May well have a political component

German state broadcaster lies about Fukushima deaths

On the 15th anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Germany public broadcasters have been caught misrepresenting the almost 20,000 people who died in the catastrophe as victims of the Fukushima “nuclear catastrophe”.

That is despite the fact that that just one death was caused by the incident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, according to Japanese officials...

The tendency of German media to misrepresent the tsunami victims as casualties of a nuclear disaster may well have a political component.

The lies may well have a political component eh? Must be troublesome for folk who expect state broadcasters to be apolitical, not so much for those paying attention to these things.