Comments on: TV Asahi Quiz Show cooks up Fake Blogs for Clues

By: Global Voices Online » Japan: Bloggers on TV-Asahi and “Uso Basutaa”

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:49:37 +0000

[...] been the reaction of many Japanese bloggers over the last week who felt cheated by TV Asahi after it turned out that in the variety show ウソバスター！ (Uso Basutaa!, lit. lie buster), broadcast prime [...]

By: Asahi TV created fake blogs to cite as source material | Japan Probe

Asahi TV created fake blogs to cite as source material | Japan Probe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:00:59 +0000

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Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

TV Asahi has one other faking scandal in its past—nearly two decades ago, it was caught using actors to portray crime victims in a news video. For shame, TV Asahi. This is definitely not how one should take advantage of the Internet revolution. viaAsiajin

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OpenWeb.Asia - OpenWeb Asia Workgroup — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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By: Global Voices en Français

Global Voices en Français — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chaude réaction des blogueurs japonais qui se sont sentis trompés la semaine dernière par la TV Asahi après larévélation(anglais) que dans le spectacle de variétés ウソバスター！(Uso Basutaa !,lit. Chasse aux mensonges) retransmis en première heure le 10 Janvier, les blogs indiqués comme sources avaient été cré&

By: Digital Influence Mapping Project

Digital Influence Mapping Project — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

There are very few marketers (I am hoping) who would consciously create a blog where the author was not who they say they are unless it was done as a crystal clear parody or character blog. Although there aresurprises every day like TV Asahi out of Japan. On a recent quiz show: “The anchorperson introduced six blog websites as examples of information collected via the Internet, which were presented as possible clues to the questions in the show.TV-Asahi acknowledged the suspicion that the blog

By: Néojaponisme

Néojaponisme — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

projects. When images are used, the company fuzzes or otherwise distorts the pictures. (More here.) • Mainstream news programming likes to play up internet-related crimes in order to discredit new media. See the Smiley Kikuchi incident andAsahi’s creation of fake blogs to prove the internet wrong. Also, this indignation towards the net seemed to fuel Mainichi’s reaction to the Wai Wai debate. • Companies refuse to let their employees blog with real names on official corporate blogs, as “head hunters may steal away named