The following is the continuation of the previous chapter.
That leads to the second problem, but if Western and American papers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, or The Guardian cite articles from correspondents such as AP, AFP, Reuters,
As you can see, "Be sure to interview article, it is a delivery article from the correspondent", always enter the credit of the quoted telecommunications company.
However, in Japan, there are also cases in which each media themselves has invested in Kyodo news, there are very many media that do not put the credit "Kyodo newsletter" even if you copy a distribution article.
If you quote an article such as an AP without credit, you get a fierce protest with copyright infringement, but Kyodo news does not protest from the capital relationship or its delivery point.
As a media researcher, posting something that is not an article of its own interview as if it were so, I feel a rather ethical doubt.
However, it is not a huge hurdle from the reader's side.
It's just a misunderstanding that exaggerates the ability of the reading paper.
The more serious is the third problem. To be exaggerated, the editorial that can also be said as the "soul" of a newspaper company is also the fact that each prefectural paper is "copying" the distribution of Kyodo news.
A large amount of delivery is done from Kyodo newsletters to affiliated companies on a daily basis, but there is something like "trot" of the editorial called "material editorials" among them.
It is a reference material for Kyodo newsletter to write to editorials distributed to member companies, and it is so to speak about a theme that politics, economics, international etc, such as local newspapers, are difficult to interview.
Since the block paper has comparatively "collecting power", it is inferred that it develops its own editorial, but at least the prefectural newspaper cuts out this "material" somewhat, rewrites it, or "as it is" they are doing.
Even the editorial is also relying on Kyodo newsletters, how do prefectural newspapers / editors think about this situation?
If articles, commentaries, and even editorials can be filled with communication articles by communications companies, it is quite doubtful whether such newspapers are worth their existence.
Still, my parents are continuing the prefectural newspaper.
The reason is that my mother wants to confirm the misfortune of the people in law at the "death bullet".
That's it.
If so, in the rural areas, even if you issue "news of death special newspaper" it may be profitable.
What we have discussed so far is a matter of ethics as journalism, but even that even if it is delivering "fair" articles, it may not be enough to make a big fuss.
The biggest problem is that most news reported by local newspapers is provided, and it seems that Kyodo news that is dependent on the editorial is "biased".
Mr. Keita Ando, editor-in-chief of the social division of Sankei Shimbun, cites the following items as the "caution needed manuscript" distributed by Kyodo newsletter.
· Hokkaido and other articles on educational administration, especially national flag and national anthem problems and moral education, various manuscripts on Japan Teachers' Union
· Articles on textbook issues and history recognition
· Article on territorial issues
· North Korea-related articles, recently high-school free-of-charge measures, articles on the pros and cons of application to Korean schools
(Responsibility Editor · From Kusaka Kimindo 'Anti-Japanese' that no one wrote, the identity of local newspaper')
The Niigata daily report at the beginning also reflects the "anti-Japanese" attitude of such Kyodo newsletters, which is not only daily reports but also "anti-Japanese ideas being dripped" on prefectural newspapers across the country.
Although "biased" such as Asahi Newspaper, Mainichi, NHK, TBS, TV Asahi etc. is easy to understand and criticize for all citizens, although local rulership by Kyodo news is hard to be recognized, the influence is enormous.
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