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NEWS: Singer Mayu Tomita Sues Tokyo Police for 2016 Stabbing

AkumaChef wrote:

When they do their job correctly nobody bothers to mention it. Remember the old saying: Dog bites man: nobody cares Man bites dog: news at 10.

I've never heard this phrase ever.

The phrase man bites dog is a shortened version of an aphorism in journalism that describes how an unusual, infrequent event (such as a man biting a dog) is more likely to be reported as news than an ordinary, everyday occurrence with similar consequences, such as a dog biting a man. An event is usually considered more newsworthy if there is something unusual about it; a commonplace event is less likely to be seen as newsworthy, even if the consequences of both events have objectively similar outcomes. The result is that rarer events more often appear as news stories, while more common events appear less often, thus distorting the perceptions of news consumers of what constitutes normal rates of occurrence.

The phenomenon is also described in the journalistic saying, "You never read about a plane that did not crash".

The phrase was coined by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865–1922), a British newspaper magnate, but is also attributed to New York Sun editor John B. Bogart (1848–1921): "When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news." The quote is also attributed to Charles Anderson Dana (1819–1897).

You do know this isn't unique to idols, right? (or Japan for that matter)

And any criticism towards the idol biz can be leveled at the entertainment industry as a whole and even athletes and peeps in the fashion industry (especially models) have to deal with this kind of fucked up shit worldwide

(I don't think I need to mention how creepy child beauty pageants are do I?)

Really the first step in stopping shit like this from happening worldwide is getting rid of all the creeps and that's easier said than done

There are cases in which the police try and investigate but are stymied for whatever reason: maybe they can't trace an anonymous online threat, maybe they did indeed talk to talk to the alleged perpetrator but were deceived, or maybe a technical system they wanted to use was down that day. But in this case there was no such problem, the victim gave the police the attacker's identity, and even went so far as to warn them again about her concert, but they didn't act at all. Even if you have no idea where to find the suspect, or if you have no idea who a suspect may be, you can still send an officer to a concert just to maintain a presence. That's why this situation strikes me as such a major case of negligence or incompetence: it appears that the police didn't even lift a finger to attempt to do anything, and that's a lot worse than trying and failing.

Not only the police was unresponsive on her case, having to officially apologize for it, for people who don't know about this, her specific case was already grounds for law change, specifically anti-stalking laws.

Actually when law enforcement does stop someone from acting on threats it does make the news.

The people who tend to make this argument are pro gun types like the NRA who think gun owners should be a protected class and who for years have made it hard for state,federal, & local government to take guns away from people who more often than not go on to commit crimes with those guns.

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Dog bites man: nobody cares Man bites dog: news at 10.

I've never heard this phrase ever.

ShugoYotsuba wrote:

You do know this isn't unique to idols, right? (or Japan for that matter) And any criticism towards the idol biz can be leveled at the entertainment industry as a whole and even athletes and peeps in the fashion industry (especially models) have to deal with this kind of fucked up shit worldwide (I don't think I need to mention how creepy child beauty pageants are do I?) Really the first step in stopping shit like this from happening worldwide is getting rid of all the creeps and that's easier said than done

Yes, agreed. It isn't unique in any way, nor I wanted to imply it is.
But it is particularly insidious in idol culture, which is something I see people constantly trying to diminish or deny. I'd argue athletes, fashion industry, or child beauty pageants get nowhere near the number of cases the idol industry does, proportionally speaking, similar to this one.