This is the first nuclear disaster of its kind in a long time, and far more excessible to the media then Chenobyl. Plus this being the cellphone youtube generation, we're actually seeing things for the most part as they happen.
We've seen two pretty spectacular explosions at nuclear powerplants, we know that there have been casualties and some radiation and a lot of fear within and outside of Japan's borders.
I think that we have to accept that news has become a bit more hollywood then it used to be mainly because of media availability and sources other then reporters.
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