I usually use iPod for listening to podcast programs such as CBS evening news (video), BBC Newspod (audio) or NBC nightly news (video) to improve my listening ability. In particular, Newspod is interesting. Topics related to Japan are taken up sometimes. One day, I noticed that there existed certain deviation in the topics taken up related to Japan. I was intrigued about the reason why such deviation came up. The reason why deviation occurs can be explained by following factors. 1) Unintentional bias, which exists in the correspondent, editor or producer. 2) Existence of topics, which is not urgent or pressing but inserted to imply something, which couldn’t be expressed directly in words. For example, if a correspondent caught a rumor that aged person would be next Japanese prime minister but there was not sufficient credible assurance, a topic on aging society in Japan would be chosen. And the possibility of aged person being an important position would be discussed partially in the topic. Though this is only a guess of mine, owing to this finding, I can stop dropping out of listening to Newspod regularly.
