2023-12-29 00:11:07
As TV Chosun released the will of the late actor Lee Seon-kyun, controversy is being raised regarding the appropriateness of TV Chosun’s reporting. We need to consider whether it is right for TV Chosun to disclose this despite the bereaved family’s request for non-disclosure, whether there is a problem with other media reporting quotes even following knowing the context, and whether this reporting behavior violates media ethics regulations.
TV Chosun released part of Lee Seon-gyun’s will on the 27th. In front of the sidewalk [단독]There was a sign attached. It was revealed through media reports that Mr. Lee left a note resembling a will on the morning of the 27th, but this is the first time that the specific contents of the will have been made public.
▲On December 27, TV Chosun released the will of the late Seon-gyun Lee. Photo = Screen capture from TV Chosun.
The problem is that the bereaved family requested that the will be kept confidential. According to a Dong-A Ilbo report, the bereaved family requested the police to keep the suicide note confidential. TV Chosun disclosed a will that the parties involved did not want. TV Chosun did not explain why they had to disclose the will that the bereaved family requested to be kept confidential.
TV Chosun’s report did not end with a single incident. As media outlets citing TV Chosun’s report appeared, related content spread uncontrollably. If you search for ‘Lee Seon-kyun’, ‘statement’, and ‘TV Chosun’ on Naver, regarding 90 articles will come up. It was something that TV Chosun might easily predict.
It is unusual for the media to disclose a deceased person’s will without the consent of the bereaved family. This is because most media outlets know that it is an unethical act. Created by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Central Suicide Prevention Center, and the Journalists Association of Korea. <자살보도 권고기준 3.0>According to the press, the media should refrain from reporting content related to the will. The recommended standards stipulate that “to protect the privacy of the deceased and the bereaved family and prevent glorification of suicide, matters related to the will should not be reported as much as possible.” This applies not only to media outlets that reported independently, but also to media outlets that reported quotes.
In fact, the Chosun Ilbo revealed the specific story and contents of the will when the mother and daughter of the late comedian Park Ji-seon died in 2020. Even in front of the Chosun Ilbo report [단독]There was a sign that said. At the time, the Newspaper Ethics Committee issued a warning and sanctions to the Chosun Ilbo and pointed out that “the principle of suicide reporting is to not report matters related to wills as much as possible.” The Democratic Party of Korea filed a complaint regarding TV Chosun’s coverage with the Korea Communications Standards Commission. <방송심의에 관한 규정>According to , broadcasting companies must not infringe on the confidentiality and freedom of private life.
There is also criticism from the media. SBS on the 28th <이선균 유서 일부 공개?… “유족도 비공개 요청했는데”> In the report, “Mr. Lee’s bereaved family is said to have expressed their wish to the police not to disclose the contents and even the volume. Accordingly, some netizens responded critically, saying, ‘The bereaved family wanted to keep it private, but even his death is being mocked’ and ‘There is no line to follow.’” On the same day, Oh My News <비공개 거부, 무분별한 보도… 끝까지 이선균 몰아세운 70일>It was said, “Many media outlets published articles that seemed to replace the deceased’s articles or criticized the reporting of the contents of the will in order to convey the wishes of the bereaved family, but there were also quite a few media outlets that requoted the contents of the TV Chosun report as is.”
In relation to this, YTN anchor Kim Woo-sung pointed out the media’s practice of reporting incidents on the Live Plus broadcast on the 28th and said, “An article has now appeared that the contents of the will were reported through TV Chosun even though the bereaved family did not want it. How did you know this? “The reporter wrote a suicide note,” he criticized. In response, Hyeonjae Yoo, a professor in the Department of Communication at Sogang University, mentioned Hannah Arendt’s ‘banality of evil’ and said, “With the boundaries between receiving and producing information being vague, any member of the public can become a perpetrator. “And it can lead to social murder,” he pointed out.
Media Today sent an email to the TV Chosun reporter who first revealed Lee Seon-gyun’s will to ask regarding the reason for publishing the article, whether the bereaved family was consulted, and their position on violating the recommended suicide reporting standards, but no response was received.
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