お笑いコンビ「爆笑問題」が、政治家に関するネタをNHKのお笑い番組で没にされたと明らかにした件で、NHKの籾井勝人会長は1月8日の定例記者会見で、以下のように述べた。 Katsuto Momii, president of Japan's NHK, listens to questions at the National Diet of parliament in Tokyo on February 19, 2014. Momii said on February 19 the public broadcaster will be impartial after his controversial remarks over war history reportedly made the US embassy reject an interview with the ambassador.
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