Comments on: The Chosun Ilbo Responds http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/07/chosun-ilbo-responds/ bringing accountability to korean yellow journalism Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:57:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CarlosBA http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/07/chosun-ilbo-responds/comment-page-1/#comment-224 CarlosBA Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:09:48 +0000 http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/?p=93#comment-224 The continual output of inaccurate articles about the foreign community is a problem that needs to be rectified. One hopes this can also be a learning experience where foreigners understand a bit more about racist dynamics in America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. But given the tone, I doubt it. It seems like people are just overly sensitive. The continual output of inaccurate articles about the foreign community is a problem that needs to be rectified. One hopes this can also be a learning experience where foreigners understand a bit more about racist dynamics in America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. But given the tone, I doubt it. It seems like people are just overly sensitive.

]]> By: Korean Gender Reader: July 20 2009 « The Grand Narrative http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/07/chosun-ilbo-responds/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Korean Gender Reader: July 20 2009 « The Grand Narrative Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:47:31 +0000 http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/?p=93#comment-220 [...] discussion (165 comments and counting); don’t miss Korean Media Watch’s take on it also, and for those few of you that all this is news to, see #1 here for many links to get you [...] [...] discussion (165 comments and counting); don’t miss Korean Media Watch’s take on it also, and for those few of you that all this is news to, see #1 here for many links to get you [...]

]]> By: Left_Flank http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/07/chosun-ilbo-responds/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Left_Flank Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:32:58 +0000 http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/?p=93#comment-218 The blogosphere has come to South Korean newspapers. Spin and invective have replaced argument. It was a valiant, if naive, effort, trying to fight spin with facts. The blogosphere has come to South Korean newspapers. Spin and invective have replaced argument. It was a valiant, if naive, effort, trying to fight spin with facts.

]]> By: Mike Bohemoth http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/07/chosun-ilbo-responds/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Mike Bohemoth Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:02:32 +0000 http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/?p=93#comment-214 If you would like Ms. Chae's phone number, I have it. She pretended not to speak English and handed the phone off to a very terse male friend who also could not speak English. I guess she's only brave when she has a computer and a newspaper to hide behind. Perhaps they will print her photo so she can broadcast her cowardice even more publicly. If you would like Ms. Chae’s phone number, I have it. She pretended not to speak English and handed the phone off to a very terse male friend who also could not speak English. I guess she’s only brave when she has a computer and a newspaper to hide behind. Perhaps they will print her photo so she can broadcast her cowardice even more publicly.

]]> By: Alex http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/07/chosun-ilbo-responds/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Alex Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:58:06 +0000 http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/?p=93#comment-210 It reminds me a little of <a href="http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=11252" rel="nofollow">this thread</a>. The basic response goes like this: "Hey, here's someone who said something stupid. Let's make him or her a representative of an entire group despite how diverse the group might actually be." To be fair, a lot of expat blogs on Korea have just as much, if not more, of a biased perspective of Korea, with some even going as far as to use a blanket statement of, "Koreans are racist." Now, of course, a blog isn't in the same league as a national news source, but it <i>is</i> one of the primary sources of exposure to Korea for English-speaking foreigners outside of the country. Still, with a week long barrage of hate-filled news pieces targeting English teachers throughout the country, what would the Chosun Ilbo have expected? In a country so famous for its netizen rage, you'd think that getting a nasty text message would be the natural progression of this mudslinging. It reminds me a little of this thread.

The basic response goes like this: “Hey, here’s someone who said something stupid. Let’s make him or her a representative of an entire group despite how diverse the group might actually be.”

To be fair, a lot of expat blogs on Korea have just as much, if not more, of a biased perspective of Korea, with some even going as far as to use a blanket statement of, “Koreans are racist.” Now, of course, a blog isn’t in the same league as a national news source, but it is one of the primary sources of exposure to Korea for English-speaking foreigners outside of the country.

Still, with a week long barrage of hate-filled news pieces targeting English teachers throughout the country, what would the Chosun Ilbo have expected? In a country so famous for its netizen rage, you’d think that getting a nasty text message would be the natural progression of this mudslinging.

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