Takashi Tachibana’s media criticism and YouTube campaign garnered 15 million views during the Hyogo gubernatorial election, surpassing other candidates.
In the Hyogo gubernatorial election, in which Governor Motohiko Saito (47) was re-elected, Takashi Tachibana (57), leader of the political group “Party to Protect the People from NHK,” also ran. With the aim of providing “covering fire” to Mr. Saito, they launched an unusual campaign criticizing the media and the prefectural assembly. During the election, Tachibana’s YouTube videos were viewed approximately 15 million times, far more than any other candidate. On the evening of the 14th, Tachibana appeared in an election car just after the Saito camp had given a speech in front of a shopping center in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. When he said, “The media has hidden the truth” regarding the document exposing Mr. Saito’s allegations, the audience erupted in applause. He continued to claim that prefectural officials and the prefectural assembly had staged a coup. According to a report by the Net Communication Research Institute, a social networking site (SNS) research company, Tachibana posted more than 100 videos on his YouTube channel between October 31, the day the notice was announced, and November 16. The total number of views reached just under 15 million. This was about 12 times the total number of views on Saito’s official channel, which was about 1.19 million, demonstrating its powerful influence.
>>2 That’s right. The people who are screaming that the truth on the internet has won out over the mass media are idiots who don’t even realize that the object of their blind faith has just changed.
Thanks to the talk about the contents of the computer and the cover-up tape, he said something that people on TV still can’t say. I think Suda and Hiroyuki were the only ones who talked about the contents of the computer.
I saw Tachibana’s campaign broadcast in Hyogo, and he’s certainly a good speaker and an entertaining person, so I ended up watching it until the end. Whether what he’s saying is right or wrong is aside, being eloquent is one of the qualities of a politician.
The fact that Mayor Takashima of Ashiya did not join the coalition of 22 mayors in expressing support for Inamura means that those who are joining Inamura are on the shady side of protecting their vested interests. As expected, the youngest mayor’s term is still short, so he will not be tainted by the waves of vested interests.
I think the impact of Tachibana’s candidacy was the voter turnout. I think there were people who thought Tachibana was shady and voted for Inamura instead. But because the voter turnout increased, Saito was able to win with the organized votes.
His imitation of the Akashi mayor, which he used to open the conversation, was so good that in the end it was all thanks to Izumi Fusao that Saito was re-elected.
>>37 I watched the video of the street speech, and the story itself was very interesting, and with Hamada Satoshi as the brains behind it, there was no sense of logic flaw, so I’m sure a lot of people were interested.
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