Controversy over coverage of President Yoon's ``obscene remarks''; Ministry of Foreign Affairs wins lawsuit demanding corrected reporting...``MBC should issue corrected reporting''

The plaintiff, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (equivalent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), won a lawsuit seeking corrections related to ``reports of obscene remarks'' made by President Yoon Seo-gyul during his visit to the United States. Court to MBC
He ordered a corrected report to be published on the ``News Desk'' program. At 10:30 a.m. today, the Seoul Western District Court held a hearing regarding the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs against MBC for requesting corrected reporting.
The court ruled that MBC must provide a corrected report on the first news desk program aired after the verdict is finalized. The trial chamber stated, ``The defendant is the first news desk broadcaster after the verdict in this case is finalized.''
At the beginning of the program, have the facilitator read out the corrected news report provided in the attached sheet once at normal progress speed, and while reading it aloud, display the title and text of the corrected news story above in the same font and size as the regular program subtitles. continue
``If the defendant does not perform his obligations, the defendant shall pay the plaintiff money calculated at the rate of 1 million won (approximately 110,000 yen) per day from the day after the expiration of the said period until the completion of performance.'' Judgment
did. The controversy stems from the fact that on September 21, 2022 (local time), when President Yoon was leaving the Global Fund's 7th Fiscal Pledge Conference held at a building in New York, MBC said,
This is because it was reported that he said at the meeting, ``If these XX and others don't approve, 〇〇〇 will be embarrassed.'' For media such as MBC, the “〇〇〇” part is
It was reported with the subtitle "Den". However, the president's office explained that the words were different. Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and MBC proceeded with the adjustment procedure for corrected reporting at the Media Arbitration Committee, they were unable to narrow the difference in their positions.
I couldn't put it down. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs filed a lawsuit against MBC in December 2022 for corrected reporting. MBC's untrue reporting spread negative public opinion within the alliance, and South Korea's
This is because the public's trust in diplomacy has been shaken. MBC did not correct the report, saying it was not a false report. On the other hand, the trial chamber asked outside experts to listen to the audio of the video in order to ascertain its authenticity.
I requested a voice test. However, the expert submitted an opinion to the effect that ``examination is not possible,'' and the arguments were concluded on December 22 last year without being able to ascertain the truth or falsity of the statement.