Regarding the criticism that the KBS announcer deleted and broadcast the contents unfavorable to the government and the ruling party among the KBS Radio News manuscripts, KBS said on the 23rd, “Radio News is broadcasting the announcer without consultation with the editor so that the weather report can be broadcast at the end. There are cases in which some sentences are omitted.
On the afternoon of the 23rd, KBS said, “We express deep regret for internal and external attempts to undermine the reliability of KBS.” “In this matter, we are already reviewing compliance with regulations in accordance with internal procedures and company rules such as our own review and evaluation committee.” He said. He added, “We express our concern that some of the KBS staff have raised suspicions as if they had intentionally omitted some sentences of the news. We will try to increase the competitiveness and credibility of radio news with this controversy.” .
Announcer Kim Amugae skipped some of the news manuscripts such as items related to the assault of a taxi driver by Deputy Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu while reading KBS 1 Radio 2 pm radio ‘5 Minute News’ on the 19th.
For example, remarks from Rep. Kim Woong, who gave critical opinions on the controversy over the assault of a taxi driver by Vice Minister Lee. Investigation”) I skipped the content and read the manuscript.
In response, the KBS labor union, a minority union, responded by saying, “A behavior that cannot exist as a public broadcasting broadcaster” and “If KBS President Yang Seung-dong and Auditor Kim Young-heon dig into the truth of this case, and if the problem is revealed, immediately initiate an audit.” .
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The broadcast news Q sheet inside is ① “Lee Yong-gu, Vice Minister of Justice, assaulted a taxi driver last month after getting drunk… Police internal affairs ended” (estimated broadcast volume: 1 minute and 3 seconds), ② “The opposition party, criticized for the controversy over the assault of a taxi driver Yong-gu Yong-gu” (44 seconds), ③ “The opposition party, Byun Chang-heum, president of SH, closed MOU with a specific company… Suspicion of hiring acquaintances” (52 seconds), ④“Opposition party, Kwon Deok-cheol gained 1.5 billion won from real estate transactions for 15 years” (48 seconds), ⑤“Former UN Chairman of the North Korean Human Rights Committee”Prohibition against North Korea Act, conflict with Biden’s administration I can do it’” (39 seconds), ⑥ “United Nations ESCAF report, “Over 110,000 migrants from North Korea… 762 refugees’” (43 seconds), ⑦ “1053 new cases of Corona 19… Thousands of people on the fourth day” (33 seconds), ⑧ “Prime Minister Jung,’This weekend is a divergence point’” (23 seconds), ⑨ “USFK, control all US military base movements and gatherings from today” (32 seconds) ⑩ The day after tomorrow Until the cold… It consisted of the ice trail (57 seconds). Except for number ⑨, it was reported.
KBS said in a statement on the 23rd, “If the announcer in charge reads all of the news sentences in the edited order under severe circumstances, such as an increase in the number of corona confirmed on the day, the expected broadcast time of the Q sheet (6 minutes 42 seconds) will be 5 minutes. He said that he made his own judgment that news related to coronavirus ⑦ and ⑧ could not be broadcast, and that some of the sentences of the previously posted news were modified or omitted. “In addition to the news related to the opposition party, the revised or omitted news included ⑥ UN ESCAP report ⑦ new corona 19 confirmed item.” It was broadcasted until” he said.
Apart from the position of KBS, some point out that the news distribution itself on the day was the news from the opposition party or was filled with issues favorable to the opposition party. A reporter from KBS said in Media Today, “I think the cue sheet itself contains the intention. Obviously, the opposition party’s criticism of the government and ruling party can be dealt with, but there should be a minimum sense of balance. This news manuscript is said to be out of balance.”
The reporter who wrote the news manuscript is a reporter from the radio editing department. One reporter is a reporter who was named at the normalization meeting that was formed in March 2016. At that time, 129 reporters participated in the normalization meeting. It caused controversy both inside and outside by justifying the unfair telegram of its own reporters who mainly criticized the KBS Journalists Association, which urged fair broadcasts, or took issue with news bias. On the 23rd, a reporter only said, “I will not do an interview personally.”
KBS Headquarters, a media union, a majority union, said, “The fact that the news host reduced part of the news by personal discretion without minimal communication with the editor was not appropriate in the work process and system. If there is any disagreement, he said, “I will have to discuss this issue as a formal agenda at the next Fair Broadcasting Committee.”
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