So even assuming the most doubtful proposition that a news organization has a right to speak when others do not, the exemption would allow a conglomerate that owns both a media business and an unrelated business to influence or control the media in order to advance its overall business interest.
With the U.S. swim team projected to win 12 gold medals and 28 overall in London, other national teams have had to concede the overall race and learn to advance by picking their spots.
Compared with March, the overall CPI rose 0.3%, while the advance report for May that covers the Tokyo area showed that core CPI was up 0.1%, the first positive figure since March 2009.