Quote of the week – note to the media, this 23 year old English teacher from Japan gets it, so stop the hype

From my town newspaper, in the story covering a young English teacher who was just now able to return home after being in Japan during the earthquake. She gets it, why can’t the media?

While saying the threat associated with the damaged nuclear power plants, about 140 miles from Koga, have been overstated by the media, she quipped, “I’m not glowing. I was supposed to be glowing.”

Full story here:

http://www.chicoer.com/fromthenewspaper/ci_17651319

The Register also mentioned something similar about the media yesterday in their online briefing:

Good news from Japan: Situation ‘fairly stable’, says IAEA

And, an online “wall of shame” has been established for logging media blunders in this affair:

http://jpquake.wikispaces.com/Journalist+Wall+of+Shame