Is TV Asahi suppressing democracy?
Yoshiro Nakamatsu, AKA “Dr. Nakamats,” seems to think so:
Dr. NakaMats, an inventor who is running in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, has filed a complaint with police against TV Asahi for election law violations after the broadcaster failed to invite him to a debate among candidates.
TV Asahi’s “Sunday Project” aired the debate on April 1. Four well-known candidates in the Tokyo election — former Adachi-ku Mayor Manzo Yoshida, incumbent Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano, and architect Kisho Kurokawa — were invited to the program.
TV Asahi didn’t ask Dr. NakaMats to appear. The inventor claims that the broadcaster’s failure to invite him violated the Public Offices Election Law that says that broadcasters must not air distorted facts by abusing their freedom of the press.
TV Asahi has denied Nakamatsu’s claims, stating that they invited the candidates based on “their career, opinion polls and our news coverage.” But what of Nakamatsu’s illustrious career?
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I wonder if I’m supposed to be surprised that of the TV stations in Japan, Asahi is the one accused of this.
If this was TBS, my bets are they would pick a random guy to act as a stand-in for The Doctor and then forget to mention it wasn’t really him.
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That’s not a surprise, as it happens in several parts of the world. In my country, last year, at a presidential debate held by one of the national networks with CNN en español, only four out of seven candidates were invited, as the incumbent (and later reelected) president didn’t attend any debate as part of his strategy. The other two protested, of course. This happens when media and surveys seek to control public opinion.
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