Sanitization of News in Japan’s English Media
Posted by Guy on June 7, 2007
While searching the for items related to the sanitization of news in Japan’s English media, Gacuette found this post:
Onlooker scratching his… Says:
March 27th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Here gave up reading Japan Times after a couple of unsuccessful attempts. At best, it is a glorified job sheet, which in most countries you get for free; at worst it is the official organ of Ministry of Truth, or Minitrue, in Newspeak (George Orwell’s 1984). Has anyone ever tried to submit an article, write the editor or make a comment, successfully? As for any real content or NEWS, it seems the editorial [sic] board comprises of the three wise monkeys: They see no news, hear no news, and therefore print no news. [In Japanese 三猿, sanzaru, or 三匹の猿, sanbiki no saru. The three monkeys are Mizaru [見猿], who covers his eyes and therefore sees no evil; Kikazaru [聞か猿], who covers his ears and therefore hears no evil; and Iwazaru [言わ猿], who covers his mouth [or computer keyboard] and therefore speaks no evil.
The Three Wise Monkeys, carving on the
stable of Tosho-gu Shrine, Nikko, Japan
