I wish this post gave a better treatment to the discussion. By presenting such a stark claim on a blog, with little justification it leads to polarization that may make some who are open-minded to the issue actually take such concerns less seriously.
I don’t have any answers myself, I’m learning a lot but here’s what I glean:
- Reporters without borders (RWB) is a neutral cause dedicated to investigating freedom of the press in various countries, they explain their methodology on their website.
- RWB has moved Japan down to 61 on the list of nations with the most free press. However, the US is at 49 for comparison, so saying Japan has “Dismantled freedom of the press” because they are 61 seems to be an overstatement
- The piece presents a theory that America is trying to use Japan’s military. Time will tell.
- The style comes across as vaguely rambly
If anybody who’s not too emotionally involved in the topic has some recommended reading I’d love to hear more.
Read more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10715142
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