KBS main building in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. yunhap news
– An additional suspicion was raised that KBS announcer Kim Mo performed a favorable bias broadcast on the passport on radio news.
KBS labor union (union 1) released data on the 7th, and as a result of a thorough investigation of the news contents at 2:00 pm on the KBS1 radio weekend held from May to September last year, announcer Kim Mo randomly deleted the articles posted on the Q sheet or arbitrarily deleted the contents that were not in the article. He said he had confirmed about 20 cases.
According to this, announcer Kim deleted a statement of North Korea’s criticism of the government’s bystander of the prosecution’s investigation into the Lyme incident, which caused several trillion won damages, and the North Korean refugee group’s dissemination of leaflets to North Korea.
In addition, in connection with the content that 500,000 people agreed to the public petition against the mayor of Seoul by Park Won-soon, dismissal of the warrant for mobile phone communication inquiries under the name of Mayor Park, and women’s organizations and civic groups regarding allegations of sexual harassment. The fact of urging Seoul city officials and managers to investigate was excluded. In addition, breaking news reports related to suspicion of involvement in the election of Ulsan Mayor Song Chul-ho of the Blue House and the suicide of the Mapo victim shelter director of the Justice Memory Solidarity were excluded from the news.
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KBS Labor Union’s announcement of Kim Mo’s article deletion [자료 KBS노동조합]
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On the other hand, in the article on’Sunday Diagnosis Live’ by Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, three sentences of Prime Minister Jeong’s remarks were arbitrarily added and broadcast. The added sentence contained the content of Prime Minister Chung’s remarks about former Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mi, “There is a saying that it will not change the longevity during the war.”
On the 1st, the conservative 1st union released data saying that announcer Kim had reduced or deleted news unfavorable to the Blue House and the ruling party, and accused announcer Kim of violating the Broadcasting Act. Meanwhile, as the controversy spread, KBS announced that it would conduct audits for announcer Kim and editor of radio news, and announcer Kim is currently suspended from work.
Reporter Yoo Seong-woon [email protected]
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