I wrote an article surrounding Yonggu Lee… Hankyoreh’s official apology for’misleading’ headwind

The Hankyoreh Shimbun officially apologized for reports of the alleged assault of a taxi driver by Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu. Reporters belonging to the Hankyoreh made a statement saying, “I faced a misinformation after writing a wrapper article.”

On the afternoon of the 28th, the Hankyoreh said, “I deeply apologize to the readers,” in an article entitled “I apologize for the report on Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu.”

Earlier, on the 21st of last month, the Hankyoreh reported an article under the heading, “It is not in operation after reaching the destination,” the prosecution’s investigation guidelines for Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu. I heard it based on the’Revised Traffic Crime Investigation Practice’ of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. Regarding this, about 40 reporters from the Hankyoreh issued a statement on the 26th, saying, “After the article went out, the reporters on the field received a criticism about the facts from the public official and delivered the opinion to the head of the legal team. Is not properly fixed.”

In an apology that day, the Hankyoreh said in an apology that “in 2015, the Special Price Act was revised, so it was changed to be considered’operating even when the vehicle is temporarily stopped,’ and it was belatedly understood that the investigation guidelines of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office did not properly reflect the revised Special Price Act. “I did it,” he explained, “the article originally contained incorrect information.

“Accordingly, it was corrected on the Internet and reflected on 9 pages of the paper newspaper for the next day,” he said. “However, even in the prosecution’s investigation guidelines, it was revealed that this case has not yet been classified as a’in operation’ case.”

“Sim Seok-tae, a member of the Hankyoreh’s Committee on Responsibility for Journalism, Semyung University Graduate School of Journalism, pointed out the problem of this article on the editorial office’s internal communication network.” “(Professor Shim) reports that the guidelines do not affect the validity of the revised law. He criticized that reporting such’sculptural facts’ should be regarded as being concerned with distorting or misleading the context, not reporting the matter in context.”

The Hankyoreh said, “The report did not sufficiently confirm the facts, and it was insufficient to convey the essence of the matter and the exact truth. As a result, it is difficult to deny that the context could be distorted and misleading.” In addition, he apologized to the readers, saying, “I was late at the time when the issue was raised by the Responsibility Committee, but I did not apologize for correcting the error clearly and for conveying the wrong information.”

Reporter Na Unchae [email protected]