The Korea Communications Standards Commission decided “no problem” for TBS’s “Kim Eo-jun’s News Factory”, which was criticized for showing an unfair attitude by pointing out “a mess” and “forced” on the choice of presidential residence. Committee members refuted and argued between the argument that the production team should listen to the agenda and the argument that listening to opinions should be cautious.
In the episode of “Kim Eo-Jun’s News Factory” which aired on April 28, the host asked, “A class reunion? Let’s have a comedian”, “The idea itself is a comedy” and “It’s all like a comedy. “. Regarding the selection process for the transfer of presidential residence, he said that “crackdown” is “really a mess” and said “this too is a mess” about concerns about the inability of the bosses to carry firearms. joint staff following the transfer of the presidential office to Yongsan.
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The views of the members were divided over the need for an opinion statement process in which the supervisory committee asks questions to the production team and listens to their responses. Commissioner Kim Woo-seok (recommended by popular power), who insisted on hearing the views from the latest broadcasting deliberation subcommittee, raised a question on standards for hearing opinion. The statement of opinion is a process in which the members of the deliberation committee listen to the television broadcaster’s clarifications on matters that they have deemed necessary legal sanctions. After the opinion forming process, the level of sanctions is decided through discussion among the members.
Commissioner Kim said: “Is it true that for a year we have been deliberating to consider the statement of opinion as a legal sanction? It is very natural to receive a statement if you have any questions or questions needed during the screening process. However, I feel embarrassed that the discussion in our committee is stiff enough to say that this is also unacceptable. ”
Member Huh Yeon-hoe (recommended by People’s Power) also said: “Every plenary meeting on Monday is a lot of confusion. Will I come to this program? I think it might be something different, “he said.
Regarding the statement of opinion, President Jeong Yeon-joo (recommended by President Moon Jae-in) said he should be cautious. President Jeong said, “Last year, Member Huh Yeon-hoe said, ‘When I worked in a broadcasting company, I felt burdened that I was called even once by the audience committee.’ time, the person concerned said we need to be careful about how they feel ”.
He continued: “In many cases, legal sanctions are a prerequisite and the management of the news debate programs in the Advertising Subcommittee and the Broadcasting Subcommittee is different. In particular, I agree with the view that legal sanctions should be as cautious as possible because there are issues directly related to freedom of expression with regard to the current affairs debate programs in the Subcommittee on Broadcasting.
Regarding the agenda, 5 out of 9 members of the deliberation expressed a “no problem” opinion and “no problem” was decided. Member Jeong Min-young (advised by the Democratic Party) said: “As media, the process of vigorous criticism of government initiatives can only be interpreted by the other side. Some terms have been used that might be considered not present, but it is not a matter to be subjected to legal sanctions for this reason “.
Oxychan (advised by President Moon Jae-in) also said: “In the early days of the 5th Supervisory Committee, there was a lively discussion on freedom of expression. There was an implicit agreement that freedom of expression should be widely recognized. In this case, there is no problem choosing a topic. “Commissioner Yujin Kim (advised by President Moon Jae-in) said:” I don’t think the guest can’t comment.
On the other hand, Commissioner Kim Woo-seok said: “Is it normal for a public broadcaster that is supposed to maintain neutrality to be vilified and downplayed in this way? Please be especially careful if there is a problem with the moderator. which continues to comment on a clearly skewed standard. ”
On the other hand, the administrative guide’s “recommendation” was decided for the April 15 broadcast of “Kim Eo-jun’s News Factory”, which was criticized for misleading then-candidate for Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon. as if it were affiliated with the Samsung Group. In the broadcast, Kim Eo-joon raised suspicions about the Tower Palace property, where then Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon resided, and said, “We have to find the initial owner. There are cases where high-ranking prosecutors. rank are managed in this way by chaebol like Samsung ”.
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Commissioner Jeong Min-young said: “It is clear that there was no concrete substance and it was just an excessive suspicion. I think it’s irresponsible, “he said, but” At the time, the media raised various suspicions about the candidate for public office and the host said, ‘It’s not confirmed, but it needs to be verified’ rather than arguing about the facts. I expressed it as if it were a determination of the.
Oxychan said: “Verification of senior public officials is one of the important roles of the media. He said: “I talked about the issues that were raised during the personnel verification process for ministerial candidates. If we neglect to look at only a certified copy of the register, the facts can be distorted and harm to the target person is possible.
Commissioner Hwang Seong-wook (recommended by People’s Power) said: “From the point of view of the critics, it is necessary to grasp the exact facts. Even in the case of raising suspicions, there must at least be a basis for the accusations.” He said: “I think it’s a difficult frame to find in the media and that ‘run by chaebol or Samsung’ is too excessive I don’t think,” he said. The “recommendation” of the administrative orientation was decided on the agenda with 5 recommendations, 3 opinion statements and 1 without problems.
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