Comments on: Korea: Internet Game = Gambling?

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:03:29 +0000

It seems that PD Notebook has attempted to blame a translator for their program on “mad cow disease” that contained more than a few problems in accuracy. The translator is hopping mad too, insisting that she warned them of errors and that the problem lay not with her translation but “the problems (with PDs reporting) are not translation issues but reflect deliberate editorial intent”:

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2891602

Mr. Moon, maybe you had better hold off on your defense of PD just now.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:06:49 +0000

“Mr. Moon”, it is not so much that anyone denies that the three big papers are clearly biased (they certainly are) and they do fail to cover certain issues due to business interests. Clearly reform is needed in Korean media but how quickly would that reform turn to censorship!

The PD is clearly biased as well, though who is to say what interests they represent, especially after having put misleading information regarding BSE on TV. Is fanning hysteria and rumors responsible media programming?

No.

PD may have done some useful reports in the past (I think they have) but, in this recent incidence, they have failed, IMHO.

The tendency to view Korean media as part of a vast class struggle; rich vs. poor — as you have done — is very much the same rhetoric used by leftist in Korea and is very much a part of the conflict between North Korea and South Korea. I am very suspicious of anyone using such a tack simply because the ideology involved and its tragic history in Korea.

By: Mr. Moon

Mr. Moon — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:31:06 +0000

PD Note is the best TV program in S. Korea which has tried to reveal a lot of veiled absurdities and irregularities in our society. The pro is always battling against the conservative newapapers, Cho-Jung-Dong, one of the social evils. The huge, selfish press have only served for the rich, the powerful not for the poor, the powerless. If anyone have objection to my opinion, email me anytime. I am reday to debate on that matter to meet with anyone.

By: american gyopo

american gyopo — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:57:03 +0000

PD Note is just another leftist organization disguised as journalism. It is yellow journalism at best and vindictive politics at worst. Let the Korean Teachers Union, PD Note and other communists have their little protests and TV shows while the capitalists get on with making Korea a better place.

By: Double Or Nothing . . . | The Marmot's Hole

Double Or Nothing . . . | The Marmot's Hole — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:23:31 +0000

[...] Hye-jin of globalvoices.org writes on the dangers of Korean internet gambling and some of the major sites that are behind such and the money/politics trail [...]

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:20:37 +0000

That last paragraph makes me wonder if NHN will go on a list of “michincow” projects in Korea. I too am wondering about PD Note’s motivation in this since they played a major role in fanning the current furor over mad cow in Korea.