On the 9th, Gangwon-do Governor Kim Jin-tae filed a complaint once morest a KBS reporter and an unidentified reporter who reported that “the governor practiced golf on the day the forest fire broke out.”
Governor Kim held an emergency press conference at the Gangwon Provincial Office on the 9th and said, “I filed a complaint with the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul once morest a reporter and a person in charge of unnamed reporting for false facts and timely defamation.” Governor Kim said, “There is criticism regarding my behavior while at work, but I am using it as an opportunity to look back on myself,” and said that KBS might not condone it because it made malicious false reports.
MBC reported on the 3rd that Governor Kim stopped by the golf driving range on the 31st of last month at 5:30 pm during office hours. At that time, forest fires broke out in Hongcheon and Wonju, Gangwon-do, and hundreds of firefighters were put into action. Governor Kim apologized, saying, “It was inappropriate,” and the power of the people went on to audit the party affairs.
The KBS report that became a problem was on the 7th <‘산불 와중 골프 연습’ 김진태, 술자리까지>Ro, it is the content that Governor Kim went to a personal appointment following leaving the golf driving range on the 31st of last month. In this report, KBS said, “How was the response to the previous forest fire? There was also a forest fire that burned more than 5 hectares of forest on the followingnoon of March 18, and Governor Kim visited the golf driving range this morning as well,” said Governor Kim, who took issue with this part. Governor Kim said, “I practiced golf in the morning and the forest fire broke out in the evening.
However, KBS revised the article to include Governor Kim’s rebuttal, saying, “It has nothing to do with the forest fire that occurred following 4:00 p.m.” The provincial governor cannot directly direct all forest fire extinguishing, but if he directs various administrative support tasks, the disaster response will be much faster.” The original title of the article is <김진태 골프친 뒤 술자리도… 18일 산불 때도 골프>was
Governor Kim said, “KBS has revised the article seven times since the first report, and this is equivalent to admitting that the previous article was wrong. The title changes to ‘At the time of the wildfire → The day of the wildfire → During the wildfire’, but will the reputation that has already been severely damaged by the first article be restored?”
In addition, Governor Kim said that KBS had uploaded several related articles to the portal and YouTube, saying, “I used the cover of the media, but in reality, I can’t help but doubt the intention of ‘killing Kim Jin-tae’.” In fact, KBS sent duplicate articles with the same content to the portal. Governor Kim said, “KBS, which receives license fees, cannot do this. I hope you don’t disappoint me anymore and return to true public broadcasting.”
