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Unmasking ‘Japan’s Beethoven’: The Aftermath

PEOPLE Posted: May 6, 2014 12:44 am

Since it was revealed in February that wildly popular deaf composer Mamoru Samuragochi is, in fact, neither deaf nor a composer, the scandal “has produced numerous musings and self-chastisements in Japan and overseas. NHK issued a ten-page explanation of its failure to properly fact-check Samuragochi’s claims before broadcasting its documentary. … There has been finger-pointing in the Japanese media over who knew and why no one reported what they knew or asked questions.”

PEOPLE Published: 05.02.14

Read the story in The New Yorker Published: 05.02.14

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