A PR article?” Matsumoto Hitoshi’s “interviewer-journalist” is criticized for not getting to the heart of the matter.
Hitoshi Matsumoto has finally broken his silence.
After dropping his lawsuit over the Bunshun Weekly article, he finally spoke his mind, not at a press conference, but to a “single reporter.
The title of the interview published on Yahoo! News is “Hitoshi Matsumoto talks about his current thoughts. And the future that he is looking forward to. The interviewer was Masao Nakanishi, a member of “KOZO Creators” led by former Daily Sports reporter and entertainment reporter Kozo Inoue.
Nakanishi has interviewed many comedians from Yoshimoto Kogyo.
The article shows a picture of Nakanishi facing Matsumoto.
The article, however, only contains what Matsumoto “wanted to talk about” and does not mention his relationship with a woman, which is the key to his comeback.
Nakanishi apologized, but the rest of the article focused on his shock at the pay cut and his plans to start a “Downtown Channel.
When we looked at past Yahoo interviews written by Mr. Nakanishi, we found that most of them were with comedians affiliated with Yoshimoto Kogyo. Nakanishi lives in Kansai, but he travels to Tokyo every week to ask Yoshimoto Kogyo to set him up with a comedian for an interview. This means that Mr. Nakanishi is a very important partner for Yoshimoto. Since a weekly magazine interview does not have editorial rights, they probably have Mr. Nakanishi, whom they can trust, write the article for them.
(Wide-show desk) It is possible that Fuji Television and other TV stations have decided not to allow Nakanishi to return to work without an explanation, which is why the article was published.
