Comments on: Japan, nuclear power, and the American media meltdown http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/ Musing & misadventures of a writer, comedian, and local treasure Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:17:00 -0500 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Kevin Marshall http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6515 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:15:56 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6515
“Would you call out reporter that sensationalized Hurricane Katrina by stating that the levee’s held in New Orleans (which they originally had), nothing to see here, Katrina was only a category 3 when it hit?”


Your analogy is built on an incorrect comparison. You’re comparing a disaster that we know and did see happen (Katrina) with speculation over the severity of a disaster that hasn’t happened yet and might not at all. If you were comparing Katrina to the tsunami, yes, you’d have a point. But that’s not what this is about at all.

]]> By: EZ http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6514 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:59:59 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6514 To be competitive in the internet news business you must have big splashy headlines that make it seem the world is falling apart:

References: The Drudge Report
Huffingtonpost
MSNBC
Kevin Marshall’s America

The News always compromises truth for attention ($). And in this instance, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. I wouldn’t trust a single report downplaying the damage this reactor is and can cause. This coverage is no worse then every website that has to have the best and latest tsunami footage. Look at how awesomely horrifying this video is! Watch! Click! Check out our Advertisers! Was the Radiation in Japan Responsible for massive bird deaths New Year’s Eve? Click here to find out on the second to last line of the article!
News doesn’t = truthful history.
Would you call out reporter that sensationalized Hurricane Katrina by stating that the levee’s held in New Orleans (which they originally had), nothing to see here, Katrina was only a category 3 when it hit?

]]> By: JGR http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6513 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:00:41 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6513 I’ll say this: It’s not as bad as Chernobyl nor is it as “good” as Three Mile Island. There are very interested parties keeping track of this thing, and have people sending information from the area, because of the track record of “honesty” with TEPCO. The bad thing about the press is that they want sensation and most Americans aren’t educated enough about radiation or reactor operations and safety design. So, what you have is a giant conglomeration of fear from the unknown and stupidity being spat about everywhere. My biggest concern is that this will push a nuclear power option for the US right out of the window when we want to seriously consider alternatives for fossil fuels.

]]> By: Kevin Marshall http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6512 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:30:40 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6512 John - that in and of itself was obvious speculative fiction.

]]> By: John http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6511 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:29:39 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6511 Case in point, the Times Union’s, Steve Barnes recent blog headline.

“Japan radioactivity could enter food chain”

How would you like to read that as you are munching on some green grapes you bought this morning, probably from the west coast. Turns out, he was linking from a Reuters article about the Japan area.

]]> By: mattydread http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6510 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:42:12 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6510 We’re a headline driven society so this is no surprise. You know the panic button is out of control when Albany area residents are buying up iodide. Just pathetic.

]]> By: Tony Barbaro http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6509 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:34:12 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6509 When Wolf Blitzer comes back with 3 arms and 2 heads you’ll be singing another tune.
I’ll be back….going to walmart to buy plastic and duct tape….I need to seal off my bay window to keep the evil Japanese death rays out. It’s a plot to pay us back for Heroshma..well played Japan.

]]> By: Kevin Marshall http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6508 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:18:07 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6508 HA!

]]> By: GenWar http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6507 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:17:32 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6507 BREAKING NEWS ALERT!!!

KEVIN MARSHALL DISGUSTED AND DISAPPOINTED IN THE AMERICAN MEDIA!!!

POSSIBLE COMPLETE DISILLUSIONMENT IMMINENT.

]]> By: Kevin Marshall http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/16/japan-nuclear-power-and-the-american-media-meltdown/#comment-6506 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:10:18 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4460#comment-6506 Bamster - Exactly. In particular, the Japanese and others say 4, but the French say 6.

As a commie pinko lefty, I do have to say that there’s an inherent hypocrisy in many who decry the right as being “anti-science” still leaning so hard against nuclear power and using this to further an agenda that’s not rooted in science.

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