The Deception Behind “According to NHK”
— How Anonymous Reporting Undermines a Nation —
Written on March 31, 2017, this essay exposes how vague attribution such as “according to NHK” conceals responsibility and enables long-term damage to national trust. Using nuclear energy reporting as a case study, it questions the legitimacy of public broadcasting that refuses to name its sources.
2017-03-31
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the announcer in question is a major villain, beneath even common thugs.
This is what he says.
Last night, as I watched the NHK news, I became convinced that NHK as well has been completely infiltrated by intelligence organizations such as Chongryon, China, and South Korea.
Now, their methods are clearly visible to me.
In last night’s example, the day before yesterday, the Osaka High Court issued an extremely sound decision, worthy of a Japanese court, rejecting a provisional injunction lawsuit seeking to prohibit the restart of nuclear power plants—an incident in which it is 100 percent certain that intelligence agencies were operating behind the scenes.
Immediately afterward, NHK suddenly aired a report claiming that a case of thyroid cancer in a child in Fukushima had not been reported, disguising itself as a pseudo-moralist while continuing broadcasts that perpetuate reputational damage against Fukushima indefinitely.
It is an act of wrongdoing perfectly befitting true thugs.
The Japanese people must, by now, become aware of these methods.
Once again, the announcer—who can reasonably be described as a villain beneath even thugs—says:
“According to NHK’s investigation…”
I am the person who first told the world that everything begins with one individual.
There is no possibility that the proper noun “NHK” itself conducts investigations.
Nor does a building called NHK investigate anything.
Someone within NHK conducted the investigation.
Or else, someone within NHK chose yesterday as the day to broadcast the news in response to the court decision the day before yesterday.
If NHK says, “according to NHK’s investigation,” then it must state who within NHK conducted that investigation.
Without doing so, it cannot be called a legitimate news organization.
Therefore, when citizens watch NHK broadcasts that oppose national policy while citing “according to NHK’s investigation,” they must immediately view them as the work of spies embedded within the organization.
For these individuals have, through precisely this pattern, spent decades weakening Japan’s national strength and eroding the international trust placed in both the Japanese state and its people.
The time has long since come to strike them down with decisive force.