Monday, July 03, 2006

Cultural difference or indifference?

When Japan's PM Koizumi and US President Bush held a joint press availability, they took two questions from each side, both Japanese journalists asked about issues such as North Korea, Iran and US-Japan relations, American media asked nothing but Guantanamo, raised by the day’s ruling by US supreme court that Bush is overusing presidential power in setting up military tribunals for Gitmo prisoners.

Does American media different or indifferent?

When Mr. Koizmi sang Elvis tunes, "I want you, I need you, I love you" at Jungle Room in the Graceland, and American media couldn’t stop playing his clips again and again, you can take a look at the 2 minutes clip here and here. the message is this, “He doesn’t speak English, but he sings English songs”. Obviously, Japanese media thought this is something that is ironic. Even Japan’s secretary of Cabinet, Mr. Shinzo Abe had to defend Koizumi at a press briefing. (TBS news)

Does American media different or indifferent?

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