{"id":16293,"date":"2020-11-12T16:13:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T00:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16293"},"modified":"2020-11-15T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T21:53:01","slug":"news-chyron-of-govt-panel-that-apparently-blames-foreigners-for-spreading-covid-lets-be-careful-to-avoid-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16293","title":{"rendered":"Unknown news chyron of Govt panel that apparently blames foreigners for spreading Covid.  However, FNN News tells a different story:  one of assisting foreigners.  Let\u2019s be careful to avoid disinformation (UPDATED)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Books, eBooks, and more from Debito Arudou, Ph.D. (click on icon):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11452\" title=\"Guidebookcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Guidebookcover.jpg\" alt=\"Guidebookcover.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/japaneseonlyebookcovertext-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"japaneseonlyebookcovertext\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/inappropriate.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8577\" title=\"inappropriatecoverthumb150x226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=12473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FodorsJapan2014cover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"FodorsJapan2014cover\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free<br \/>\n&#8220;LIKE&#8221; US on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embeddedrcsmJapan\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embeddedrcsmJapan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseOnlyTheBook\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseOnlyTheBook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BookInAppropriate\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BookInAppropriate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0Long-time readers of this venue know that I surrender to no-one in terms of criticizing the GOJ in its handling of NJ residents, especially in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how they treat taxpaying long-term residents on par with (or even value less than) foreign tourists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That said, an image sent to me by a number of people has been this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/GaikokujinBunkakaiDisinformation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/GaikokujinBunkakaiDisinformation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/GaikokujinBunkakaiDisinformation.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/GaikokujinBunkakaiDisinformation-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/GaikokujinBunkakaiDisinformation-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/GaikokujinBunkakaiDisinformation-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;m not sure where this screenshot is coming from (Debito.org Reader MF has noted that it came from the Fuji TV network itself), but the chyron would indicate that this government panel is saying that &#8220;<strong>Foreigners have different languages and customs, so we can&#8217;t thoroughly enforce policies against the spread of [Covid] infections.<\/strong>&#8221; \u00a0By implication, this means that foreigners are being seen as an obstacle to the safety of Japanese society because of their differences. \u00a0This image is starting to multiply around the media sphere, for example\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/memesugoi\/posts\/1032954460504017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/memesugoi\/posts\/1032954460504017,<\/a>\u00a0which is why people are sending it to me.<\/p>\n<p>However, news network\u00a0FNN has a different take. Debito.org Reader JLO submitted the following video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ynXLfldju6M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>FNN says, at minute 1:30, <em><strong>&#8220;Bunkakai de wa, kurasutaa e no taiou ya, kotoba no chigai de soudan ya jushin ga okureru gaikokujin no tame ni ichigenteki na soudan madoguchi o setchi suru koto ni tsuite giron shiteimasu.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nOr (my translation):<br \/>\n<em><strong>&#8220;At this panel, they are debating about whether to set up a unified consultation center to deal with clusters and with foreigners and who face delayed medical consultations and treatments due to language differences.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0Screen capture:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FNN-report-about-Covid-Panel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FNN-report-about-Covid-Panel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FNN-report-about-Covid-Panel.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FNN-report-about-Covid-Panel-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FNN-report-about-Covid-Panel-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FNN-report-about-Covid-Panel-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FNN-report-about-Covid-Panel-1536x856.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<div id=\"info-contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" 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2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"meta\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<div id=\"meta-contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"list-container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"top-row\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-video-owner-renderer\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/FNNnewsCH\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" class=\"style-scope yt-img-shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/a\/AATXAJwA14qqeXBpEtGTp-rtGYYWm8ltyk5nhUVbyzZVXg=s176-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"upload-info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-owner-renderer\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-channel-name\">\n<div id=\"text-container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-channel-name\"><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCoQBJMzcwmXrRSHBFAlTsIw\">FNN\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30e0\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s quite a different take from that other chyron! \u00a0According to FNN, this panel seems to be trying to assist, not exclude or blame.<\/p>\n<p>I welcome others who find more clarifying media about this event. \u00a0Meanwhile, my point is to be careful. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreigners have been so perpetually offset and treated as exceptions from the regular population<\/a> that this could reflexively feel like a repeat performance. \u00a0But let&#8217;s be careful that this reflex does not lead to disinformation. \u00a0Debito Arudou, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE NOV 14:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnomaV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ph.D. Candidate Anoma van der Veere<\/a> has kindly tweeted out his research indicating some media sensationalism is going on here. \u00a0Access\u00a0the thread beginning a<\/i><\/strong>t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anomav\/status\/1327117586249568256?s=21&amp;fbclid=IwAR0gIPlDs9K6X8tH87UWEuafZDYEM9XrgLobf7LI2luRRJgnStztEdka9n4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/anomav\/status\/1327117586249568256?s=21&amp;fbclid=IwAR0gIPlDs9K6X8tH87UWEuafZDYEM9XrgLobf7LI2luRRJgnStztEdka9n4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>(Courtesy of JLO). \u00a0Screen captures follow, for the record. \u00a0Debito<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-1-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-1-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-1-.png 1206w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-1--300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-1--1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-1--768x374.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone 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https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-6-768x826.png 768w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anoma-van-der-Veere-6.png 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>THREAD ENDS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>======================<br \/>\n<em>Do you like what you read on Debito.org? \u00a0Want to help keep the archive active and support Debito.org&#8217;s activities? \u00a0Please consider donating a little something. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13748\">More details here<\/a>. Or if you prefer something less complicated, just click on an advertisement below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screenshot of an unknown news has a chyron indicating that some government panel states, &#8220;Foreigners have different languages and customs, so we can&#8217;t thoroughly enforce policies against the spread of [Covid] infections.&#8221; \u00a0By implication, this means that foreigners are being seen as an obstacle to the safety of Japanese society because of their differences.  The screenshot is starting to multiply around the mediasphere, which is why it&#8217;s been sent to me multiple times.  <\/p>\n<p>However, a Debito.org Reader sends me a FNN news videos which, at minute 1:30, says, &#8220;Bunkakai de wa, kurasutaa e no taiou ya, kotoba no chigai de soudan ya jushin ga okureru gaikokujin no tame ni ichigenteki na soudan madoguchi o setchi suru koto ni tsuite giron shiteimasu.&#8221;<br \/>\nOr (my translation):<br \/>\n&#8220;At this panel, they are debating about whether to set up a unified consultation center to deal with clusters and with foreigners and who face delayed medical consultations and treatments due to language differences.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s quite a different take! \u00a0According to FNN, this panel seems to be trying to assist, not exclude or blame.  I welcome others who find more clarifying media about this event. \u00a0Meanwhile, my point is to be careful. \u00a0Foreigners have been so perpetually offset and treated as exceptions from the regular population that this could reflexively feel like a repeat performance. \u00a0But let&#8217;s be careful that this reflex does not lead to disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE NOV 14:<br \/>\nPh.D. Candidate Anoma van der Veere has kindly tweeted out his research indicating some media sensationalism is going on here. \u00a0Access\u00a0the thread beginning at https:\/\/twitter.com\/anomav\/status\/1327117586249568256?s=21&#038;fbclid=IwAR0gIPlDs9K6X8tH87UWEuafZDYEM9XrgLobf7LI2luRRJgnStztEdka9n4<br \/>\nScreen captures follow, for the record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,43,36,34,35,52,5,73,4,13,11,65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embedded-racism","category-bad-business-practices","category-bad-social-science","category-exclusionism","category-good-news","category-hate-speech","category-human-rights","category-japans-blame-game","category-japanese-government","category-media","category-problematic-foreign-treatment","category-racist-images-in-media","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16293"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16313,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16293\/revisions\/16313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}