KBS President Park Min ‘destroyed’ fair reporting by controlling freedom of reporting through ‘unconfirmed reporting reservations’
At the personnel hearing, KBS President Park Min made an “unconfirmed report reservation” as press president and declared the “abolition” of fair reporting by controlling reporters’ freedom of reporting and limiting editing freedom, but President Yoon Seok-yeol appointed him on the 12th.
In response to People Power Party lawmaker Ha Young-je's question about the management of public broadcasting at the personnel hearing, "What do you plan to do for fair reporting?", the new president said, "Once inaugurated, I will declare that I will stop the reckless competition in breaking news regarding unconfirmed facts." . “We will report the confirmed facts and unconfirmed facts separately,” he said on the 7th, saying, “The president has confirmed payment for freedom of reporting.”
In response to reporters’ freedom of independent reporting, the president of KBS declared ‘distinguishing whether or not to verify facts’ as a management principle and stated in freedom of the press that ‘freedom of reporting belongs to the publisher’s right to control reporting.’
In the freedom of the press in the United States, ‘FAIR’ guarantees the right to fair and accurate reporting, editing, and reporting based on the inherent authority of the three freedom rights of ‘reporting, editing, and reporting.’
In response to the power of the President, if the ‘request for confirmation’ is not responded to, the reporter follows the reporting process according to the standards of ‘fair reporting’ and reports unconfirmed information, which is guaranteed by the Constitution as freedom of the press.
At the raise hearing, when independent lawmaker Park Wan-joo asked, “If you were the president, could you order KBS not to report on Biden?” he responded, “If it can’t be confirmed accurately, I think the report should be withheld.”
Continuity's on-site recording of President Yoon talking to his close aides about the 'authority of Congress' in response to 'Biden's remarks on climate agreement subsidies' as he was leaving immediately after the official meeting with President Biden. The standard for reporting is a 'verification procedure' and the standard for fair reporting is The target is the U.S. White House.
The U.S. White House and the New York Police, who were in control of the site at the time, have full jurisdiction over the site where the U.S. president participates, and it is highly likely that there will be different recordings for security reasons.
The 'confirmation' based on the publisher's freedom of reporting is based on the 'verification' of the reporter on whether the 'on-site recording' is true, and the 'fairness' of the 'recording' is 'guaranteed editorial rights based on the priority principle of confidentiality'. Since it is the news agency's inherent authority under 'editing freedom', the publisher's president cannot infringe on it.
In response to this, President Yoon Seok-yeol's office did not disclose the details of what the speaker said, but the senior public relations secretary later exercised the 'right to speak' on his behalf, and this fell short of the media's standards for fair reporting and was not subject to rebuttal.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' lawsuit in response to the MBC report is not a confirmation of misinformation due to differences in the content of speaker Yoon Seok-yeol's remarks, but a court case regarding 'whether other people can hear differently from the MBC transcript' in response to the 'transcript' posted in the subtitles in the MBC report. Because it is confirmation, there is a large gap with fair reporting standards.
At the hearing, President Park said of the current KBS reporting, “We are putting too much emphasis on production autonomy, so the desks are effectively blocking the ‘gatekeeping’ (news selection) function,” adding, “In this situation, young reporters without sufficient experience can express their convictions.” “I believe that various problems arise while producing, reporting, and broadcasting under the claim of conscience or conscience,” he said, applying the “allegation” system to investigative reporters, making reporters and freedom of reporting “targets to be eradicated.”
When a People Power Party lawmaker asked, “KBS misreported that President Yoon saluted the Japanese flag,” President Park said, “I think there are points where it can be seen as intentional distorted reporting,” and “We should hold people accountable for biased reporting.” “I will do my best,” he said.
Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Young-chan, a former reporter for the Dong-A Ilbo, said in a hearing question, “Does Candidate Park have a personal relationship with President Yoon Seok-yeol?” and “He knows this well because he is part of the Legal Journalists Club and is a legal reporter.” Candidate Park said, “It is not a personal relationship.” “No,” he responded.
Democratic Party members of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee said in a statement on the 12th, "They blatantly revealed their political bias and casually made statements to the effect of interfering with the recruitment of actors and the production and programming of broadcasts," adding, "Another parachute person is involved in public broadcasting." He criticized it as “a moment that leaves a stain on the history of KBS broadcasting.”
On March 16, KBS broadcast a live special news report on the Korea-Japan summit event at the Japanese Prime Minister's official residence. Reporter Beom Ki-young, the broadcaster, said on screen instead of at the meeting site, "You just saw President Yoon Seok-yeol saluting the Japanese flag. “The Taegeukgi is installed on the podium, but I don’t think the honor guard will be holding our flag,” he said.
At the time, the Japanese honor guard was holding the Taegeukgi and the Japanese flag together, but the Taegeukgi was not visible on KBS' broadcast screen, so KBS said at the end of the broadcast, "In the scene where President Yoon greets the Japanese honor guard, the male anchor said, 'The honor guard is holding the Taegeukgi. “I don’t think so,” he said, but in reality, the Japanese honor guard was holding the Taegeukgi along with the Japanese flag. “However, there was a mistake in explaining the situation because only the Japanese flag was shown on the screen.” “We will correct this and apologize for any confusion caused.”
KBS apologized on the 9 p.m. news that day, saying, “There was a mistake in the way the host explained the situation,” and reporter Beom was given a “warning” during KBS’ internal deliberation.
The Press Foundation included Reporter Beom among the ‘overseas long-term training selectees’ announced on April 4, but held a review meeting on the 11th and notified on the 12th that the ‘selection’ for long-term overseas training was ‘cancelled.’
President Park Min's remarks were defined by the National Assembly as 'distorted reporting' and 'biased reporting' as the live broadcast of the summit welcoming event on public broadcasting is not reporting but a transaction based on publicity solicitation, and the commentary on the broadcast does not constitute news. appears to be a distortion of the function of the media.
In the coverage of the broadcast screen, 'fact confirmation' was an error in programming that narrowed the screen to highlight the Japanese Prime Minister's Office, which was conducting the scene, and President Yoon on the scene, and intentionally focused on President Yoon's actions, distorting the welcome of the summit meeting between the two countries. Coverage is the rule.