Amid controversy over biased broadcasting, ‘G-R’, Fifty Fifty episode VOD suspended “No admission”

The VOD service for the Fifty Fifty episode of SBS’s ‘I Want to Know That’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘That Know’), which aired on August 19, was discontinued amid controversy over biased broadcasting.

On the 21st, on the SBS official website and OTT Wave, ‘I want to know that’ Episode 1365 ‘Billboard and Girl Groups – Who Broken Their Wings’ The side went down. According to News 1, SBS responded that “there is no special position”regarding the discontinuation of VOD service for the episode.

‘That egg’ After the Fifty Fifty episode aired, the bulletin board said, “Emotional Pal’s Explanation Broadcast.”Over 4,000 complaints were posted, with the main response being “biased broadcasting.” Subsequently, the Korea Communications Standards Commission received 1,146 complaints criticizing the broadcast.

‘That egg’ The Fifty Fifty episode dealt with the exclusive contract dispute by interviewing Attract, the four members of Fifty Fifty, and outsourced service provider Dougie Bus. In the broadcast, one of the member’s family members expressed their position, saying, “Aside from money and everything else, he said, “I wouldn’t have become a singer if I didn’t want to, and I never want to go back.”Another family member said, “The members suffered from panic disorder several times, and once fainted in the hospital and woke up on a ventilator.” He added, “There was CCTV in the agency, and there was too much surveillance and control in the dorm, and there was a lot of pressure.” “He claimed.

At the end of the broadcast, there was a scene where Fifty Fifty members read letters they had exchanged with the production crew. It aroused suspicion that it was a broadcast produced on the Fifty Fifty side, rather than an objective argument about the members of The Giverse, Attract, and Fifty Fifty. After her broadcast, Kim Min-hee, a former member of the girl group The Rush, which was produced by Jeon Hong-joon, CEO of A Tract, said through her own channel, “That’s it.””I was a bit surprised that a program with such credibility and history was broadcast more clumsily than most entertainment YouTube videos,” he said.

On the 11th of last month, an Attract official raised doubts about Mr. A, an unidentified person who was interviewed by ‘GR’ as an internal official, and said that it was not even clear that he worked for the company, and accused Mr. A of false information on time. sued for defamation. In relation to this, SBS displays subtitles before the broadcast saying, “Broadcast re-enactment and pseudonyms are included to protect the reporters’ personal safety.”This interview also used a double actor for protection purposes. The reporter explained, “I checked the employment contract and business card.”

‘I want to know that’ The side issued a statement on August 25th, saying, “We would like to deeply apologize for hurting the hearts of many people working in the K-pop field and fans who love K-pop during the broadcast, contrary to the production team’s intentions.”It was announced that a follow-up broadcast would be conducted through additional coverage.

Reporter Ji Seon-woo pond1998@mt.co.kr
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