The KBS announcer read the KBS Radio News manuscript on the 19th, and was struck by criticism that it had deleted content unfavorable to the government and the ruling party and broadcast it.
The KBS Labor Union, a minority union that raised this issue, said that the announcer is’affiliated with the KBS headquarters of the national media union,’ and said, “A behavior that cannot exist as a public broadcasting broadcaster”, “KBS President Yang Seung-dong and Auditor Kim Young-heon uncovered the truth of this case. If the problem is revealed, immediately initiate an audit.”
However, as a result of grasping the cue sheet for the radio ‘5 Minute News’ on the 19th at 2:00 PM on the 19th, where Media Today is a problem, it was confirmed that the item was filled with news from the opposition party or issues favorable to the opposition party with content that exceeded 5 minutes.
In Radio News, when a reporter writes a news manuscript, an announcer reads it, and the reporter who wrote this manuscript is a private organization “a meeting to urge the normalization of the KBS Reporters Association,” which was formed to criticize the KBS Journalists Association, which urged fair broadcasting during the Park Geun-hye administration. He was a reporter who was named in the Normalization Meeting).
According to the KBS Labor Union, announcer Kim Amugae broadcasted news of the fact that Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu assaulted a taxi driver while drunk as a lawyer just before taking office last month and was not punished, omitting some of the contents written in the manuscript.
Rep. Kim Woong’s Power of the People said on Facebook that, “If there is a case of assaulting a taxi or bus driver during a stop, even though it was agreed, but there was a case where the internal affairs were not terminated, the cover case for Lee Yong-gu was a clear caring investigation.”
Announcer Kim said in another article by Lee, “The taxi driver reported to the police with the intention that a drunken passenger was doing something wrong, and the police dispatched to the scene confirmed the identity of Lee and returned it to investigate later.” KBS Labor Union criticized that he did not read the content.
KBS Labor Union said, “The fact that the taxi driver reported to the police and the important fact of the police’s identification of the vice minister were not broadcast.” At the same time, the part that’the case was closed in consideration of the intention of the taxi driver that he did not want punishment.’ I lived and broadcasted it,” he criticized. It is argued that announcer Kim omits the content that is unfavorable to this loan and saves the advantageous part.
The KBS Labor Union said that announcer Kim deleted and broadcast the opposition lawmaker’s claim against the candidate Kwon Deok-cheol, the subject of a personnel hearing, and broadcasted it by crushing the arguments of opposition lawmakers or arbitrarily deleting articles on candidates for the ministerial hearing. “I am concerned that there is no difference from the behavior of a so-called specific political force, which is the typical “side of the ruling party, the presidency”
However, it is pointed out that inside KBS, there was a phenomenon of’oppositional focus’ on the news item on this day. On this day’s news Qsheet: ① “Lee Yong-gu, Vice Minister of Justice, assaulted a taxi driver after getting drunk last month… 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 was an icy road (57 seconds).
Even taking into account that the Moon Jae-in government’s personnel hearing season is considered, it is criticized for making news items only with criticism of the opposition party against candidates and reading each news manuscript as it is, ‘5 minutes’ (4 minutes excluding weather news). It is pointed out that the limit is exceeded. If you look inside the actual cue sheet, even if you just read the news ①~⑤, the remaining news time excluding the weather news exceeds 4 minutes.
A reporter from KBS said, “I think the cue sheet itself contains the intention. Obviously, you can deal with the opposition’s criticism news, but at least you should have a 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.”
In a statement on the 23rd, KBS Headquarters, a national media union, said, “The news host (announcer Kim) received the Q sheet for the first time with 8 minutes left from the start of the news, and recognized the fact that the news related to Corona 19, the main news on the day, was placed on the tap after the 7th. “The running time of the news at 2:00 PM is 5 minutes, and there was a possibility that the news related to Corona 19 could not be delivered through the radio at 2:00 PM on the day. In a situation where there was not enough time for preliminary reading, the host could not discuss the order of the news or the amount of articles with the editor, and shortened and omitted some paragraphs of the articles prior to the news related to Corona 19.”
“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 a disagreement, he said, “I will have to discuss this issue as a formal agenda at the next Fair Broadcasting Committee.”
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