Comments on: Korean Reporter Doesn’t Respect OhMyNews http://pjnet.org/post/323/ Public Journalism Network Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:59:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Uchi_P http://pjnet.org/post/323/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Uchi_P Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:24:26 +0000 http://wordpress.pjnet.org/post/323/#comment-83 Mr. Ryu's charges indeed seem to be on the mark - but their validity extends beyond OhMyNews. Indeed, Mr. Ryu's newspaper the Hankyoreh alongside other mainstream Korean papers have also shown a tendency to "spread rumors" without factual evidence. Take an article Mr. Ryu wrote on Dec. 26, about the year in books in America. His title borrows the title of Al Gore's latest documentary, "the American people's encounter with inconvenient truths." <a href="http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/international/america/180474.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/international/america/180474.html</a> He mentions Jimmy Carter's book, which compares Israeli policies to apartheid. This excerpt and its translation can be found below: 유대인들과 이들이 장악한 언론들은 중동평화협상으로 노벨평화상을 받은 카터 전 대통령에게 반유대주의자란 비판을 해대고 있다. 하지만, 카터 전 대통령은 자신의 생각을 굽히지 않고 있다. 이 책은 지난달 14일 출판 이래 10만여부가 팔렸고, 베스트셀러 목록에서 빠지지 않고 있다. 유대인들의 비난이 더해질수록 책을 찾는 사람이 늘고 있는 것도 역설적이다. "Nobel Peace Prize winner and Former President Jimmy Carter has been criticized as being anti-Semitic by Jews and the media that they control. However, Former President Carter is not compromising his beliefs. This book sold more than 100,000 copies since its publishing on the 14th of last month, and has maintained a spot on the New York Times best seller list. It is ironic/paradoxical that the numbers of those buying the book only increases as Jews criticize it more." (end) Speaking of spreading rumors! Mr. Ryu should take heed of his own criticism, as he himself has blindly adopted a conspiracy theory that betrays the "high standards" he demands in others. After all, criticism of Carter's book should not simply be attributed to the religious background of just *some* of its critics. More to the point, good journalism no doubt requires analyzing the content of the arguments being made rather than merely the religion of some of those making them. Mr. Ryu’s charges indeed seem to be on the mark – but their validity extends beyond OhMyNews. Indeed, Mr. Ryu’s newspaper the Hankyoreh alongside other mainstream Korean papers have also shown a tendency to “spread rumors” without factual evidence. Take an article Mr. Ryu wrote on Dec. 26, about the year in books in America. His title borrows the title of Al Gore’s latest documentary, “the American people’s encounter with inconvenient truths.”

http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/international/america/180474.html He mentions Jimmy Carter’s book, which compares Israeli policies to apartheid. This excerpt and its translation can be found below:

유대인들과 이들이 장악한 언론들은 중동평화협상으로 노벨평화상을 받은 카터 전 대통령에게 반유대주의자란 비판을 해대고 있다. 하지만, 카터 전 대통령은 자신의 생각을 굽히지 않고 있다. 이 책은 지난달 14일 출판 이래 10만여부가 팔렸고, 베스트셀러 목록에서 빠지지 않고 있다. 유대인들의 비난이 더해질수록 책을 찾는 사람이 늘고 있는 것도 역설적이다.

“Nobel Peace Prize winner and Former President Jimmy Carter has been criticized as being anti-Semitic by Jews and the media that they control. However, Former President Carter is not compromising his beliefs. This book sold more than 100,000 copies since its publishing on the 14th of last month, and has maintained a spot on the New York Times best seller list. It is ironic/paradoxical that the numbers of those buying the book only increases as Jews criticize it more.”
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Speaking of spreading rumors! Mr. Ryu should take heed of his own criticism, as he himself has blindly adopted a conspiracy theory that betrays the “high standards” he demands in others. After all, criticism of Carter’s book should not simply be attributed to the religious background of just *some* of its critics. More to the point, good journalism no doubt requires analyzing the content of the arguments being made rather than merely the religion of some of those making them.

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