On the 29th, the chairman of the Seoul National Assembly Party’s Seoul Party Chairman Kim Yoon, who degraded Pohang MBC for reporting a large amount of tritium leakage at the Wolseong nuclear power plant in Gyeongju, as saying’Where do we talk about local broadcasting’, apologized on the 29th, saying that his remarks were false.
However, Pohang MBC said it would file a lawsuit for defamation next week, saying that a formal apology that takes two weeks or more cannot be considered an apology even though there has been enough time.
On the morning of the 29th, Kim Yoon, chairman of the Seoul National Assembly Party, appeared on the TBS traffic broadcast’Kim Eo-joon’s News Factory’ and said, “First of all, I will give you an apology first.” “Last January 15, during the debate over tritium in the news factory broadcast, It wasn’t what I intended, but I apologized.” Chairman Kim said, “This is because local broadcasters are working hard day and night for regional development, especially in difficult conditions, including Pohang MBC. If there is any part that has been hurt, please accept our apology. He added, “I will try to be cautious about using the language as a public figure in the future.”
Host Kim Eo-jun said in the middle of Chairman Kim, “This is even subtitle processing,” and then clarified, “What the chairman cannot take full responsibility for is falling on our broadcast.”
Accordingly, Pohang MBC said that it would not accept it as an apology and that it would continue the legal response process. In particular, it is a policy that it cannot be passed on to restore the honor of the entire local broadcaster.
Kim Hyung-il, head of the Pohang MBC Press Production Bureau, said, “It cannot be considered an apology. In the meantime, there has been no contact with us. The contents cannot be viewed as an apology.”
Director Kim said, “I am going to file a criminal lawsuit for defamation in Seoul next week, and I will file a civil lawsuit for damages afterwards.” Director Kim emphasized, “I will surely correct this misconception that the central politicians have in local broadcasting.” “We cannot just go over to restore the honor of people working in the area.”
In particular, regarding the seriousness of the Wolseong nuclear power plant problem, Director Kim said, “This issue itself is not a simple problem,” and “it could lead to a national disaster.” Director Kim said, “Because I have reported on the scene a long time ago, I feel the seriousness well,” he said. Rather, it denies all efforts (to improve the risk of local residents and local media). It is hardly acceptable,” he criticized.
Regarding the method of apology, Director Kim said, “I haven’t been contacted at all. there was. However, the controversy and criticism of the public opinion is intensifying, so it can only be viewed as being forced to do so.” He said, “It’s been two weeks, there’s no sincerity, and it can’t be seen as an apology. We will be held legally responsible.”
Director Kim also said about the production crew, “The news factory also has a problem. It is also a problem to keep appearing politicians who are less than that content,” he said. “There have been a lot of saying that it was inappropriate to mention him, and how big was the aftermath of this incident? Various organizations also made statements and raised issues, and it is not possible to see them as responsible for continuing to appear.”
Kim Yun, chairman of the Seoul Party’s Seoul Party, said, “Where did the local broadcaster take what I said about the tritium leak in Pohang MBC’s Gyeongju Wolseong nuclear power plant” at a news factory on the 15th. ‘Taking water for Korea’, he made a demeaning remark.
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