So far the networks have balked at the idea. Although it should be more difficult these days to define justice, the tendency to label phenomena just or unjust, right or wrong, without providing evidence is rampant. Nuclear power and smoking, for example, are presented as unconditionally evil. As seen in coverage of scandals, it is often motivated by jealousy. Ultimately, Yamazaki concludes, we can only hope for self-reform on the part of the networks.
TV exerts an overwhelming influence on society.
For this very reason, it is urgent that we put in place a system to check excesses that will operate like the system regulating the print media.