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#219747 - 03/18/11 11:01 PM Re: Finding trustworthy disaster coverage [Re: philip]
philip Offline
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Registered: 09/19/05
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Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
TV critic Tim Goodman has a scathing review of TV news coverage:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/18/DDFN1ICTA0.DTL

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#219754 - 03/19/11 12:00 AM Re: Finding trustworthy disaster coverage [Re: philip]
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Offline
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Registered: 08/03/07
Posts: 3078

Apparently the unreported health benefits of ionising radiation and the ingestion of Halogen and heavy metal radionuclide's is nothing short of a media conspiracy. laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNFF61E_Dg

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#219755 - 03/19/11 12:27 AM Re: Finding trustworthy disaster coverage [Re: dweste]
Art_in_FL Offline
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Registered: 09/01/07
Posts: 2432
Of hormesis, radiation, Ann Coulter, and a speck of truth in a pile of half-truths and misunderstanding.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/will_radiation_hormesis_protec.php

It also should be noted that at least one budget proposal, by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), eliminates the U.S. Department of Energy, one of the two federal agencies charged with overseeing America's nuclear capabilities.

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#219826 - 03/20/11 02:28 PM Re: Finding trustworthy disaster coverage [Re: philip]
Brangdon Offline
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Registered: 12/12/04
Posts: 1204
Loc: Nottingham, UK
Originally Posted By: philip
I can't remember whether it was the Beeb or D-W, but their expert said if things continue as they are in Japan (total disaster from the plant's perspective but containment of the core and waste), the chance of "extra" cancer from the radiation is statistically zero in the areas around the plants.
The coverage from The Register has generally been upbeat, in stark contrast to the scaremongering elsewhere. Eg http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/18/fukushima_friday/
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#219838 - 03/20/11 04:39 PM Re: Finding trustworthy disaster coverage [Re: dweste]
capsu78 Offline
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Registered: 01/09/07
Posts: 98
Loc: Chicagoland IL
My Tokyo blogger has not posted since 3/17, but he has the same message...please stop the media from focusing on Tokyo, they are fine... focus on the North where things are FUBAR...
http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/298534/ZmNDbeZFaeNGbm3GbP&pos=ancr
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#220045 - 03/23/11 03:33 AM Re: Finding trustworthy disaster coverage [Re: capsu78]
sealander Offline
Stranger

Registered: 09/20/10
Posts: 15
Loc: New Zealand
Nicole Foss of The Automatic Earth blog does a good discussion about the nuclear disaster in Japan at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7638
She used to be a nuclear safety specialist but blogs these days on economic and peak oil issues.

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