나는 이런 기사들이 너무 문제라고 생각한다. 기사는 국민주권행동이라는 단체가 대구 이슬람 사원 건축 반대한다고 한다. 그러나 검색해보니 이 단체는 사실 극우보수 기독교 단체라는 것을 바로 알 수 있다. 기사 안에 그런 언급이 하나도 없다. 그럼 왜 이게 문제가 되는가?yna.co.kr/view/AKR202104…
왜냐하면 그게 전체 그림을 그리지는 않고, 모든 사실을 알려주지 않기 때문이다. 여기서 실제 이야기는 극우보수 기독교 광신자들이 모스크 건설뿐만 아니라 이슬람에 반대한다는 것이다. 하지만 이런 기사들은 그들을 단지 단순한 ‘시민단체’로 묘사하고 있다. 이것은 독자들을 호도한다.
한국에서는 “시민단체”를 만드기는 너무 쉽다. 그냥 이름만 정하고, 빨리 보도자료를 작성하고, 언론에 배포하면 된다. 그러면 매체는 ‘단체’의 성격이나 색깔에 대해 면밀히 조사하지 않고, 단지 기사 안에서 단체 이름을 복사하고 붙여넣을 뿐이다.
가장 큰 문제는, 독자 스스로가 이러한 선행 정보가 없다면, 기사를 읽고 스스로 가치판단을 할 수 없다는 점이다. 극우보수 기독교인들이 이슬람을 혐오하고, 그 혐오를 온·오프라인에 확산시킨다는 것은 잘 알려진 사실이다. 이런 기사들은 이들의 가치관을 일반 독자들에게 주입시키게 된다.
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In a Seoul mayoral TV debate between candidates Ahn Cheol-soo and Keum Tae-sup, Ahn revealed how he's given in to the homophobic lobby. "Opposing discrimination is obvious. Individuals human rights should be protected. But human rights of others [homophobes] are very precious".
Seoul mayor candidate Ahn then took San Francisco to make his point, saying that @SFPride takes place south in Castro District, "away from city centre" where "people who are willing to see the parade see it [unlike Seoul where it's forced in people faces in the city centre]".
Ahn: "If we have a queer festival in [Seoul centre] Gwanghwamun, some will come on their own volition, but others come for many reasons or even bring their children [who will be exposed to it]. We should respect those who don't want it [pride]".
Where to start... Ok, remember how a few years ago, S. Korea's #1 "Christian" homophobe Joseph Joo and his crew were 'tricked' into donating money to Seoul Pride? He sued at the time for fraud, won.
"Pastor" Joseph Joo, who is known to be S. Korea's most vocal homophobe and bigot and runs the "Anti-Homosexuality Christian Solidarity" (and says gays are Nazis) was so upset that he ran a campaign against EBS and protested outside the HQ.
Kim Bong-min, CEO of Woowa Brothers Corp which operates S. Korea's top food delivery app Baemin, has pledged he and his wife Bomi Sul will donate more than half of their wealth to society, worth 1 trillion won+ ($905 million). en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202102…
The pledge was made via Giving Pledge created by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett where the world's wealthiest individuals and families dedicate the majority of their wealth to giving back.
"We are certain that this pledge is the greatest inheritance that we could provide for our children [and is] a public confession that our fortune is a combination of God’s blessings, gifts of life, and support from many people that goes beyond one’s competence or hard work".
On Saturday, S. Korean broadcaster SBS aired "Bohemian Rhapsody". It scored the highest Lunar New Year movie viewership at 6.3%.
SBS also deleted the 2 same-sex kiss scenes with Freddie Mercury, and censored another background gay kiss by blurring it out. news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_a…
Critics have said SBS effectively distorted the essence of the film that sheds light on Freddie Mercury's life as a sexual minority and intentionally erased the existence of a sexual minority.
SBS said the "edit" was in consideration of families watching during primetime TV.
Now in English, on S. Korea's SBS censoring the gay kiss scenes in Bohemian Rhapsody: "We didn’t have any special intention in editing".