KBS apologized for misinformation of US actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s donation to Ukraine.
On the morning of the 15th, KBS announced that the announcer made an official apology for the misinformation before the start of ‘Culture Plaza’, a corner in 1TV morning news ‘News Plaza’ on the morning of the 15th.
Announcer Jang Woong said, “First, I would like to apologize to the viewers.
On the 8th, KBS announced the news of DiCaprio’s donation to Ukraine through the Culture Plaza. The news was covered under the title ‘Leonardo DiCaprio donates $10 million to Ukraine’.
However, starting on the 13th, when news that the report was false became known through other media in Korea, KBS deleted the article posted on their website and YouTube channel. As no action was taken immediately after the deletion, some pointed out that KBS had failed to fulfill its public broadcasting responsibilities.
Announcer Jang said, “I apologize to the viewers for not having gone through a more thorough and sufficient verification process even though it was produced by cross-verifying overseas news as it is becoming a hot topic in the domestic media, portals, and SNS.” We promise to make the pre-verification process more thorough, such as broadcasting only when there is an event.”
On the previous day, KBS made a public apology in the form of ‘notify’ and corrected the article online.
KBS said, “According to foreign media, this fake news was first reported by GSA News, a Guyana media outlet in South America. ” explained.
GSA News founder Patrick Kappen, who delivered this news as it was initially confirmed by several sources in Ukraine, acknowledged that the fake news controversy was a Ukrainian person’s Facebook page that shared news about the war, and said that the facts had not been verified. “In addition, GSA News also made corrections on the day of the report,” he added.
KBS also said, “However, despite GSA News’ correct information, the news spread through Twitter.”
