While ‘Big Wave’ is the center of controversy every day, a complaint was filed with MBC. yunhap news
There is a growing possibility that MBC will be sanctioned by the National Defense Commission in connection with the report on ‘Green Onion 875 Won’.
According to Cookie News’ coverage on the 26th, a civil complaint was filed with the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCC) claiming that there was a problem with Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation’s (MBC) coverage of President Yoon Seok-yeol’s remark that “a green onion costs 875 won, which is reasonable.”
MBC said on ‘News Desk’ on the 20th, ‘Significant discount on the day of public livelihood inspection? There was a news report titled ‘Untimely controversy.’ On the 18th, President Yoon visited the Yangjae branch of Nonghyup Hanaro Mart in Seocho-gu, Seoul and said, “I have seen a lot of markets, so I think 875 won for green onions is just a reasonable price.” MBC is being questioned for interpreting this statement arbitrarily. will be.
In the article, MBC News Desk pointed out that “just three days ago, the price was 2,760 won, more than three times higher, but it was sold for 1,000 won two days ago, and on the day of the president’s visit, an additional discount event was even launched,” emphasizing only the “government administrative performance.” criticized. In response, the complainant claims that the article ‘violated objectivity and factual reporting among the special regulations on election broadcast deliberation.’
An official who served as a member of the National Defense Commission explained to Cookie News, “Sanctions can be imposed pursuant to Article 12 (1) of the Special Regulations on Election Broadcasting (Factual Reporting) and Article 8 (Objectivity) (1) of the Comprehensive Regulations.”
This official said, “According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s explanation of the President’s remarks on the price of green onions, ‘green onions 875 won’ was being offered at a discount at multiple Hanaro Mart branches as part of the government’s price stabilization policy.” He added, “On the same day, Nonghyup Hanaro Mart In addition, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Chairman of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation stated that discount events compared to existing sales prices are being held in traditional markets to stabilize prices,” he emphasized.
He continued, “We evaluated the President’s remarks as ‘hot remarks’ and maliciously criticized the President’s remarks in a misleading and one-sided way, as if he only emphasized the government’s administrative performance without a cool-headed understanding of the ‘people’s livelihood suffering from high inflation’.” “Caricatured content can be sanctioned as distorted reporting by exaggerating the government’s price policy, which is an important fact that can influence voters’ judgment, in accordance with Article 12 (1) of the Special Regulations on Election Broadcasting (Factual Reporting).” pointed out.
In addition, “Article 12, Paragraph 3 may be applied in that the reporter used terms that involved his or her personal bias, that is, negative expressions such as ‘topic remarks’ or ‘a position that requires a cool-headed understanding of the suffering people’s livelihood,’ etc. “In accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 8 (Objectivity), which is a comprehensive regulation, there is a possibility that it may be disciplined for not objectively and accurately dealing with election-related facts,” he added.
Meanwhile, the complaint challenging the MBC News Desk report is expected to be handled by the Election Broadcasting Deliberation Committee. Some predict that there is a high possibility that the Defense Review Committee will review the matter through ‘expedited deliberation.’ This is because MBC’s report on ‘Fine Dust Concentration 1’ on the 27th of last month also had a precedent of expedited review on the 14th.
Reporter Youngjae Lee youngjae@kukinews.com View all articles
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