[N시청률] History distortion controversy fell to 6.9% in two episodes of’Chosun-gu Massa’

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The viewership rating of’Chosun-gu Masa’, amid controversy over history distortion, fell.

According to the statistics of the audience rating survey company Nielsen Korea on the 24th, the second episode of SBS’s Monday and Tuesday drama’Chosungu Masa’, which aired on the 23rd, recorded an audience rating of 4.5% for the first part and 6.9% for the second part.

This is a decrease of 1.2 percentage points and 2.0 percentage points, respectively, compared to the ratings of 5.7% for the first part and 8.9% for the second part, which were aired on the 22nd.

Earlier, after the first episode of’Chosun-gu Masa’ was aired, some viewers pointed out that the contents of the drama distorted the actual history and characters, and controversy was engulfed. The scene where Taejong saw the illusion of his deceased father, Lee Seong-gye, felt extreme fear and slaughtered the people with his mad eyes. In addition, when Chungnyeong (played by Jang Dong-yoon) brought Father John to Joseon, they were also pointed out that the food they served was Chinese.

Therefore, the production crew explained, “It was a place to rest the Kumasa priests of the West Station who just came to Joseon through the Ming Dynasty, and because it is an area close to the Ming Dynasty border, we prepared small items with the imagination of’there wasn’t there a lot of Chinese traffic.’ did. “This was just a setting to explain the location of the characters in the far away from Hanyang in the play, and there was no special intention at all,” he said. “However, we apologize for the inconvenience of viewing as a scene that could be misunderstood in a sensitive period. I will try to pay attention to future broadcast production,” he explained.

On the other hand, the 12 episodes of KBS 2TV’s’River of the Moon’ broadcast on the same day showed viewership ratings of 6.8% for the first part and 8.1% for the second part. This is a figure of 0.5 percentage points and 0.6 percentage points, respectively, compared to the ratings of 7.3% for Part 1 and 8.7% for Part 2 broadcasted on the 22nd.

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