Comments on: US media ignores Japanese ambassador’s press conference

By: paul

paul — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:41:07 +0000

I am on the mailing list of the Japanese embassy press section in Washington and got no word (advance notice or transcript afterward) of this reported press conference.

By: ampontan

ampontan — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:25:13 +0000

I don’t think we have to be paranoid, Rose. We just have to take the media with a grain of salt.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:55:08 +0000

Ampontan:
I remember the Guardian article.And that was the article gave me the confidence of Bush victory,though many of my colleague had doubt about it and expected Kelly’s victory.

Getting accustomed to read Komori’s blog frequent on this issue.Interesting counter arugument
on NYT report.
http://komoriy.iza.ne.jp/blog/1/

By: rose

rose — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:15:33 +0000

Ampontan,

thank you so much for responding to my questions.

I knew how bad most of Japanese media has become however I was not aware of US media’s lack of fairness in reporting news. If it were only liberal media not reporting what Japanese Ambassador had to say, I wouldn’t be surprised. However, none of US media reported the news then I’d have to doubt that there’s a conspiracy going on. Am I being paranoid?

By: ampontan

ampontan — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:55:52 +0000

Hello, Rose!

I don’t think it’s a coincidence. The media decides in advance how they’re going to present the story. Anything that doesn’t fit is rejected. Also, don’t forget that emotionalism is now a lot stronger than rationalism in the US, and that many stories are pitched to women rather than men.

By: rose

rose — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:06:37 +0000

Hello Ampontan,

I’m a reader of Matt’s blog and leaving a comment here for the first time.

How would you interpret this lack of coverage by the US media? Do you think it is just a coincidence that no media reported it? I can hardly believe it is just a coincidence, though.

>I’ll say it again: Japan is still not getting the baseline respect it deserves, and that other countries routinely get, from the Western media.

I’m beginnnig to think that the US media is completely hi-jacked by ill-minded people who have no problems distorting facts.

By: Transpacific Triangle » links for 2007-03-09 by Graham Webster

Transpacific Triangle » links for 2007-03-09 by Graham Webster — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:46:08 +0000

[...] Komori blog post on Kato Ryozo’s press conference Yoshihisa Komori *, the Washington correspondent of the Sankei Shimbun, blogs here in Japanese on the press conference held in Washington DC by Ryozo Kato, the Japanese ambassador to the US, regarding the comfort women brouhaha. Here is my quick and dirty (tags: katoryozo, comfortwomen, japanus) [...]

By: Japan to conduct fresh investigation into WW2 brothels » Occidentalism

Japan to conduct fresh investigation into WW2 brothels » Occidentalism — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:32:44 +0000

[...] HT to Ampontan. [...]

By: Japan News for March 09, 2007 » Japan Probe

Japan News for March 09, 2007 » Japan Probe — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:04:28 +0000

[...] Ampontan has translated a report on the press conference held in Washington DC by Ryozo Kato, the Japanese ambassador to the US, regarding the comfort women brouhaha. The US media ignored the press conference. [Link] [...]

By: ampontan

ampontan — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:28:11 +0000

Jeremiahsx:
Thanks for your note. Actually, we have been thinking about it. Try this:

http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/abes-poll-ratings-not-a-one-size-fits-all-answer/

Are you saying that the US government now believes itself to be beyond all criticism?

Didn’t Russia’s Putin sharply criticize the US a few weeks ago? And what has it done in response?

Or, as others point out, is it true that the US is treacherous as an ally and harmless as an enemy, as the Kurds discovered?