Fukushima – summary and conclusions

My reaction after having "discovered" what had actually happened at Fukushima was to contact the traditional media sources here in Sweden.  I sent mails and took other contact with the local newspaper Göteborgsposten and also national tabloids and morning papers like Expressen, Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter etc. I also took contact with TV shows like” Uppdrag granskning” and “Skavlan”. Even Greenpeace Sweden was on the list of organizations that I contacted. My message was that the situation at the Fukushima plant was far worse than had been reported. As a basis for my message I attached, among other things, the links you saw in my previous blog post (i.e. the interviews with Arnie Gundersen and Helen Caldicott). I got only one response from the list of just mentioned contact points; Greeenpeace. But they wanted to stick to their own pages and not use sources other than their own or go out via other channels than their own. Why this was so they never told me. They flatly refused to review the material that I provided them with.

Today the situation can be described as follows: traditional media has over time at least reasonably caught up with reporting. Now, the story of what really happened, the scale of the disaster is common knowledge today . But it is a groomed image of reality. I have since my rather intense coverage summer/autumn 2011 continued to sporadically monitor the progress. Do you want to know how bad it really is? Then I suggest you should look up the Fairewinds website and follow Arnie Gundersen via interviews in alternative media.  

My most important conclusion from the Fukushima event, however, is precisely that: Traditional, or mainstream media as it is also called, seems to be controlled. When the right person or organization snaps a finger, the entire community seems to ready to follow. By mainstream media we mean principally the West's total television, radio and newspaper variety (both online and paper editions). Could it really be that bad? And if so, how is it done? Who's pulling the strings? And why? With these questions moved on to review the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.