This is a blog article from internet media Medius. The first half is reporting and rebutting the KBS incident as already discussed elsewhere, thus omitted. The latter half as seen below is lightly touching on a more fundamental issue which might not be familiar to international fans.
A while ago, singer Baek Jiyoung made a very meaningful comment, during her appearance on Strong Heart program, concerning KARA members often shown on TV with their head hung down while being surrounded by media reporters at airports. It was not a mere question but an argument aimed at Korean media: “Why on earth should these kids keep their head down?”
It is not so rare that lawsuit ensues between management companies and their entertainers. However, it was far away from being democratic that the media was showing unfriendly attitude toward JYJ and KARA related issues.
Though the relationship b/w broadcasting station and idol management company is veiled in secrecy within the industry sphere that we are not supposed to know the exact truth, the deportment of broadcasting stations restricting JYJ can have an impact of indirect threat and warning for entertainers not to cause any discord with their management companies. The importance of JYJ broadcast appearance lies right there. To entertainers, broadcast is the essential grounds for their career to depend upon. It is cruel and base to intimidate people with a source of livelihood.
Neverthless, this attitude of KBS is not deviating from their usual routine these days if we consider how they demoted, as a disciplinary punishment, PDs who stood up against the unjustifiable broadcast withholding of `Investigation 60 Minutes´ program dealing with a national policy like `4 major River Reorganizing Project´ but promoted other executives who opposed to the program.
In fact, the current atmosphere surrounding KBS appears not much different from the period of 1980s (under dictatorship). As such is the case, unjustifiable measure taken against entertainers could be felt as noting extraordinary.
After all, it seems that official statement of KBS express, as nervously as it sounds meaningless, their inmost scream of “How come you expect us to speak the truth?”
http://www.mediaus.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=17643
(p.s.) Below is a twit mention by dogsul (journalist) back in March.
Control of broadcasts by political power follow 3 distinct steps: (1) Abolition of program; (2) Replacement of producers; (3) Replacement of the cast. In the case of KBS: (1) Program such as Current Topics Tonight, Media Focus, Current Events Debate were abolished; (2) The investigating group of producers was disbanded; (3)`Pro active entertainers´ such as Yoon DH, Kim JD, Kim MH etc were dismissed from their programs.
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Hehehe KBS, your stupidity has been found by press…
“How can we openly say we received money from SoMeone and we’re helping them block JYJ? For if JYJ are given total freedom, they sure gonna pwned the music industry and SM’s profit and stock will drop even more! How can we admit that SM are afraid of 3 young men!! I admit (KBS)we’re useless, weak, stupid, moral-less (if there’s such a word) and all other negative words you can find! So pity us pleaseeee!!!”
Duh~~
@Shadow, unfortunately they’re rotten to their roots. It seems to be more corruption hidden elsewhere, than the one we are able to perceive in day light. Very sad and worrying.
the more freedom of expression is suppressed, the more people will find creative ways to find the truth and expresses their voice.
so im not that excited at all even kbs said jyj can have the chance to appear in music bank when they release a new album. kbs may have another excuse to block jyj’ activities at that moment.
Out of little acorns, great oaks grow. Once a movement gets its head of steam, it’s kind of hard to stop it. No one yet has been able to tame forces of nature. For all their posturing, I don’t think they get it, this natural force is not going to slow down.
Small baby steps. That is all JYJ needs to take. One at a time. Then they will learn to run and will run free and wild!
If companies like this continue to kowtow, so be it. That wind of change will simply shift in to another direction.
Agree and like your comments~~~ ^_^
JYJ are pioneers!!
Agreed+++
The wind of Change is blowing.
Like it or not
All concern will feel it
It’s a matter of whether it will hit them like a breeze
or a tornado will depend on
Lady Karma.^^
Tbh, I never expected them to admit the truth. But the more that comes out about JYJ’s legal issues, the more we’re seeing just how fundamentally corrupt & controlling the South Korean “culture” is. Dictatorship may have officially ended, but it’s policies are obviously still very much alive & kicking. Which makes Jaejoong’s, Junsu’s & Chunnie’s decision to fight for their rights even more admirable. They aren’t just fighting the entertainment industry here, they’re fighting against the insidious & silent power of Korea’s whole way of doing business & politics.
I know this soooo well… for people who have a large S.Korean population in their country, this (being backward) is one of the things we consider when we say a comment like, “How Korean of them…”
It’s sad.. It really is how they are. And JYJ’s struggling against their country’s norms that most old people (w/c comprises more than half of their populace, I think…) don’t want to easily let go… hence this attitude by KBS, SBS, MBC, and basically everyone…
It seems it’s easier for them to sit back & accept the status quo. We have that a lot in Australia too. The saying “She’ll be right mate,”…meaning that we just sit back & let things take their course believing that it will all turn out right in the end. Which is why we are now turning into a Brazilian like country – the rich are getting richer off of the poor getting poorer, & all with the government colluding with big business. Someone, I’m ashamed to say I can’t remember who, once wrote here that she thought the reason the world is so f***ed up is because people were created to be loved & things were created to be used, but instead things are being loved & people are being used. It’s world wide, unfortunately.
¡CORRUPTION AND IMMORALITY ELSEWHERE!
¡OUTRAGEOUS!
there’s always people who brave enough to stand up, before a change, or changes being made. and JYJ are those people. so proud of them!!!!
loves it when she said “Why on earth should these kids keep their head down?”
seems like its directing at sm. hehehhe
“Why on earth should these kids keep their head down?”
LOL it made me say “because Homin said so”
ohh that’s so silly 😛
I hope KBS don’t retreat with new lies.