Media Studies
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woolymonkeyNew York Times: "Japanese Operator says it will Scrap Four Reactors at Plant"
Deutsche Welle: "Tepco may be able to keep two reactors running"
Compare and contrast the underlying assumptions about newsworthiness and nuclear safety.
Mathematicians may prefer to calculate how many of the six reactors are how far up shit creek and express this as a percentage, or a probability, or something else beginning with P. Possibly a pie chart.
Deutsche Welle: "Tepco may be able to keep two reactors running"
Compare and contrast the underlying assumptions about newsworthiness and nuclear safety.
Mathematicians may prefer to calculate how many of the six reactors are how far up shit creek and express this as a percentage, or a probability, or something else beginning with P. Possibly a pie chart.
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Date: 2011-03-31 08:54 pm (UTC)Sometimes I despair of our media.
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Date: 2011-04-01 08:27 am (UTC)