People’s Power Floor Representative Yoon Jae-ok (center) is attending the in-house countermeasures meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 5th with Secretary General Lee Cheol-gyu (right) and others. Senior Reporter Kim Bong-gyu bong9@hani.co.kr
On the 5th, the president’s office and the party government came together to put pressure on the media because of the ‘morality issue’ that former chairman of the National Press Labor Union, Shin Hak-rim, received 165 million won after interviewing Mr. Kim Man-bae. However, fundamentally, even the leadership of the ruling party does not hide that they are trying to tame the media in a situation where public opinion is not favorable ahead of the general elections next year. In addition, the prosecution is predicting the possibility of an investigation against the Democratic Party of Korea, saying, “We will find out who is behind the fake news.” A high-ranking official in the presidential office issued a “statement of senior officials” on the same day, criticizing the interview of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management’s major shareholder Kim Man-bae and former media union chairman Shin Hak-rim, reported by Newstapa on March 6, 2022, as “fake news and political maneuvering.” did. The basis for the claim of ‘fake news’ are recent reports that the prosecution has secured statements such as the statement that President Yoon Seok-yeol’s claim that President Yoon Seok-yeol received a favor from the Busan Savings Bank investigation and ignored the Busan Savings Bank investigation is false. This official took issue with the media that reported articles related to the presidential election, saying, “There was a broadcasting company that reported fabricated interviews for four items.” It seems that President Yoon’s dissatisfaction and displeasure worked for the President’s office to issue a ‘warning’ message with a hardline attitude to the media in an unprecedented format. When the first report by Newstapa came out three days before the last presidential election, cultural broadcasting (MBC) and JTBC (JTBC) continued to report related content. For President Yoon, who was in a close battle with Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myeong in approval ratings at the time, he met bad news at the end of the presidential election. Moreover, there is a possibility that President Yoon, who was in charge of the Busan Savings Bank investigation, considered the suspicions such as ‘no matter’ and ‘insolvent investigation’ as political work. In the ruling party, there is a strong atmosphere that the media should be taken care of in order to prepare for the general election with seven months left. A member of the leadership said, “Didn’t the Lee Myung-bak administration become a plant government because of the ‘beef ghost story’?” It is interpreted in the same context that the Lee Myung-bak administration, such as Lee Dong-gwan, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, and Kim Jang-gyeom, the special chairman for preventing fake news and ghost stories, who were pointed out as symbols of media control in the Lee Myung-bak administration, were brought to the fore. In particular, Chairman Lee said, “That is the final stage of one strike out” in the words of Chairman Jang Je-won of People’s Power that “this kind of media (Newstapa) should consider discontinuing” at the National Assembly’s Science and Technology Broadcasting and Communication Committee pending inquiry the previous day. . Along with this, the passport is claiming that the Democratic Party is ‘behind’ fake news. On this day, Representative Yoon Jae-ok of People’s Power said, “Before this false interview came out, Candidate Lee Jae-myeong at the time tried to make the ‘Yun Seok-yeol Daejang-dong body theory’ an issue by citing the Busan Savings Bank incident. Through a thorough investigation, she must uncover the culprit behind the political maneuvering and uncover the conspirators and sympathizers,” she said. Park Dae-hak, chairman of the policy committee, said, “The fake news cartel must be permanently eliminated. The prosecution must thoroughly investigate serious crimes of disorderly conduct, and the courts must strictly rule and prevent election manipulation from taking a foothold,” he said. As if responding to this, Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon said in a question to the government that day, “Since the spread of fake news or election campaigns go unpunished, I think it becomes a ‘surplus business’ politically and economically, and it is repeated.” We will hold them accountable,” he said. In other words, the government and the ruling party predicted that they would put the media and the Democratic Party under investigation at the same time under the pretext of eradicating fake news. Shin Mi-hee, secretary-general of Citizens’ Coalition for Democratic Media, said, “The fact that the president’s office, the Minister of Justice, and the Korea Communications Commission even announced an investigation into the interview, calling it a fabrication, fabrication, and dishonoring the national flag, goes beyond overreacting and raises concerns about suppression of the press.” A key member of the Democratic Party said, “I pushed for an ideological offensive, but as the president’s approval rating fell, I focused on ‘beating Lee Jae-myung’ again.” . Reporter Seo Young-ji yj@hani.co.kr Reporter Um Ji-won umkija@hani.co.kr
2023-09-05 20:00:32
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