Somehow the combination of the terms ""Japanese TV" and "best source" made me blow hot coffee out my nose when I read this...
Japanese TV proves best source of unbiased war reporting
Wm Penn Special to The Daily Yomiuri / March 27
...It is hard to miss the constant emphasis on fear and threats, weapons and destruction in the U.S. media.
The Japanese media is characterized by a more "mammalian" approach. ...there is much to be said for providing a human dimension to every story.
One of the most poignant TV moments this month was one network's report on a small Iraqi boy who had been nursed back to health at an Osaka hospital. The name of the network and the details of his illness have faded from my memory but his image has not. He was a wide-eyed child of about 10 or 12. After struggling through his long illness, he was given a rousing hospital send-off and taken to taste his first Osaka takoyaki dumplings.
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Oh, pleeeease.............:crazy3: