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The "pro-nuclear crowd" has to fall over themselves showing examples of daily safe exposure because there is so much fear-mongering and disingenuous reporting o
by jordan0day 16y ago
The "pro-nuclear crowd" has to fall over themselves showing examples of daily safe exposure because there is so much fear-mongering and disingenuous reporting occurring.
For example, A day or two ago, I saw a picture of a UK newspaper with a three inch headline blaring something along the lines of "JAPAN NUCLEAR FALLOUT REACHES UK". This headline easily took up half the page. Now, I'm sure this paper was a tabloid or rag and was just doing it to sell copies, but that doesn't make it okay. I mean, the paper is essentially exploiting the fact that lay people don't understand radiation very well. Even if the story contained within was accurate, the damage would already be done.
- Tichy 16y agoSo you are worried that too many people on HN read tabloid newspapers? That doesn't seem very likely to me. In any case the article here does not seem to fall into that category, yet the silly comparisons had to come out.