Comments on: JoongAng Daily fakes photo

By: Internet rumors shake economy, NK aid « Korea Dispatch

Internet rumors shake economy, NK aid « Korea Dispatch — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:34:51 +0000

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By: PD Diary apologizes for “beef” errors « Korea Dispatch

PD Diary apologizes for “beef” errors « Korea Dispatch — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:34:09 +0000

[...] JoonAng Daily fakes photo [...]

By: sleepingcow

sleepingcow — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:17:16 +0000

You know, that’s the thing. In Korea (like most places) it seems like the truth is highly subjective. The problem is when there isn’t even lip-service paid to being objectionable. The liberal media is extremely so, and same goes for the conservative press.

For me the news is a valuable source of information about the place I’m living in. And as I read it I notice how it starts to skew my observations, so they tilt one way or another. Their biases start to sink in, until you look around and realize their coming from a very narrow point of view.

By: RedroomStudios

RedroomStudios — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:49:12 +0000

hey, if it’s good for ratings, right?

Seriously though I am glad that this fraud has been exposed. David and I have recently been discussing the media’s role in forming public opinion. Ideally the media would be unbiased and dispassionately report the truth. Unfortunately the truth is not always in the media’s best interest.

in the end this crisis like all others will pass… the pendulum of life always swings from one extreme to the other but spends most of its time in the (calm) middle. Well atleast until we run out of oil….