Okay. I know this began as a travel blog. I was supposed to write about the amazing places I've seen and food I've eaten. But there is too much happening to limit myself to fluff + the occasional venting about environmental concerns.
I am incredibly disappointed in the US news media. Not only disappointed but insulted. For both Fox News (yeah, I know it's Fox, but even they should know better and that's saying A LOT) and USAToday (still, not a paragon of international news, but one that is followed by a significant readership) to refer to the continuing crises at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant as a "NUKE THREAT" is unbelievably, indescribably, irresponsible.
This is not 1952, guys. We are not in the middle of the Cold War. And to use terminology which popularly and historically recalls threats from nuclear WEAPONS is, again, distressingly insulting and, I cannot stress this enough, IRRESPONSIBLE. First of all Japan has enough on their overwhelmed and nearly destroyed plate without such false labeling. Secondly- look at your science, AP, nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs are two hugely, vastly, unquestionably different things. There is literally no reason to use the word "NUKE" interchangeably between the two. Thirdly, the American people are not morons. There are a few less than savory seeds here and there- but on the whole, the public knows what's up. So what on Earth could compel media outlets to willfully use panic-inciting language?
Come on. This is beyond ridiculous. Man up, Fox, USAToday, and whoever is doing it. Get professional reporters to use professional language- not hack scare tactics. Seriously.
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