“Unfortunately retaliation for not having been able to oppress them openly”
Related words, Twitter real-time trends
Persuade North Korea to hold the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang
Chosun Ilbo, KBS and accompanying DJ
Members of work-level media organizations such as the Korea Broadcasting Journalists Association, the National Press Labor Union, and the Korea Journalists Association make a joint emergency statement in front of the president’s office in Yongsan on the 10th. Journalist Lee Joon-heon
Civil society has suddenly protested, calling it “obvious media oppression.” Civic media groups called for a joint response from the press and called for the “protection of press freedom”.
Citizen interest in the Presidential Office’s “MBC exclusion” measures was hot. On the 10th, on Twitter, a social networking service (SNS), words like “press oppression”, “MBC-only plane” and “MBC reporter” were mentioned more than 10,000 times and hit a real-time trend.
One net user commented: “You’re saying something like ‘An unavoidable measure to prevent biased and distorted broadcasts.’ Since they can’t oppress them outright, they resort to harsh retaliation. I wanted to humiliate myself, but in the end it was a shame to myself. As of 2:00 pm, this post has been shared more than 1,600 times and gained support.
Kim Seong-beom (36), an employee, said: “I am childish and cannot speak. It is doubtful that the judgment expressed by a country’s presidential office is correct. I do not know why they scrape every time to make crumbs.” A 28-year-old student looking for work said: “It is unfair to deny a person to board a plane that does not personally belong to the president because it is not false news or an unfavorable complaint to the government” . I think he violates the right to report ”.
Civic media groups commented all at once and urged media companies to come up with a common response.
The Citizens’ Coalition for Democratic Press said: “We can’t help but be stunned by the brutal crackdown on the removal of a specific media company from the plane dedicated to the president’s overseas tour. It’s because the boomerang will return to the press if the press will not stop the government’s violence against the press. “
The Coalition of Citizens for Media Reform also stated: “Even if the boarding of a dedicated journalist plane covering the president’s work corresponds to the duty that the president must guarantee for the ‘right to knowledge of the people’, the The president’s perception as if he’s giving reporters a favor with the president’s authority is not enough. It’s shocking, “he said, adding,” If this exclusion is tolerated, another media company that has offended President Yun Seok -yeol will be the next target “.
Shin Mi-hee, general secretary of the Citizens’ Coalition for Democratic Press, criticized the incident as “undemocratic violence that violates people’s right to know beyond simple restrictions on media coverage.” Secretary General Shin said: “In particular, reporters’ private plane boarding is a support for public coverage to ensure people’s right to know.
There was also a reaction that the presidential office’s response contradicted former President Kim Dae-jung’s media during the 2000 Inter-Korean Summit. Ahead of the 2000 Inter-Korean Summit, the North insisted on not allow Chosun Ilbo and KBS to visit North Korea. However, former President Kim ordered reporters to be flown unconditionally on the presidential plane and, in the end, the Chosun Ilbo and KBS managed to get to Pyongyang on the presidential plane and follow the summit.
In his memoirs, former President Kim said: “South Korea is a democratic country. Limiting the freedom of the press in a democracy makes no sense. The summit itself is an acknowledgment of the other’s system and it is up to us to decide who goes to cover the training. There is no need to hold a summit while also allowing the selection of journalists “, he recalled at the time.
