CNN: Fukushima Workers Muzzled
April 2, 2011
Anderson Cooper on the distortions, lies, “message control”, and misinformation from TEPCO. Outrage rising in Japan.
with Peter Sinclair
Anderson Cooper on the distortions, lies, “message control”, and misinformation from TEPCO. Outrage rising in Japan.
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April 2, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Translating to Republicanese…
Graph of TEPCO stock price… http://bit.ly/f0r4Zy
Joe Romm on the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industry Indemnity Act… http://bit.ly/fNZQGS
April 2, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Peter,
Talking of muzzling: did you know that the WHO are muzzled by the IAEA? See http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/28/who-nuclear-power-chernobyl
Also, if you’ve been following George Monbiot’s recent conversion to nuke cheerleader, here’s George from 2006:
* Thanks, But We Still Don’t Need It>/a> – “To start building a new generation of nuclear power stations before we know what to do with the waste produced by existing plants is grotesquely irresponsible. … If, as a result of slow leakage into the groundwater, radioactive materials from a burial site kill an average of only one person a year for one million years, those who made the decision to bury them will – through their infinitesimal and unrecorded impacts – be responsible for the deaths of a million people.”
So, Monbiot is “grotesquely irresponsible” and cheering on the death of a million people according to Monbiot. Strange days.
April 2, 2011 at 8:42 pm
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Peter,
Talking of muzzling: did you know that the WHO are muzzled by the IAEA? See http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/28/who-nuclear-power-chernobyl
Also, if you’ve been following George Monbiot’s recent conversion to nuke cheerleader, here’s George from 2006:
* Thanks, But We Still Don’t Need It – “To start building a new generation of nuclear power stations before we know what to do with the waste produced by existing plants is grotesquely irresponsible. … If, as a result of slow leakage into the groundwater, radioactive materials from a burial site kill an average of only one person a year for one million years, those who made the decision to bury them will – through their infinitesimal and unrecorded impacts – be responsible for the deaths of a million people.”
So, Monbiot is “grotesquely irresponsible” and cheering on the death of a million people according to Monbiot. Strange days.
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