Yoo Seung-min "Cut TBS Budget by 10 Billion Won?...Kim Eo-jun's Biased Broadcast Should Be Fully Cut"

"TBS has been paying Kim Eo-jun an annual salary of 500 million won... It is absurd to support a pro-government broadcast with citizens' tax money"

Broadcaster Kim Eo-jun, who hosts 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory' on TBS. / Photo by Kim Eo-jun's News Factory capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Seohyun] Yoo Seung-min, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party and former lawmaker, has argued that Seoul City should completely cut the budget related to supporting Traffic Broadcasting (TBS).

On the 28th, Yoo stated on his Facebook, "Seoul City is said to be cutting 10 billion won from the TBS budget. Supporting a pro-government broadcast with citizens' tax money is itself absurd," adding, "Considering that TBS has lost its original function as a traffic broadcaster and has degenerated into Kim Eo-jun's personal broadcast, this is nothing but a case of too little, too late."

He pointed out, "There are countless cases of Kim Eo-jun violating neutrality and broadcasting with bias," and "During the last mayoral election, it claimed to be the Democratic Party's institutional broadcast. Now it openly supports candidate Lee Jae-myung."

He continued, "TBS has paid Kim about 40 million won per month, nearly 500 million won annually, without even signing a contract," and argued, "Supporting such a biased, pro-government broadcast with citizens' tax money is itself absurd. The entire budget, not just 10 billion won, should be cut."

He emphasized, "It is a corrupt act of campaigning with tax money," and "Failing to immediately deal with such people is dereliction of duty by Seoul City and TBS."

Yoo also raised his voice against other public broadcasters. He said, "The same goes for KBS and MBC. KBS and MBC under the Moon Jae-in administration have not improved even a bit regarding bias controversies that arise with every administration," and "I, Yoo Seung-min, will cut off tax funding to public broadcasters to prevent them from becoming the regime's mouthpiece."

He added, "I will start by addressing the KBS license fee issue, which is the subject of nationwide ridicule. Is an increase even justifiable? I will abolish the license fee that is currently being forcibly collected," and "I will create a structure where the broadcast itself gains trust from the people and operates based on that. I will push for a complete reform of public broadcasting so that there will never again be complaints about bias and loss of fairness."

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