Jin Joong-kwon: "KBS Legal Team Entirely Gone Due to One Word from Yoo Si-min... A New Fascism"

Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon is speaking at the discussion titled "Talking about the 21st General Election! Lost Conservative Politics, What is the Solution?" held on the morning of the 15th at the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, hosted by Future United Party members Yoo Ui-dong and Oh Shin-hwan. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon pointed out that the incident in which an SBS female reporter who reported on the 'Cho Kuk controversy' was subjected to threats and verbal abuse was "an act of the public, mesmerized by agitators colluding with power, suppressing the press."

On the 19th, Jin posted on his Facebook, saying, "In the past, power controlled the media, but (now it has changed)."

He continued, "At the word of Yoo Si-min, the entire legal team of the broadcasting station (KBS) was dismissed. There are also pro-government figures parachuted into the so-called review committees who clean up the aftermath," calling it "a new fascism of the digital age."

He added, "The agitated public individually 'season' (internet terror) reporters, and not satisfied with that, they go directly to harass them," criticizing, "I don't know what the world is coming to."

Earlier, on the 7th, a man presumed to be a supporter of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk verbally abused and threatened a female reporter near the SBS building in Mok-dong, Seoul. At the time, Mr. A was reportedly dissatisfied with reporter B's article about Professor Jung Kyung-shim during the Cho Kuk incident last year and came to confront her.

In response, the SBS Reporters Association issued a statement that day, saying, "Recently, an SBS reporter was subjected to threats and insults by a suspicious man," and criticized, "Acts of collectively directing verbal abuse at reporters who report unfavorable articles about certain camps or individuals or inciting to target specific reporters can be seen as collective violence threatening press freedom."

Meanwhile, the remark by Yoo Si-min mentioned by former professor Jin refers to an incident in October last year on the YouTube channel 'Alileo,' where Yoo Si-min, chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, raised suspicions of collusion between the media and prosecution, saying, "The KBS legal team did not properly report the interview with Kim Kyung-rok, the asset manager of Professor Jung Kyung-shim, wife of former Minister Cho Kuk, and shared the interview contents with the prosecution."

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