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Fox News Discovers Nuclear Reactor In Japanese Disco

March 14, 2011 5:53 pm ET by Simon Maloy

Earlier today on Fox News' Your World With Neil Cavuto, this map popped up detailing the locations of Japan's nuclear power plants:

One name seems out of place on the graphic -- that of "Shibuyaeggman."

It doesn't show up on the International Atomic Energy Agency's list of Japanese nuclear power stations, and this map of Japanese nuclear installations from the Department of Energy's International Nuclear Safety Center doesn't have any listing for "Shibuyaeggman," and doesn't show a nuclear power plant anywhere near the location on the Fox News map. So I did a little research.

A quick Googling of "shibuyaeggman" turned up no meaningful results. A Nexis search was also fruitless. However, further inquiries revealed that Eggman is the name of a dance club in a trendy neighborhood of Tokyo called... Shibuya. And, it just so happens, the Fox graphic appears to place the alleged reactor in Tokyo. Here's a photo of Eggman -- as you can see, it's right below The @ Super Suits Store. And Johnny Hi-Fi played there in 2006.

Sounds like a fun place. But it doesn't sound like a nuclear power plant.

Tags: Fox News Channel, Your World w/ Neil Cavuto

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- by MeanMrSpicyMustard (March 14, 2011 5:55 pm ET)
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  Sure, you SAY it's not nuclear, but have you seen Eggman during Free Drink Thursdays? That place glows, man.
  
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  - by ferrarimanf355 (March 14, 2011 6:43 pm ET)
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    I'm so going to hell for laughing at that.
    
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  - by jonimacaroni1 (March 14, 2011 7:49 pm ET)
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    Did you hear that Gilbert Gottfried got fired by AFLAC for making jokes on Twitter about Japan that were considered in bad taste?
    
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    - by Old_Benjamin (March 15, 2011 11:36 am ET)
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      Did you hear that Gilbert Gottfried got fired by AFLAC for making jokes on Twitter about Japan that were considered in bad taste?
      
      Not surprising - he got heckled at a Friars Club roast after 9/11 for doing terrorist jokes. It's in the film "The Arstiocrats".
      
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  - by MuParadigm (March 14, 2011 8:10 pm ET)
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    Has anyone else noticed that Fox placed Sendai at the South end of Japan -- rather than slightly north of Fukushima, where it exists in the reality-based world?
    
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    - by Marge Gunderson (March 15, 2011 10:44 am ET)
      
      I'm not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your geography work, there, Lou.
      
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      - by Marge Gunderson (March 15, 2011 11:31 am ET)
        
        To clarify, the Sendai nuclear plant is in the city of Satsumasendai, not Sendai city. The map is correct.
        
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    - by NewPerspectives (March 15, 2011 1:38 pm ET)
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      There is more than one Sendai in Japan. I used to ride a bus through it everyday when I was in Japan on an exchange program.
      
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    - by Tim Maddog (March 15, 2011 4:00 pm ET)
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      While the city of Sendai (仙台市) is indeed located in northeastern Japan, there is actually a Sendai Nuclear Power Plant located where this map says it is. Anyway, great post.
      
      Oh, and No Nukes!
      
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    - by akky (March 15, 2011 4:59 pm ET)
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      That Sendai nuclear plant is in Kagoshima, Southern Kyushu so Fox is correct about that. Both it and a big city in Tohoku near epicenter are called Sendai, same in romanized Japanese. but have different Chinese characters.
      
      I am living near Shibuya, and feels funny the Eggman on map, as it is often said by anti-nuclear power activists often claim to build it in central Tokyo if it is really safe.
      
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- by blesscurse (March 14, 2011 6:03 pm ET)
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  I am the walrus?
  
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  - by MeanMrSpicyMustard (March 14, 2011 6:05 pm ET)
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    Coocoocachoo.
    
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- by thaneb (March 14, 2011 6:06 pm ET)
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  Product placement for Cavuto's fav?
  
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- by topo (March 14, 2011 6:06 pm ET)
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  Is there a deli next door, you know, green eggs and ham....
  
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- by nerzog (March 14, 2011 6:14 pm ET)
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  DOH!
  
  The FOX intern who orchestrated this little prank will be hosting his own show next week. Dishonesty of this caliber must be rewarded at FOX.
  
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  - by tharri874 (March 14, 2011 10:39 pm ET)
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    You've pointed out the real issue, nerzog. This wasn't just an accident; it was a deliberate prank put into a news story about one of the worse disasters in years.
    
    I don't care what your ideology is. Fox News should take responsibility for this, publicly apologize and take action to be sure it doesn't happen again.
    
    Unfortunately, I would not bet five cents that anything like that would happen.
    
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- by jatkin02 (March 14, 2011 6:15 pm ET)
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  They also have Sendai on the extreme southern tip of Japan when in real life it is in Miyago prefecture in the distant north.
  
  Check each name. I'll bet they're all guesses and fabrications.
  
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  - by ElevenColors (March 15, 2011 1:23 pm ET)
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    Good catch. I was too distracted by the name of a venue I've been to a few dozen times.
    
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  - by NewPerspectives (March 15, 2011 1:57 pm ET)
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    Fox is not wrong about Sendai. There is a Sendai on the island of Kyushu like they show on the map. There are no reactors in the other Sendai in northern Japan. Also, it's Miyagi, not Miyago. Take a look at yourself before making such bold accusations.
    
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  - by txthinker (March 15, 2011 2:26 pm ET)
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    This graphic was probably prepared by the same person who labeled Iraq "EGYPT" a few weeks ago....
    
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  - by lekoman (March 15, 2011 4:04 pm ET)
    
    There actually is a nuclear power plant in that location named Sendai. It's not named after the city of Sendai, it's named after the city of Satsumasendai.
    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendai_Nuclear_Power_Plant
    
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  - by frink (March 15, 2011 4:53 pm ET)
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    No, they're accurate except for the disco. Sendai is the name of the southernmost power plant. There is also the unfortunate town of Sendai, in the north.
    
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  - by frink (March 15, 2011 4:53 pm ET)
    
    No, they're accurate except for the disco. Sendai is the name of the southernmost power plant. There is also the unfortunate town of Sendai, in the north.
    
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- by galmud (March 14, 2011 6:20 pm ET)
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  What the..? How did a dance club in Tokyo get mixed up with a nuclear power plant? Faux News indeed
  
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- by tspang (March 14, 2011 6:22 pm ET)
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  Heads will roll! Their zero tolerance policy demands it.
  (What a wonderfully strange catch, btw).
  
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  - by Unreality (March 15, 2011 1:04 am ET)
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    Heads will rock 'n roll. Have you ever been to a Tokyo dance club?
    
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- by ferrarimanf355 (March 14, 2011 6:43 pm ET)
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  Is it wrong to say that the archenemy of Sonic The Hedgehog was the first thing to pop in my mind?
  
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- by JJF (March 14, 2011 6:44 pm ET)
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  Sendai is in the NE section of the Japan, no? I'd say that map is not to be trusted.
  
  Nuclear = Unclear @ Fox.
  
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  - by liberalXtian (March 15, 2011 10:47 am ET)
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    I'd say that map is not to be trusted.
    
    This is Fox News. Nothing is to be trusted!
    
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  - by NewPerspectives (March 15, 2011 2:00 pm ET)
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    I heard CNN put Portland in Oregon. Everyone knows Portland is in Maine! So stupid! </end sarcasm>)
    
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  - by progman (March 15, 2011 4:41 pm ET)
    
    There is a nuclear facility named "Sendai" that's located in the south of Japan.
    
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- by perezil (March 14, 2011 6:52 pm ET)
  
  Maybe it's one of those clubs that sell the Glow-in-the-Dark drink shots? I can understand why one would be misled.
  
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- by shaggles (March 14, 2011 7:09 pm ET)
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  No Disco Inferno jokes yet?
  
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  - by pete592 (March 14, 2011 7:25 pm ET)
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    I remember dancin' in September, but it's March.
    
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  - by Andy Kreiss (March 14, 2011 9:49 pm ET)
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    Or "That club's the bomb!" ?
    
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  - by pete592 (March 15, 2011 2:14 am ET)
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    We're lookin' for some 'Hot Stuff'
    
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  - by Old_Benjamin (March 15, 2011 11:43 am ET)
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    No Disco Inferno jokes yet?
    
    How 'bout some Eggman lyrics from the Beastie Boys?
    
    I looked out the window and seen his bald head
    I ran to the fridge and pulled out an egg
    Scoped him with my scopes he had no hair
    Launched that shot and he was caught out there
    Saw the convertible driving by
    Loaded up the slingshot and let one fly
    He went for his to find he didn't have one
    Put him in check correct with my egg gun
    The egg a symbol of life
    
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    - by babayaga (March 15, 2011 10:10 pm ET)
      
      DANGER DANGER, HIGH VOLTAGE.
      
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- by Mickey Dugan (March 14, 2011 7:32 pm ET)
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  They also have "SENDAI," one of the most devastated areas impacted by the earthquake, in the completely wrong part of the country, kinda like putting Miami on the west coast. Putzes.
  
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  - by NewPerspectives (March 15, 2011 2:03 pm ET)
    
    You are just as bad as they are, yet you talk as if you are greater. Did you know that there is a Washington DC and a Washington state? Who knew there was a Washington on each coast?
    
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  - by dank (March 15, 2011 4:16 pm ET)
    
    actually, there is a Sendai plant in Southern Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendai_Nuclear_Power_Plant
    
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  - by progman (March 15, 2011 4:40 pm ET)
    
    There is a nuclear facility named "Sendai" that's located in the south of Japan.
    
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- by anitamurie (March 14, 2011 8:08 pm ET)
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  The "crack researchers" at "The Fox News Show" strike again!
  
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- by Eskwaya (March 14, 2011 8:20 pm ET)
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  Also, the graphic shows that the southern-most plant is called Sendai. There is no Sendai plant on the IAEA's list, and Sendai is the city hit hardest by the earthquake and tsunami, and it is located nowhere near where the Fox map indicates.
  
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  - by NewPerspectives (March 15, 2011 2:10 pm ET)
    
    At least you're looking at the IAEA list, but here, take a look:
    http://wikimapia.org/1957186/Kyushu-Electric-Power-Co-Sendai-Nuclear-Power-Station
    
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  - by dank (March 15, 2011 4:20 pm ET)
    
    That's probably news to the IAEA as there is a Sendai plant, not in the same area, but in the position noted on the map.
    
    http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.prdeta.htm?country=JP&site=SENDAI&units=&refno=37&link=HOT&sort=&sortlong=Alphabetic
    http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.prdeta.htm?country=JP&site=SENDAI&units=&refno=28&link=HOT&sort=&sortlong=Alphabetic
    
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- by azmtdog (March 14, 2011 8:45 pm ET)
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  Plus, Sendai is at the northern end of Japan, not down at the southern tip. Fox reports, I decided not to watch.
  
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  - by NewPerspectives (March 15, 2011 2:10 pm ET)
    
    Different Sendai
    
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    - by azmtdog (March 15, 2011 6:35 pm ET)
      
      I still stand by:They report and I decide not to watch!
      
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- by OtterQueen (March 14, 2011 9:04 pm ET)
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  "Made in ONLY?"
  
  Where is ONLY?
  
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- by MiniTru (March 14, 2011 9:51 pm ET)
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  I think "Eggman" is a shout out to Matt Drudge.
  
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- by deoll (March 14, 2011 10:34 pm ET)
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  I'm betting they got pranked and catching the prank before it got on the air would've required actual journalism (I know, I know, I'm just saying) so here it is. And bababooie to you all.
  
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- by LeftCoastTom (March 14, 2011 10:36 pm ET)
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  Wow...they also list Sendai at the southernmost end of Honshu. Haven't real news outlets repeatedly informed us that Sendai is a large city in northern Honshu which was particularly damaged by the tsunami?
  
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  - by ryantm (March 15, 2011 11:48 am ET)
    
    'Sendai' is the name of a city in northern Honshu. 'Sendai' is also the name of a nuclear power plant in southern Honshu. It is correct.
    
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  - by NewPerspectives (March 15, 2011 2:12 pm ET)
    
    Yes, but there are no nuclear reactors in the Sendai in the north. The map showed nuclear plants in Japan, and there is a nuclear plant in the city of Sendai in the south-west.
    
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- by ojnabieoot (March 14, 2011 11:45 pm ET)
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  Like most Republicans, the Fox News crew is so evil that sometimes one forgets that they're also extremely stupid.
  
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- by rwmacdonald2091 (March 15, 2011 7:06 am ET)
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  Sendai which is near the nuclear catastrophe is also misplaced by hundreds of miles. It's a couple of hundred miles northeast of Tokyo, not at the southern tip of Japan.
  
  So much for the geography experts at Fox.
  
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  - by PurpleState (March 15, 2011 8:25 am ET)
    
    Actually, that's not a misprint. If you look at the map of the nuclear facilities, the "Sendai" facility is located in the correct place.
    
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  - by dashooz (March 15, 2011 12:04 pm ET)
    
    Actually, there is a Sendai plant in Kyushu island, although it's written differently than the city of Sendai. Shibuya Eggman is still a joke, however...
    
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- by j238 (March 15, 2011 8:47 am ET)
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  Probably a deliberate joke on the part of a Fox employee or intern.
  
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- by princeofwheels (March 15, 2011 9:11 am ET)
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  No big deal. Yesterday on the SeannietheSissy show, he had two "experts" discussing the meltdown problem. These nuclear energy spokesmen keep saying that the word meltdown is just a word used to describe something but it really is not a big deal.
  Once again, lying to the "(m)asses that listen to TheThief.
  
  If not so bad, again, send your kids over there Hannity.
  
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  - by bintx (March 15, 2011 9:42 am ET)
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    According to the nuclear energy experts, the Japanese nuclear situation has been upgraded to a 6 on the 1-7 scale today. Chernobyl was a 7. It's really a big deal.
    
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    - by ebohlman (March 15, 2011 4:56 pm ET)
      
      Keep in mind that a) the INES scale is logarithmic, so a 7 is 10 times worse than a 6 and b) the INES scale isn't exclusively about harm to the public; it also takes into account things like costs to the facility's operators and the amount of cleanup effort required. Not to say the situation isn't awful, but it's still nowhere near the magnitude of Chernobyl.
      
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- by boulengerina (March 15, 2011 11:30 am ET)
  
  You sure they weren't looking for NUKULAR Plants? We all know that republicans can't speak proper English. If I hear "NUKULAR" one more time, I may throw up.
  
  Morons, pay attention. It is spelled "nuclear", and pronounced "noo-klee-are".
  
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- by cdub (March 15, 2011 11:52 am ET)
  
  Fox is just telling us what they are "shi boogyman
  
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- by Gallavant (March 15, 2011 12:27 pm ET)
  
  The Sendai plant location appears to be correct, FYI -- it is in the southwest corner of Japan according to GMaps, Wiki.
  
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- by historygeek001 (March 15, 2011 12:42 pm ET)
  
  Where are the wingnuts defending this?
  
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  - by NewPerspectives (March 15, 2011 2:18 pm ET)
    
    The Shibuyaeggman part is an obvious typo, or at worst a joke of which anyone should be ashamed. What bothers me is the attitude about the placement of Sendai. Everything here seems to think they're experts on the topic. There is a nuclear plant in the city of Sendai on the island of Kyushu, exactly where noted. I should know - I used to pass through the area everyday. Having been connected with Japan for the last 15 years or so and having a real heart for the people there this is extremely hard to watch. It's hard to believe people are so shallow. Who's willing to give a few of their Saturdays to helping the people of Japan? Sadly, not many... It feels much better to point at others and how stupid they are than to actually do something to help, and ironically they end up being the stupid ones. When are people going to wake up? This is so very, very petty. People, you're wasting your lives away...
    
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- by dweber21 (March 15, 2011 1:41 pm ET)
  
  The location of Sendai on Fox's map appears to be wrong as well. It's only the epicenter of the quake.
  
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- by Who_knew (March 15, 2011 1:44 pm ET)
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  Why in the world should we expect to get REAL information out of fox news? I am surprised they spelled JAPAN correctly!
  
  After all, we all know fox is nothing except a right wing propaganda station. It's been proven time and again that fox is nothing more and yet, it's a whole lot less.
  
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- by takemycountryback (March 15, 2011 1:59 pm ET)
  
  Fox Spokesperson in response: "Whatever!"
  
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- by MX5Bob (March 15, 2011 2:41 pm ET)
  
  Long ago, when I worked at the Orange County Register--one of those liberal rags*--we got the weather data from a third party. Shortly after the first Gulf War began, some joker at the company decided to change the forecast to read: Riyadh ........ Missles
  
  Which wasn't caught. Nobody thought it was funny and I'm sure the prankster's laughter ceased when they fired him.
  
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- by mtp808 (March 15, 2011 3:48 pm ET)
  
  And check out where they put Sendai...seriously WTF?
  
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- by uinfuirudo@hotmail.co.jp (March 15, 2011 4:07 pm ET)
  
  Well actually that map doesn't have all of the nuclear plants in Japan on it, but the Sendai isn't incorrect there is a Sendai Nuclear plant in kyushu. It is missing Genkai, Shinamane, Ohi, Mihama, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, tsurga, and Higashidoori. It also has Fukushima listed as one plant when in reality it is two different plants.
  source: http://www.japannuclear.com/nuclearpower/program/location.html
  
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- by progman (March 15, 2011 4:39 pm ET)
  
  In this case, "Sendai" refers to the name of the nuclear facility, which IS located in the south of Japan, not the city of the same name. So no error (this time) on the part of FauxNews.
  
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- by IntegriT (March 15, 2011 4:49 pm ET)
  
  Although Sendai, is located elsewhere on the map, perhaps that particular power plant is called 'Sendai'. I found similar maps elsewhere (minus the Shibuyaeggman of course, very observant), at this site [/url]http://www.japannuclear.com/nuclearpower/program/locationPop.html for example and a few others.
  
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- by immafattie (March 15, 2011 6:32 pm ET)
  
  the dance floor has hit critical levels!
  
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- by pezzy (March 15, 2011 11:57 pm ET)
  
  I'm confused as to why there are still so many people arguing about Sendai. Yes we know where the "City" Sendai is but before posting your comment how about reading other comments first. There is a plant called Sendai that many people have already stated. It is located correctly on the map. FoxNews should have, if they have one, used their brain making the map and put the name of the city in place of the name of the plant as to not cause this confusion. But it's FoxNews so I'm expecting far too much from them when it comes to journalism and geography.
  
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- by Wildeye (March 16, 2011 12:56 am ET)
  
  What happens when you value political loyalty over competence. Also, a result of the internet replacing expertise in the newsroom. (Sorry, too tired to form complete sentences.)
  
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