2017
08.26

悪質さ増す日本メディアの世論誘導

media, Topic

悪質さ増す日本メディアの世論誘導
信じる人はもはや絶滅危惧種
Increasingly Malicious Media Manipulation of Public Opinion
Believers Are an Endangered Species

【ニッポンの新常識】Common Knowledge Revisited 122

 安倍晋三内閣の支持率が、6月の世論調査で軒並み急落した。5月は56・1%だった産経・FNNの調査結果は、今回47・6%と8・5ポイント低下した。そのほか、読売と日経が49%、共同通信44・9%、朝日41%、毎日36%と、いずれも50%を切った。
 The approval rating for the Shinzo Abe Cabinet dropped across the board in June public opinion polls. In the Sankei/FNN poll, it dropped 8.5 points from 56.1% in May to 47.6% in June. Yomiuri and Nikkei were 49%, Kyodo News was 33.9%, Asahi was 41%, and Mainichi was 36%, all below 50%.

 これは野党やメディアの勝利なのか。そうとは思えない。緊迫する北朝鮮情勢や欧州で相次ぐテロ事件には目もくれず、ひたすら安倍内閣の足を引っ張り続けた「国壊」議員たちに、愛想を尽かした国民は多いはずだ。
 Is this a victory for the opposition parties and the media? I don’t think so. A major portion of the people is disgusted with the “Kokkai Giin [see below]” who ignore the crisis in North Korea and the continuing terrorist incidents in Europe and instead single-mindedly continue to work only to bring down the Abe cabinet.

 読売は世代別支持率も公表した。30代以下の若い世代の内閣支持率は今回も60%以上だった。民進党などの野党と一部のメディアが「倒閣運動の好機」ととらえた「森友・加計学園」問題や、「テロ等準備罪」を新設する改正組織犯罪処罰法の採決をめぐるカラ騒ぎは、若者の心には響かなかった。
 Yomiuri also announced data according to age groups. The cabinet support rate was over 60% for those in their 30s or younger. The huge fuss over the “Moritomo Gakuen” and “Kake Gakuen” issues and concerning the diet voting for the amendment to the “Partial Revision of the Act for Punishment of Organized Crimes, Control of Crime Proceeds and Other Matters” establishing a new crime of “preparing to commit a terrorist crime,” which was viewed by the Democratic Party and other opposition parties and a part of the media as a good chance to bring down the cabinet, did not resonate with the younger generation.

 中高年と比べて、ツイッターやフェイスブック、ユーチューブなどを通じ、多角的な情報を入手しているからだろう。
 This is no doubt due to the fact that, compared with middle-aged and older people, they get a variety of news and information through Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

 テレビや新聞などの情報だけで物事を判断する世代と、ネット情報も参考にする世代との情報格差は広がる一方だ。数十年後は現在の若者が中高年である。メディア情報で世論誘導される人々は、もはや絶滅危惧種なのだ。
 The gap between the generation that judges things only by information on television and in newspapers and the generation that also refers to information on the internet continues to widen. In several decades, the present younger generation will be middle-aged or older. Those people who manipulate public opinion through traditional media are an endangered species.

ケント・ギルバート