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Former KBS president (left), who appeared on MBC radio’s’Kim Jong-bae’s attention’. [유튜브 캡처]
The news that the former KBS president Jeong Yeon-ju is being considered as the next chairman of the Korea Communications Standards Commission, the KBS labor union protested. In a statement on the 22nd, the KBS union said, “Because the Security Council is an organization to ensure the publicity and fairness of broadcast content, it should be possible to make judgments based on strict objectivity and neutrality, but Mr. Jung is not suitable for that”, considering the candidate. Demanded to withdraw.
On the 22nd, a statement was announced against the influential candidate
“The National Guard is an organization that guarantees publicity and fairness,
Only one side spoken, the other hostile person inappropriate”
They said, “It is most known as the person who coined the word’Jojung-dong’.” It reveals a nuance that seems to be resolved when Jojung-dong disappears, but there is a problem with such a person becoming the chairman of the guard.” The union side said, “The presence of right-wing media and their social influence formed around Jojung-dong cause many problems, but this is not a problem only in Jojung-dong.” In particular, referring to the’Apocalypse of the Korean media of Jeong Yeon-joo,’ serialized in OhmyNews, he pointed out that “on the outside, I criticize Jo Jung-dong, but I am so obsessed that I want to live without Jo Jung-dong.”
The statement also said, “Because if we expand Jung’s media outlet a little, Korea will become a country that only needs Prauda, People’s Daily, and Rodong Shinmun.” “The world view is diverse and the truth cannot be one. It is necessary” he added.
They said, “Whether Jeong Yeon-joo conducts the media reform movement or the Jojung-dong abolition movement, it is his freedom, but he has to take legal responsibility accordingly.” It is not appropriate to be a chairman.” He continued, “I don’t know if I can be a member of the Vigilante by conceding a hundred times, but the chairman is not. This is to show the will of power to push the media landscape in the direction they want ahead of the presidential election.”
Jeong was appointed as the president of KBS in April 2003 during the Roh Moo-hyun administration, but was dismissed in August 2008 due to responsibilities for the cumulative deficit and loss of the company due to the withdrawal of the corporate tax refund lawsuit. Previously, Ho-Young Joo, the National Powers’ Representative, requested the withdrawal of President Jeong Jeon at the party’s emergency countermeasure committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 21st, saying, “He is a person who has explicitly shown political bias.” The term of office of the 4th Guard Committee including Chairman Kang Sang-hyun (January 2018 to January 2021) is until the 29th.
The KBS labor union is one of the three unions in KBS, the second largest number of members and is known for its conservative tendencies.
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