Jin Joong-kwon: "Lee Jin-sook Joining 'Yoon Camp'? Worst Recruitment... The One Who Ruined MBC"

Yoon Camp Appoints Former President Lee as 'Media Special Advisor'
Jin Joong-kwon Says "Better to Resolve Quickly"

Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon posted on his Facebook on the 27th.
/Photo by Former Professor Jin's Facebook capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon criticized former Daejeon MBC president Lee Jin-sook joining former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol's camp as "the worst recruitment," saying, "What do they expect to achieve by putting someone like this forward?"

On the 27th, Jin posted on his social media, "Shouldn't there have been at least a background check when recruiting (former president Lee)? She should step down on her own," adding, "These kinds of people are why MBC has become strange these days."

He claimed, "During the Lee Myung-bak administration, the enforcers oppressed so much that MBC PDs and reporters came to believe they would die once the regime changed," and "So they sided with the Moon Jae-in administration, engaging in false, distorted, and biased reporting, and even collaborated with power to conduct political operations."

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol. /Photo by Yonhap News

Earlier, Yoon Seok-yeol's camp announced on the 26th that former president Lee would be appointed as a media special advisor.

During the Lee Myung-bak administration, Lee served as spokesperson under former MBC president Kim Jae-chul's leadership, and while serving as head of MBC's news division during the Sewol ferry disaster, she was involved in a false report controversy claiming "all rescued." She was thus identified as a "media figure responsible for the Sewol ferry disaster coverage."

The Media Union reportedly demanded the withdrawal of Lee Jin-sook's special advisor appointment, saying, "Are they trying to present the epitome of media corruption?"

Meanwhile, Yoon's camp also appointed former Democratic Party lawmaker Oh Je-se as the camp's "health and welfare policy advisor." Oh, a four-term lawmaker who served as chairman of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee, left the Democratic Party on the 6th and joined the People Power Party on the 23rd.

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