It is not interpretation; it is just speculation or conspiracy theory by JEFF KINGSTON

NHKクロ現・国谷裕子キャスター「降板」 「官邸の意向反映」といった憶測飛び交う
2016/1/ 8 20:01

クローズアップ現代、国谷裕子降板の理由 - LACUSTA

国谷さん好きだし、他で活躍してもらいたいと思うが・・・


Wataru Tenga
@wataruen Wataru TengaさんがAsger R. Christensenをリツイートしました
Is any country as blessed as Japan with so many foreigners like Kingston to tell us how bloody bad our country is? Wataru Tengaさんが追加
Asger R. Christensen @asgerrojle
Kingston: Hiroko Kuniya's ouster deals another blow to quality journalism in Japan - The Japan Times - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/01/23/commentary/hiroko-kuniyas-ouster-deals-another-blow-quality-journalism-japan/#.VqQ9dy4ELQe.twitter …

It appears the decision to oust Kuniya came because of a July 2014 interview with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, in which she crossed the invisible line accepted by Japan’s craven media by asking an unscripted follow-up question that rattled the politician. He had prepared answers and was thus flustered when she gently reiterated the question he had artfully danced around (twice) regarding Abe’s unpopular reinterpretation of Article 9 of the Constitution. It was all polite and low-key, nothing like, for example, BBC’s interview program “Hard Talk,” in which the hosts often go for the jugular.

It was later reported that Suga was infuriated by being put on the spot. From that time on, Kuniya was a marked journalist and her political enemies bided their time, waiting for an opportune moment to strike. When her program aired a staged interview last spring that misrepresented the background of a source, they pounced.

“If all programs in Japan that resorted to an occasional staged interview were shut down, there would be nothing but blank TV screens throughout the country,” says Horvat, who adds that the real reason Kuniya has to go is because “political leaders did not like her incisive reporting.”


Hideko Yoshimoto, an associate professor at Yamaguchi Prefectural University, agrees that the non-renewal of Kuniya’s contract was retribution. She also notes there is prejudice against older women on television and a preference for young, cute women regardless of their talent. In her view, Kuniya’s departure means the “death of once-decent NHK journalism.



Sophia’s Nakano is concerned that the media is severely handicapped in holding the government accountable because journalists now understand the cost of crossing Abe.

“First Koga, then Furutachi, Kishii and now Kuniya — it does look like the Abe government has no more serious critical reporting of news that it needs to be concerned about from April,” Nakano says.

The media lapdog has been well and truly muzzled, and just in time for Diet elections.

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Michael Thomas Cucek
@MichaelTCucek
@wataruen @asgerrojle It's an op-ed, not a news piece. By definition, the author seeks to promote an interpretation of the facts.

へえええ　早稲田では、これを解釈と教えているのか？

Speculation, Hypothesis, Interpretation & Proof

Speculation is typically presented as an end-point to a disappointing research process, at which point the researcher has run out of ideas. Often, its presentation is prefaced by an assertion such as, “No evidence exists to prove this, but … .” Typically, the assertion will carry no documentation or, as a smoke screen, will cite material that—when examined—does not support the assertion at al

Interpretation is an impermanent conclusion we reach after we feel we have adequately applied all the building blocks of proof. The strength of our interpretation will depend heavily upon the investment we have made in our study of context. We consider our interpretation to be impermanent because we recognize that the discovery of new evidence or the application of new insights or other research methodology might require altering that interpretation.

Proof is the body of evidence and reasoning that we offer to support our interpretation. The quality of the work that creates this body of evidence usually determines the sustainability of our conclusion.

（１）

Kunia interviewed Suga.

True

It was later reported that Suga was infuriated by being put on the spot

False and Not confirmed.
（２）

国谷裕子キャスターが菅官房長官を激怒させた問題シーン 記事をクリップするクリップ

フライデーによると、番組終了後に菅官房長官に同行していた秘書官が「いったいどうなっているんだ」とクレームをつけたという。

It was reported by FRIDAY that a secretary of Suga protested the questionings by Kunia after the intervew.
Note also Friday is a weekly that focuses on celebrity gossip and psuedo-science.


（３）

the real reason Kuniya has to go is because “political leaders did not like her incisive reporting.
The non-renewal of Kuniya’s contract was retribution

Is it reasonable to conclude (3) from (1) & (2)?

It is speculation at best, no?

“First Koga, then Furutachi, Kishii and now Kuniya — it does look like the Abe government has no more serious critical reporting of news that it needs to be concerned about from April,” Nakano says.

The media lapdog has been well and truly muzzled, and just in time for Diet elections

The insinuation is that Abe is behind all of these, but isn't it just a conspiracy theory?



テンプル大学行っても学ぶことは少なそうである。

学者さんたちの基礎学力を疑うよーーーええよなあ、こんなこと教えたり書いたりして給金もらえるんだから・・・・