, parce qu'ils présentaient des taux élevés de radioactivité, a annoncé, vendredi, l'administration chinoise chargée de la quarantaine. Par ailleurs, un taux anormal de radioactivité a été décelé sur un navire marchand japonais ayant accosté lundi dans un port du sud-est de la Chine, a également annoncé l'Administration générale de la supervision de la qualité, de l'inspection et de la quarantaine (AQSIQ), sans fournir toutefois de précision sur l'importance de cette radioactivité.Les deux Japonais, qui avaient effectué un vol reliant Tokyo à Wuxi, dans la province orientale chinoise du Jiangsu, présentaient un niveau de radioactivité ""dépassant gravement les limites"" autorisées, a annoncé l'AQSIQ. Ces Japonais résidaient dans un rayon de 200 à 350 kilomètres de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima, très endommagée par le séisme et le raz-de-marée du 11 mars dans l'est du Japon. Tokyo est à 250 kilomètres de la centrale. Les deux voyageurs ont été hospitalisés dans la ville de Suzhou (est) ""pour recevoir un traitement"", précise l'administration sur son site, et ""leurs bagages et vêtements ont été détruits"". Contacté par l'Agence France-Presse, un médecin à l'hôpital a indiqué que les Japonais avaient subi des examens, été ""décontaminés"" et avaient ensuite quitté l'hôpital. ""Ils ne devraient pas avoir constitué un danger pour les autres voyageurs"", a estimé l'AQSIQ.Risque de psychoseDepuis les accidents en chaîne à la centrale nucléaire japonaise de Fukushima, hormis la Chine, les seuls cas de voyageurs japonais à l'étranger présentant des taux anormaux de radioactivité ont été annoncés à Taiwan, le 17 mars. Des particules radioactives y avaient été détectées sur 26 passagers d'avions en provenance du Japon - chaussures et vêtements essentiellement -, mais les niveaux détectés n'avaient pas été considérés comme dangereux. Par ailleurs, l'AQSIQ a également annoncé que des quantités anormales de particules radioactives avaient été décelées, lundi, sur un navire marchand japonais dans le port de Xiamen (sud-est), dans la province du Fujian, face à Taïwan. L'AQSIQ a précisé que le navire, qui avait quitté Tokyo le 17 mars, appartenait à Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, un transporteur maritime qui dessert le monde entier. Un porte-parole de l'AQSIQ a précisé à l'agence Chine nouvelle que le bateau était toujours à quai, mais on ignorait si c'est le bâtiment qui était contaminé ou la marchandise qu'il transporte.L'AQSIQ a demandé, depuis lundi, des contrôles systématiques sur la nourriture importée en Chine en provenance du Japon. Ces nouvelles sont susceptibles de relancer la psychose d'une contamination qui s'était emparée des Chinois après les accidents à la centrale de Fukushima. De nombreuses personnes avaient dévalisé les rayons de sel iodé dans les magasins, croyant se prémunir contre des risques de contamination radioactive, en dépit des mises au point répétées du gouvernement.Sensational headline: Two Japanese nationals hospitalized on reaching China because of irradiationThen: These two people lived in a 250 to 300 km radius from the Fukushima nuclear plantThe article then says Tokyo is 250 km from Fukushima, implying that there are radiations there. It then quotes the Chinese hospital (no hospital name, only the city's) as saying that the Japanese nationals had been hospitalized for treatment, and their clothes and luggage destroyed.It further quotes a doctor at the hospital (unnamed) as saying the Japanese nationals had undergone tests, had been decontaminated and released, and that they should not have presented a danger  to the other travellers.SO WHY THE HEADLINE?",4,""
266,4/14/2011 21:48:38,NHK unknown,4/14/2011,NHK World English,wrong word  - opposite - used... areas around the nuclear plant will be inhabitable over a long period.,10,http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_21.html
267,4/15/2011 15:55:01,Euractiv,11.04.2011,Euractiv.com,"Irresponsible fearmongering.  Levels of radiation on French spinach are reported as being no longer negligible. To quote: ""Radioactive iodine-131 values measured by the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) in recent days show the following, varying levels of contamination: 0,08 Bq/kg in salad, spinach and leeks in Aix-en-Provence, 0,17 Bq per litre in milk in Lourdes and 2,1 Bq per litre in goats milk in Clansayes.""  To gain perspective, an average banana has 15 Bq. So... you would need 187kg of spinach to reach the radiation of an ordinary banana. If, however, you don't understand what a Becquerel is, you might stop eating healthy food.",9,http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/radiation-risks-fukushima-longer-negligible-news-503947
268,4/15/2011 20:36:25,Ministry of Education,1/1/2010,Publication for school children,"While not a newspaper, this document shows the same level of misleading information as in the other posts here.  The title can be translated as ""Exciting nuclear-power land"" (like Disneyland) and describes for 4, 5, and 6 Grade schoolchildren how nuclear power is clean and safe.  It represents the propaganda that the Japanese Government has employed to deceive the people of Japan.",10,http://image-search.yahoo.co.jp/detail?p=%E3%82%8F%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8F%E3%81%8F%E5%8E%9F%E5%AD%90%E5%8A%9B%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89&rkf=1&ib=8&ktot=0&dtot=0
269,4/16/2011 22:25:48,David Case,14-04-2011,Global Post,"Outrageous sensationalism. A link to the article screaming NUKE EXPERT: FUKUSHIMA TO KILL 200,000. Quotes a nuclear expert who says he has numbers from 'reputable scientists' that 200,000 will die, but produces none of them. Likewise with the 'worse than Chernobyl' claim - no data to back it. ",10,http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/110415/fukushima-death-toll-meltdown-chernobyl?page=full
270,4/17/2011 0:08:20,Christoph Neidhart,13-04-2011,"Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich","Stupid title: How Fukushima became Tchernobyl.Patronising, depicting the Japanese officials as ignorant and dishonest fools who need foreigners to tell them what to do.",10,http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/die-tsunami-katastrophe/Wie-Fukushima-zu-Tschernobyl-wurde-/story/28683535?dossier_id=885
271,4/17/2011 0:28:23,Christoph Neidhart,23-03-2011,"Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich","The title: ""Fukushima is not leading to Glasnost"".Depicting Japan as a country of corrupt morons in the government and a passive and complacent populace.Contains factual errors about the efforts to stabilize the reactors, again the depicting the Japanese as incompetent who need foreigners to tell them what to do. The very least this author should do is shut up and leave Japan and the Japanese alone.",10,http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/die-tsunami-katastrophe/Fukushima-fuehrt-nicht-zu-Glasnost-/story/24023556?dossier_id=885
272,4/17/2011 0:57:57,Patrik Berger,30-03-2011,"Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich","Interview with the self-appointed ""atomic expert"" Florian Kasser of Greenpeace.Kasser is a pure, unadulterated idiot. In this interview everything is is pure BS, full of racism against the Japanese. As for physics and nuclear power generation, this guy has no clue. Radical fear mongering. Notoriously equating with Chernobyl.Truly one of the worst things I have come across in this context, would deserve a rating of 11 if it were available.",10,http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/die-tsunami-katastrophe/Mittlerweile-darf-man-ruhig-von-Liquidatoren-reden/story/24627446?dossier_id=885
273,4/17/2011 17:13:25,Ezio Mauro,13-04-2011,La Repubblica.it,"Pure lies: Apocalypse in Japan, Fukushima 75% of Chernobyl (and written the 13th of April, when the situation was already much more clear!)The article begins with ""Started the transfer of contaminated water"" (""Iniziato lo stoccaggio dell'acqua radioattiva"") but goes on with ""Apocalypse in Japan"" (""L'APOCALISSE IN GIAPPONE"") and ends with ""Fukushima 75% of Chernobyl""(""le emissioni totali di radioattività di Fukushima sono state finora...specifiche di iodio 131 e cesio 137...circa il 75 per cento di quelle di Chernobyl"").More precisely Mr. Vincenzo Ferrara (supposed climatologist of E.N.E.A. = Italian National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development, if he really exists I hope he gets fired for clear incompetence) says that IF (maybe at enea.it they don`t have a PC to check infos) Fukushima is 10% of all radiation emitted by Chernobyl, it means that counting only the emissions of I-131 and Cs--134-137 (the only ones emitted in Fukushima) they are the 75% of Chernobyl. Unfortunately this talented scientist didn`t mind to check that it was the other way round!Now the numbers I got from the Italian Embassy of Tokyo to my mobile: the total amount released in Fukushima until now has been I-131 130PBq, Cs134-137 6.1PBq whilst in Chernobyl the total has been 14 EBq.Giving the final result of 136.1PBq/14 EBq = 0.97%.Did you know Fukushima was less that 1% of Chernobyl?",10,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/04/13/news/giappone_stoccaggio_acqua-14889692/
274,4/18/2011 19:46:02,Ezio Mauro,18-04-2011,La Repubblica.it,"As usual: PURE INVENTION.http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/04/18/news/giappone_nuovo_allarme-15077832/?ref=HREC1-3""Japan new alarm"" (""giappone_nuovo_allarme"")""Fukushima, Radiation increasing"" (""Fukushima, salgono le radiazioni"").""Alarm raising again in Fukushima"" (""Cresce nuovamente l'allarme a Fukushima"").High level of radiation increasing since a few days ago (""elevati livelli di radiazioni in aumento rispetto ai giorni scorsi"").""Also the Japanese network NHK stressed the increased values, since the previous measurement of last friday (April 15th) that had a variation of 2-4mSv/h"") (""A sua volta la televisione pubblica nipponica 'Nhk' ha evidenziato l'incremento dei valori, giacchè in occasione della precedente misurazione, venerdì scorso, si era arrivati a una 'forbice' massima di 2-4 millisievert l'ora"".).The article on NHK of today (18th of April) states that: ""Robot used to investigate reactor buildings...The utility started investigating the buildings using a US-made remote-controlled robot on Sunday, starting with the No.3 reactor building...The utility says it is analyzing the findings...If successful, the condition inside the No.3 reactor building WILL BE KNOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME since a hydrogen explosion occurred there on March 14th...TEPCO says it will conduct the same investigation inside the No.1 and 2 reactor buildings, and use the findings to study what work can be done.""http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_21.htmlhttp://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_13.htmlFirst of all, all Measuring Posts (MP1 to 8) are still decreasing, second: ""Where do come from the lower measurements taken last Friday before anyone entered during this late-Sunday/early-Monday?"".Are there 2 different NHK in Japan?",10,http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2011/04/18/news/giappone_nuovo_allarme-15077832/?ref=HREC1-3
275,4/18/2011 21:10:50,Matthias Chapman,18-04-2011,"Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich","Interview with Sebastian Pflugbeil, former minister of the defunct German Democratic Republic. Notoriously equating Fukushima with Chernobyl, actually topping it by stating that ""Fukushima is potentially far worse than Chernobyl"". In the interview he states, that the evacuated people will never be able to return, and that many more people need to be evacuated, essentially ""because in Chernobyl it was the same"". Pflugbeil is notorious for having an agenda. ",8,http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/asien-und-ozeanien/Das-ist-absolut-utopisch/story/20814566
276,4/19/2011 0:34:13,not mentioned,18-04-2011,Die Welt,"Article not quite interview-style with the self-appointed ""experts"" Thomas Breuer and Christoph von Lieven. ""We will have elevated radiation levels for years on a wordwide scale"". ""The international community has to take this matter out of the hands of the Japanese government and TEPCO, who are clearly incompetent ..."". The whole article is utter BS and show a level of anti-Japanese racism which is frightening. Greenpeace output to Fukushima is bad, really bad. This deserves a rating of 11. This is not only stupid, but evil and disgusting.",10,http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/weltgeschehen/article13204481/Greenpeace-rechnet-mit-weltweiter-Strahlenbelastung.html
277,4/19/2011 0:40:35,Associated Press,17-04-2011,http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/04/17/japan-nuclear-reactor-crisis-tepco.html,"In this article entitled ""Japanese reactor will rage for up to 9 months"", they do not provide any new or detailed information, but the use of word ""rage"" in the title seems unnecessary and just agitating... (The Associated Press often posts exaggerated, repeated, and unnecessary reports, as seen in their biased reports on Toyota recalls last year.)",5,"Japanese reactor will ""rage"" for up to 9 monthsNew leaks feared after radiation levels rise sharplyThe Associated PressPosted: Apr 17, 2011 6:06 AM ET http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/04/17/japan-nuclear-reactor-crisis-tepco.html"
278,4/19/2011 21:51:02,British Embassy Announcement,18-04-2011,British Embassy Tokyo,"UK government is putting their nationals at risk for last 5 weeks by passing iodine to healthy individuals who may face side effects especially small children if any of them had taken the pills in Tokyo. Their ignorance is way too dangerous for any UK citizen to travel to Japan right now! Citation: precautionary zone around Fukushima nuclear facility reduced to 60km; following advice from SAGE, we are no longer distributing iodine tablets). The overall level of the advice has not changed.",7,http://ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/travel-advice
279,4/20/2011 13:37:47,Christoph Neidhart,20-04-2011,"Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich","Title: ""The Atomic Mafia"". Intro: ""Corruption has infested the entire Japanese politics, especially energy policy. Here the atomic lobby, politicians, officials and scientists are going to bed with each other"".The story hinges on the fact that one of the Fukushima reactors uses recycled (MOX) fuel. This, however, is standard practice in many countries, e.g. Switzerland. But according to this article, this would not have been the case in Fukushima, if not for corruption. Because of this there is now Plutonium leaking. Omits the fact that the amount of plutonium is minuscule and that every reactor will ""breed"" a certain amount of Plutonium out of Uranium, even if it is filled with fresh (i.e. not recycled) fuel.His witness-accuser is former governor of Fukushima prefecture Eisaku Sato. This gentleman was indeed convicted and sentenced to a conditional prison term for corruption. He is now giving back to everybody else and the journalist Neidhart uses him as ""witness"" . And so the article goes on and on blah blah blah ""everthing is corrupted"". Neidhart seems to be stationed in Japan, he moved to Osaka and now is apparently back in Tokyo. This alone tells a story. If he despises Japan so much, why does he not ask his employer to be relocated to somewhere else? Maybe life in Japan just too comfy?",8,http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/asien-und-ozeanien/Die-AtomMafia-/story/31446933
280,4/20/2011 14:54:51,not mentioned,20-04-2011,"Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich","Title: ""Contaminated area shall remain barred forever"".The title and intro contradict the article (which apparently originates from a news agency) and is alarmist and in fact plain wrong.NHK states ""Govt to bar entry to nuclear evacuation zone"". That is straight and matter-of-fact journalism.",7,http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/asien-und-ozeanien/Verseuchtes-Gebiet-soll-fuer-immer-Sperrzone-bleiben/story/11660825
281,4/22/2011 10:42:52,Banyan,32-mar-2011,The Economist,"""The Japanese media, which tend to report slavishly what the government tells them, have been shockingly lax in reporting the food-and-fuel crisis in the afflicted areas""",8,http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/03/japans_compound_crisis
282,4/22/2011 10:50:45,Nicholas Jackson ,4/18/2011,The Atlantic,"""Even though the government's disaster prevention plan calls for the Japan Nuclear Safety Commission to visit a site immediately following an accident, it took more than a month for members to visit Fukushima Prefecture, which they finally did this past weekend. They faced a lot of criticism for the delay -- ""I talked with members for the first time on the 38th day,"" Deputy Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori stressed to the Mainichi Daily -- but there's reason for their hesitation: They probably feared for their lives.""",6,http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/the-tech-that-could-help-save-fukushima-putzmeister-70z-meter/237427/
283,4/22/2011 11:04:47,K.N.C,4/10/2011,The Economist,"""THE crisis in Japan has bruised the country's reputation for excellence. Its hyper-efficient supply chains were shown to have major vulnerabilities. Its prestigious nuclear technology companies look feeble. Its renown for food safety has been undermined by fears of radiation contamination.At least one Western diplomat and economist believes that the stature of Japanese goods in the minds of consumers overseas may be severely damaged.""",6,http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/04/japans_nuclear_crisis
284,24-03-2011,Mark Prigg,http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23935074-fukushima-three-hit-by-radiation-burns.do,"Mark Prigg writes, ""Five are believed to have died and 15 are injured while others have said they know the radiation will kill them"" regarding TEPCO's workers at Fukushima. In the previous paragraph of this sentence, Mark Prigg writes about Fukushima 50. And thus readers misunderstand the five workers were at Fukushima Daiichi. In his writing, he implies that five people died of radiation exposure, but it is not true. Four people who died of physical injuries were working at other non-nuclear power plants. One died at Fukushima Daini (#2). None of them died of radiation exposure. (Source: http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/110312/trd11031213410008-n1.htm)",8,http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23935074-fukushima-three-hit-by-radiation-burns.do,"Stop sensationalizing news. Journalists' responsibility is to convey the truth. If you can't and rather bend the truth, you shouldn't be a journalist!"