Does the media have any credibility when claiming the Japanese government is not being honest?

When they overestimate everything by 2 to 3 times just to get you to panic and watch?|||American journalism at its lowest; sticking their nose into Japan's troubled times and still trying to panic anyone they can. Media whores.|||In this case, I think so. For example, I looked at a LOT of raw video on the tsunami and it is almost impossible to imagine, even with all the preparation that they do, that "only" 10,000 or so people are dead or missing. Entire towns were wiped out with almost no warning.





Another example - the US government is telling Americans to evacuate out to more than 50 miles from the damaged reactors. The Japanese government has only evacuated something like six miles away.





Why the differences? I think the Japanese government is intent on showing the world that they can carry their own water. They also would like to believe that their management and technology is sound and world-class. Good for them, but if things go badly off the rails, they are risking the lives of thousands of people.





Taking actions and making decisions based on beliefs rather than evidence is a risky game.|||no one knows what is happening there fpr sure the japanese are thring to minimise it for the sake of the prople but this is new to them|||Has it ever had credibility?|||LOL, yep, it's one turd calling another turd brown.|||No, just ugly ways of getting ratings up.|||Such as...?