# Rantings about stupid nuclear reporting, and I want to bitchslap somebody, also other crap

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**Created:** [March 26, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantings-about-stupid-nuclear-reporting-and-i-want-to-bitchslap-somebody-also-other-crap/576077 "2011-03-26T19:11:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantings-about-stupid-nuclear-reporting-and-i-want-to-bitchslap-somebody-also-other-crap/576077/148 "2011-03-27T21:17:56Z")

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I realize now this post, in the earthquake thread

> [@Large earthquake in Northeast Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/666):
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> I’m astounded by claims that the media is alarmist, is hyping fear or something. Then they show the image of reactor #3, clearly it lost the top two thirds of the structure, and is leaking steam from the reactor, but nobody in the media is harping on that.
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> This is the plutonium reactor. If the media was fear mongering, they would repeat over and over how the plutonium reactor building, which blew to bits, means there is massive plutonium release, already.
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> Then they would focus on the deception by the authorities who keep saying they don’t know what or how much radioactive material is coming from the plant. Or has already come from it. Both obvious lies.
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> That’s how you fear monger. No media outlet is doing anything close to that.

was probably not the right place. People were talking about the media hyping this and fear mongering, and I’m like, “What the fuck?”

Because I see the media as idiot clowns who never ask any hard questions, and as soon as there was radiation leaking they all left the fucking country.

(edit)

well fuck me. A bunch of post slipped in. This not warning that somebody has already posted, it sucks.

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