The Chernobyl disaster sparked criticism of unsafe procedures and design flaws in Soviet reactors, and it heightened resistance to the building of more such plants.
The mayor of the typhoon-hit Philippines city of Tacloban has defended the local response to the disaster, following criticism from the country's president.
At one stage, Kan reportedly demanded company executives tell him: "What the hell is going on?" Shimizu did not make any public appearances in the two weeks that followed the March 11 disaster, sparking criticism Tepco lacked leadership as it fought to bring the plant under control.
And a clean image — one attained by, say, avoiding oil spills and other environmental disasters — reduces criticism from employees, consumers and government.
Of course some of the criticisms directed at such disaster coverage echo criticisms that have been made of Mr. Irving's fiction: that it is sentimental and sensationalistic, lurid and melodramatic; that it exaggerates the unseemly and the tragic for purposes of entertainment; that it indulges "a collegiate sense of humor, which was synonymous with a collegiate sense of death".
The reference was to Mr. Markowitz's removal of portraits of "old white men" when he took office, a public relations disaster that prompted criticism from the mayor.
The catastrophe and the ensuing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, prompted sweeping reviews of Japan's disaster preparedness and criticism over apparent failures to take into account potential risks.
The kingdom's handling of the hajj and its response to the disaster provoked foreign criticism, particularly from regional rival Iran, which reported the largest number of dead, at 464.
In recent months he has sought to fight back against the government's narrative about Labor's economic legacy being a "debt and deficit disaster", arguing the criticism is designed to delegitimise the successful stimulus programs.
After an inquest verdict in April, which found that the 96 victims had been unlawfully killed, the Sun again apologised for its coverage of the disaster, but drew criticism for being one of the few national newspapers not to put the verdict on its front page.
