If we think about our experiences with the Nix we shouldn't expect the media and particularly the Western media to shy away from sensationalism and in the case of Fox - complete dodginess.
Used to really annoy me how biased the Western media was during my time in China.
However the other interesting view is quoted:
However, while many Japanese and others accuse the foreign media of scaremongering, Keiko Kanai, an associate professor of journalism and mass media at Kinki University in Osaka, told the Japan Times foreign media are more pessimistic than Japanese media about the danger of radiation and cite a greater range of sources.
"Japanese media coverage seems to have led readers and viewers to be extremely sceptical of the degree of reliability of reported information," Kanai said. "This is because Japan's media almost solely depend on the prime minister's office and Tepco for information, because it's likely Tepco hasn't revealed everything they know, and because the Japanese media has been playing down the gravity of the situation because they don't want to fan people's fears. This is why they keep repeating the phrase 'no harm to one's health' over and over."