Comments on: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/05/32332/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 28 May 2012 15:55:58 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jens Wilkinson http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/05/32332/comment-page-1/#comment-1197506 Jens Wilkinson Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:09:35 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/05/32332/#comment-1197506 Thanks for pointing that out. The truth is that I am not really familiar with Lou Pearlman, as I don't listen to that kind of music, but have heard things about Kitagawa over the years, so it just caught my attention. I didn't mean to single Japan out, and I suppose "suppressed" was a bit too strong. Regulated is probably a better word, but "regulated reports" sounds a bit strange. Thanks for pointing that out. The truth is that I am not really familiar with Lou Pearlman, as I don’t listen to that kind of music, but have heard things about Kitagawa over the years, so it just caught my attention. I didn’t mean to single Japan out, and I suppose “suppressed” was a bit too strong. Regulated is probably a better word, but “regulated reports” sounds a bit strange.

]]> By: 7374e9 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/05/32332/comment-page-1/#comment-1197399 7374e9 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:14:37 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/05/32332/#comment-1197399 You summarized only half of that post. Why single out Japan? W. David Marx was actually careful to juxtapose Kitagawa's case with Lou Pearlman's pedophilic case in the US. The conclusion is that in both countries media coverage of this type of guys with financial influence is regulated, to a large extent, by money interests of the media. "Suppressed" is too strong of a word with unpleasant connotations. This word would be more accurate to describe contemporary Russian media, for example. You summarized only half of that post. Why single out Japan?

W. David Marx was actually careful to juxtapose Kitagawa’s case with Lou Pearlman’s pedophilic case in the US. The conclusion is that in both countries media coverage of this type of guys with financial influence is regulated, to a large extent, by money interests of the media.

“Suppressed” is too strong of a word with unpleasant connotations. This word would be more accurate to describe contemporary Russian media, for example.

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