In Brazil they tell the story of the small-town TV crime reporter who gained fame and scoops by arranging crimes himself. He could then rush out and interview the victims well before rivals. But eventually his scoops caught up with him and he ended up in jail.
Jail is where a lot of the Japanese media should also be. Prime ministers are their favorite victims. They hover like hungry vultures waiting for a moment of weakness, often through the negative opinion poll ratings that they themselves organize.
Then they attack. The more they attack the more the favorable poll ratings decline. Then when the figures get down below the 30-percent level they move in for the kill and begin to call for a change of prime ministers.