TV Asahi’s “Hōdō Station” operates under the illusion that opposing the establishment is the essence of journalism. Influenced by GHQ-era indoctrination, leftist ideology, and a misguided sense of elite authority, the program’s stance has become extreme. The author argues that even commentator Hasebe’s demeanor reflects this distortion, and that such figures would only benefit nations that seek to undermine Japan.

2016-01-09

What is abnormal about TV Asahi’s “Hōdō Station” is that it mistakes being anti-establishment for being journalistic, and that it remains utterly unaware of the foolishness of such a stance.
Because it is a TV station belonging to Asahi Shimbun—whose writing is rooted in GHQ-imposed indoctrination, leftist ideology, a thirst for power, and a completely misguided and indefensible sense of elitism—the situation becomes even worse.
Furutachi is now nothing less than a prisoner, even a madman, of these ideologies.
Last night, the facial expression of Professor Hasebe of Waseda University, who appeared as a commentator, was also disturbingly abnormal.
Let us assume, although it is 150% impossible, that he became the prime minister of Japan: a nation that remains, in essence, the world’s second great economic power, and the country where the “Turntable of Civilization” continues to spin.
The only ones who would welcome him with delight would be nations engaged in anti-Japanese propaganda, or countries like Germany, where nearly half the population astonishingly harbors anti-Japanese sentiment rooted in an unforgivable white supremacist worldview.
In other words, only those who sneer at Japan or spread fabrications and slander against it would view such a prime minister as “convenient” for siphoning money from Japan yet again.
It goes without saying that figures of the same category—Ōe Kenzaburō, Yoshinaga Sayuri, and other so-called cultural elites—are no different.