[lit-ideas] Re: News via the web
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:32:24 -0700
> > Question for John: what are the newspapers like in Japan? Does
> > straight reporting tend to be written as it is here -- ie make it
> > short, summarize the story at the beginning, add the detail later for
> > the reader to take or leave -- or do articles tend to be much longer
> > than an average report in a U.S. paper with important points sometimes
> > appearing for the first time deep within the body of the article?
A better question: How do Japanese newspapers explain situations and
motives? Do they look at circumstances and background? Do they discuss the
history intelligently? Do they look at opposing viewpoints of the persons
involved? Is there sympathetic understanding of the various points of view?
For contrast, you can remember the American media's coverage of the fall of
the Shah, the Iranian Revolution, and Ayatollah Khomeini. Or the coverage of
9.11, the reporting on the White House's response, the clear explanation of
bin Laden's motivations.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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