Comment Note that article mostly has negative comments (Score 3, Interesting) 56
Most of the comments on the linked site are pretty critical, here's a typical post:
rfordwm - Feb 21, 2012:
I don't understand what the point of this piece was. All I heard on the recordings were cool headed honest assessments of what information they had on Japan.
Yet Ryssdal says such things as "Wow. Scary when nuclear guys start using phrases like alarming language,' betraying a predisposition to distrust in these "nuclear guys." But for those listeners who don't share that predisposition what is it exactly we were to be scared of?
Perhaps Mr. Chadwick will enlighten us:
"this is the NRC -- they'e watching YouTube and CNN."Huh... So there is a breakdown in information I should perhaps be concerned about?
Again Chadwick gives us the answer:
"Because this area is so devastated by the tsunami. So many people are lost, 20,000. The infrastructure is all blown away."
Well that seems like a good reason for information being sparse. Not to mention the NRC is a national agency, concerned with domestic nuclear safety.
Again, what was the point of this? Why were Mr. Ryssdal and Mr. Chadwick using words and tones that denote alarm and concern? Perhaps they could clarify?