"대체 뭐하는 짓입니까" Heo Ji-woong Furious Over Partial Quotation in Column Report

Broadcaster Heo Ji-woong / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Seul-gi] Broadcaster Heo Ji-woong expressed displeasure at the media for sensationalizing his column by quoting only parts of it.

On the 23rd, Heo Ji-woong posted on his Instagram, "I don't understand how anyone can take only a part of my column in today's Hankyoreh and summarize the title and content like this. Articles with the same content are already increasing," expressing his frustration.

Heo explained, "The part the article quoted is from the middle of my piece titled 'When Words of Comfort Are Needed at the Bottom of Life,'" adding, "The main content is about how the core themes of Nietzsche's philosophy apply to individual lives during tough times and can provide comfort."

He continued, "Do people really not want to read just 4,000 characters? Even if you have no interest in Nietzsche, I wrote the first sentence so that you can't help but read to the end," and said, "I worry about what young people will think when they see that title. Some articles even took only that part and labeled it as the 'full text.' What on earth is this behavior?"

Heo Ji-woong added, "No one will probably apologize for this. My life is not so precarious as to become gossip, and I can still give much more than I receive," emphasizing, "Articles that seem to promote the tragedy of life like this are not right."

Earlier, Heo Ji-woong posted on Instagram a column titled 'When Words of Comfort Are Needed at the Bottom of Life,' saying, "Many people ask where the bottom is when life seems to keep falling."

In response, some media outlets excerpted parts of the column and reported that Heo Ji-woong complained, "Life feels disillusioning, I feel disgusted with myself, irritated, and angry."

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