WBC 1st round has begun for POOL A and B. Then, the mass media play the important role to make it successful as a big international sport event. But at the same time, we, fans, need media literacy as the media become active.I found an article about WBC from Japanese web news. It posted a comment of the manager of Cuba and criticized his comment.
『We never know to lose. We will win to go to USA. If we couldn't achieve it, it would be a catastrophe, just like TSUNAMI.』(I translated from original article, Japanese to English)
This article criticized this comment as unconsidered words. As you know, a huge earthquake occurred in Japan 2 years ago and caused TSUNAMI, killing over 20,000 people. But did he really mention the Japanese case? I think it depends on each interpretation. He commented in Spanish and the article is written in Japanese. So it may be mistranslation. But it seems that this article tries to inflame hostility of Japanese against Cuba.
Fortunately, many people found this trick and do not feel disgust for the Cuba manager, but for the journalist. Such as this case, some mass media set feeling operations for nationalism or bond. Then, we need media literacy, the ability to analyze and evaluate the information. As well as media literacy, the influential people have to be careful when they speak in public, avoiding being considered a slip of the tongue.
