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here is the thing.
people instinctively will tune into stations that have up to the minute by minute OMG THE SKY IS FALLING news casts.
They do this because the OMG !! THE SKY IS FALLING news feels safer to listen to than the sites that are calm, fact focused and non sensational.
I think people like to be scared.
OR they prefer to err on the side of caution.
That is to say... "I am scared I take things too calm and end up nuked, especially since I know squat about this high end physics stuff"
Once you scare en mass people it is hard to calm them down... and takes very long... and then you have to get SUPER STARS, SPORTS PEOPLE and POPULAR MEDIA ICONS and their KIDS to walk around and say its safe.
They wont trust Govt officials or scientists that work in the system since apparently ... they re immune :P
Either way you take it... the damage is done and TEPCO has not done anything but try to save face... in typical Japanese red tape style.
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