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東西ドイツのチェルノブイリ報道の相違

media coverage : メディア報道

downplay : 〜を軽く扱う

sketchy : 大雑把な

cintamination : 汚染

Bavaria : バイエルン

GDR : German Democratic Repablic

Reassure : 安心させる

Saxony : ザクセン（ドイツ南東部の州）

Reunification : 再統一

Catastrophe : 大惨事

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East, West Germany Dealt Differently With Chernobyl

Following the reactor meltdown in Chernobyl, information didn't flow -- it trickled. While media coverage in the West was quick to depict the "worst case scenario," the media in East Germany downplayed the "incident."