(Seoul = Yonhap News) NBC broadcaster of the United States has been the subject of ridicule online by displaying the Taegeukgi on the background screen while reporting the news of the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
According to Britain’s Independence, etc. on the 9th (local time), the NBC Today Show reported on news related to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, “Japan’s gun laws are one of the most stringent in the world” while a reporter reports that the Taegeukgi flags on five flagpoles as a background Shows the fluttering data screen.
Then, a screen showing Gwanghwamun in Seoul appeared.
Immediately following the report, viewers and social media users online mocked NBC for confusing the flag.
Curtis Hook, editor-in-chief of Newsbusters, a conservative-leaning media watchdog in the United States, took a screenshot of the flag fluttering on Twitter and wrote, “Well, the country is wrong. The Today Show.”
Other social media users also commented, “They will put this responsibility on the summer intern. I’m sorry,” “Shame,” and “Some kind of racism.”
NBC is currently in the state of modifying related videos posted on its website and YouTube channel.
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