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On this Friday, the 18th, a confirmation hearing will be held for Lee Dong-gwan, a candidate for the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission.
However, documents were confirmed that when Candidate Lee was the Blue House spokesman for the Lee Myung-bak administration, the spokesperson’s office separately classified and managed journalists who were cooperative with the regime, planned articles favorable to the regime, and requested cooperation in reporting.
This is the exclusive report of reporter Koh Eun-hee.
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His first commute as a candidate for the Korea Communications Commission.
[이동관/방송통신위원장 후보자/1일 : “언론을 장악하기 위해서 어떤 지시, 실행 그리고 분명한 결과가 나왔었다면 제가 오늘 이 자리에 설 수 있었겠는가…”]
In the past official documents, other circumstances appear.
In 2009, then Blue House spokesman Lee Dong-gwan organized the documents that were named as reporters, VIPs, or journalists who were targeted for calls of encouragement from then-President Lee Myung-bak.
It was written about a president of an evening newspaper that he ‘actively responded to the request for cooperation in planning articles and editorial reporting’ with a ‘friendly stance’ toward VIPs.
He even attached a specific example, saying that it was reported because the Blue House spokesperson’s office requested cooperation in planning and reporting.
Among them were articles focusing on the violent response of evicted residents during the Yongsan disaster.
It was also confirmed that the internal trends of the media and the political tendencies of journalists were identified and managed separately.
In the case of the president of a daily newspaper, the reason for the selection was that he had ‘concentrated on clearing up the remnants of the old leftist government’ and ‘steadfastly tried to correct the tone despite opposition from the leftists’.
Other media executives were also included in the target of encouragement, saying that they were classified as ‘pro-Park propensity, but their propensity changed due to sympathy and support for the VIP’s state affairs’.
[민형배/국회 과학기술정보방송통신위원/더불어민주당 : “이동관 후보자의 언론장악 시도가 명확하게 드러난 증거라고 봅니다. 인사청문회 과정에서 방통위의 독립성을 지킬 수 있을지 철저하게 검증할 필요가…”]
In response to KBS’ inquiry about the document, Candidate Lee Dong-gwan said, “I have not ordered the writing of the document or received a report on it,” and said that tasks such as checking the media trend were “normal tasks of the press secretary’s office at the time and were handled in the working-level.” I answered.
This is Ko Eun-hee from KBS News.
Video editing: Yunjin Lee/Graphic: Honggeun Lim
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2023-08-14 12:07:00
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