司馬遷（中国の歴史家）
市民の知る権利のために、「報道する自由」があるのは当然である。一方「報道しない自由」もあるらしい。特定の事実を市民に知られると困る者たちがいて、彼らの利益のために報道しないということである。
２０２５年の大阪万博会場は、埋め立て地で、メタンガスが湧く。これが作業の火花に引火して、爆発した。この時公共放送NHKはネットの文字情報では報道したが、地上波では全く報道しなかった。これは万博を推し進める政府や政党の不利益になるから、「報道しない自由」を行使したのだ。公共放送にあるまじき偏った態度だ。NHKは特に最近「報道しない自由」を行使することが多い。民放や新聞もNHKと同じく、酷い。
中国に、臣下を無法に殺した王がいて、歴史官は正しくその事実を記した。王は官を殺した。後任の官も記したので、王は官を殺した。・・・以下同様。とうとう王は記述を受け入れた。情報の遮断ほど重い罪はない。天安門事件を党ぐるみで隠ぺいする中国共産党の罪は重い。
森下礼
Freedom not to report (Essay)
Si maqian（Chinese Historian）
There is "freedom to report" because of citizens' right to know. On the other hand, it seems that there is also "freedom not to report." Some people would be troubled if citizens knew certain facts, and did not report them for their benefit.
The 2025 Osaka World Expo site is a reclaimed land, and methane gas is gushing out. This was ignited by sparks during work, causing an explosion. At the time, the public broadcaster NHK reported the incident in text information on the Internet but did not report it on terrestrial television. This was to the detriment of the government and political parties pushing the Expo forward, so they exercised their "freedom not to report." This is a biased attitude that is unbecoming of a public broadcaster. NHK has been exercising its "freedom not to report" frequently, especially recently. Private broadcasters and newspapers are just as bad as NHK.
In China, a king killed his subordinate illegally, and the historian correctly recorded the facts. The king killed the official. The successor official also recorded it, so the king killed the official. ... and so on. In the end, the king accepted the description. There is no crime more serious than blocking information. The Chinese Communist Party is guilty of a serious crime in covering up the Tiananmen Square incident.
Rei Morishita
