JAPAN SHAKES AND THE WORLD HOLDS ITS BREATH: MAGNITUDE 7.7, MEGAQUAKE ALERT, AND THE SPECTER OF FUKUSHIMABLIND SPOTS
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BLIND SPOTS
What each country's media omits, downplays, or underrepresents — and who covers those topics.
VIEWPOINT:
Le Monde repeats twice the phrase about elevated probability—anguish pierces through the factual
Covered by FRANCEAll French media cite the evacuation order word-for-word, dramatizing coverage
Covered by FRANCEBurmese witness in Hokkaido cited by the BBC: British reflex to humanize through diaspora
Covered by UNITED KINGDOMThe Guardian cites Otsuchi and Kamaishi without commentary—the geography of 2011 speaks for itself
Covered by UNITED KINGDOMNDTV devotes three separate articles to the earthquake—encyclopedic treatment revealing priorities
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