How President Moon Used Violence and Labor Unions to Take Over MBC News
There is a fascinating read posted over at One Free Korea by guest author Dr. Tara O that goes into detail about how the Moon Jae-in administration was able to take over the news network MBC. During the timeframe that led to former President Park’s impeachment, MBC was the only network giving coverage to activists protesting in favor of Park Geun-hye. Once elected the Moon administration made sure to take action against MBC using the typical playbook from the Korean left:
Controlling the narrative through the information people receive is one of the key steps in influencing people’s thoughts and behaviors. Influencing the media is important in this regard. The Moon administration in South Korea has taken over control of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), with help from the labor union, the National Union of Media Workers at MBC Headquarters (전국언론노동조합 MBC 본부), which is under the umbrella of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) (전국민주노동조합총연맹). Similar methods were employed to take over another network, the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). The following examines the methods in which the hostile takeover of MBC occurred. (…………)
– At the National Assembly, a document was discovered that stated the press labor unions will use physical measures to force the resignation of the MBC Foundation/KBS Foundation board members and the presidents of both MBC and KBS (see video starting 3:22). It also stated the use of the Inspector General and other national offices/tools to look for any politically damaging evidence on the members.
– The Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for the MBC president for not showing up to labor union’s summons to question him, to which MBC replied “The (Moon) government’s suppression to take control over the broadcaster has finally become clearer with the arrest warrant.”
– The labor union members then went to the universities, workplaces, churches where the board members go to, and harassed them, even using violence.
– Unable to withstand the harassment and threats to them and their families, some of the board members began to resign. [One Free Korea]
I highly recommend reading the entire article at the link, this is a must read to understand how the Korean left takes control of the media in South Korea and uses it to push their agenda. The effort to control the media narrative in South Korea is further advanced by the Moon administration using libel laws to silence their critics.
President Moon receives largely glowing coverage in the US media which makes me wonder if anyone in the American media will actually report on the Moon administration’s efforts to attack the freedom of the press and speech in South Korea?
Not only MBC, but KBS, JTBC, YTN, Yonhap, you name it. The Korean left have taken them all over. The only media still not complying to the Korean left’s threats, violence, and blackmail – Chosun which is under assault with clamorings from the left and Moon’s government shills to outrightly ban them and dissolving them for being too negative on North Korea and the Moon administration.
The foreign media in the West have no clue of how the South Korean free speech is under attack because all the data that feeds the foreign media watches, the Korean left, have taken control and feeding those foreign watchdogs that everything is hunky dori in South Korea’s freedom of press and speech. I wonder what it will take for the rest of the world to catch onto this pony trick show.
The foreign media in the west are probably part of the same “Workers of the world unite” movement…
Google “YCTTCTBC”
Welcome to life under Communism. No free press and Pravda controlling mindthink.
They watched “Gangs of New York” for technical assistance.