The first ruling that recognized the constitutional status of press freedom, which was excluded from freedom of the press, was issued.
On the 16th, the Seoul Central District Court admitted to Lee Dong-jae, who was a reporter from the Prosecutor's Office of the Social Department of Channel A, the 'pressure and conciliation' of the reporter, but said on the 16th, "As freedom of the press is the last bulwark of our society, criminal punishment for reporting should be prudent." acquitted
Prosecutors implied that the reporter was closely connected with high-ranking prosecutors, threatened that his family would be severely punished if he did not provide information on the corruption of passport officials, and arrested and charged with attempted coercion. did.
The Seoul Central District Court's sole judgment of the 1st criminal case in the verdict of acquittal due to freedom of coverage said, "A journalist with a public credibility tried to convince the victim by oppressing the victim with special greed, mentioning the possibility of family punishment, and trying to convince him by mentioning the possibility of leniency. It is a clear violation of reporting ethics and deserves moral condemnation."
In the Newspaper Code of Ethics, which divides freedom of the press into the three powers of reporting, editing, and reporting, the provisions of the reporting rules stipulate ‘prohibition of threats’ and ‘prohibition of identity disguise and impersonation’.
Korea's long-standing power-media collusion has led to the collusion between the authority and the monopolized central media to smuggle the control of freedom of editorial and reporting according to the 'pressing guidelines', while the media companies' financial (bank loan) trial (prosecution indictment) administrative interests, personnel solicitation, etc. It refers to the Korean-style privilege to trade with each other.
The Moon Jae-in administration's justification for prosecutorial reform came out for the fact that the existing central media outlets' prosecution reporters dealt with certain prosecutors and created a link between reports and promotions. see.
Prosecution reform appeared in the information collusion of major media outlets by the prosecution's leadership, and the investigative power was transferred to the police, and the collusion between the police and the pro-government media company became a new issue.
In the interview with the family of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-ryeol, MBC reporter 'impersonating a police officer' broke out, and Kim Eui-gyeom, a former member of the Hankyoreh Social Affairs Department (former Blue House spokesperson), said, "It was very common for older reporters (impersonation of police)." "Although impersonation harms the public interest, I do not think that the impersonation itself poses a threat to anyone or that the information you are trying to obtain through impersonation is a big harm," he said.
In particular, Rep. Kim revealed that "a reporter left a number on the reporter's phone number and impersonated a police officer over the phone to the police station," and specified the relationship between police and reporters as "coalition between police and reporters."
Justice Minister Park Beom-gye strongly punished the criminal for 'the media report leaking the suspect's information', but the media continuously reported 'degrading information' about the 'DNA biological mother', which the police were investigating in the case of a girl in Gumi, and called it 'real mother'. Published an article judging the case.
Son Hyun, the father of the Hangang Park death case, wrote on his blog on the 5th with the title 'The Truth You Don't Want to Believe', "Today, I analyzed all the 'egg.' Regarding SBS broadcasting, he revealed the suspicion of manipulation, saying, "Why did you have to use a scene that did not match the time of the phone call twice, search for (Jung Min) all of them and make it look like a phone call"
On the 3rd blog, he also said about SBS 'G-R', "There were 19 things to complain about. At that moment, the highest viewership rating was 11%, but it seems that I contributed the most and was only used perfectly." I firmly believed that the data would be helpful. I later requested information disclosure and brought the autopsy results, but I am really upset."
The police did not change the investigation while investigating the case of the missing person in the first place, and ended the investigation without testifying to the seven witnesses who finally obtained it, and Son expanded the case to a complaint.
The police press briefing was conducted by the chief of the criminal division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in the press room against the first-generation reporters, heralding the end of the case.
The press briefing on the drowning case of the missing person in the United States is conducted by the autopsy doctor, not the investigative police, and the freedom of reporting responds to the doctor's direct press conference coverage on the death case, and the police at the fire collapse incident site press conference is excluded and the fire department commander has full power. to exercise,