Shincheonji - 0042 - Questions to MBC PD Note

Questions to MBC PD Note

             MBC PD Note broadcasted questionable information about Shincheonji, was the content of these programs true or false?

            MBC PD Note aired the questionable content twice, on May 8, 2007 and December 25, 2007, but the majority of their information differed drastically from the truth. The producers of MBC PD Note accepted and trusted the incorrect report from those who oppose Shincheonji (SCJ) and from those who had complaints and left SCJ. They made the information they gathered public without verifying with SCJ as to whether their information was true or not. MBC PD Note released these biased programs, which certainly lacked objectivity and fairness.

             SCJ officials requested MBC PD Note to broadcast a notice of correction, but they refused after which we, in SCJ, revealed their mistakes once again and repeatedly asked for the clarification of the truth. Either, they wanted retaliation of some sort, or they were blinded to the truth by the prospect of receiving high viewers ratings, but they edited their first program and broadcast the false information once again. This is very clearly not an act of repentance; instead it is an act of violence and they they misused their authority under the pretext of the viewers having rights to know all about it.

             Does MBC broadcasting company exist for the society, or does it exist to display their authority? The government and politicians of any country are expected to protect and represent their citizens. Despite having these duties, will they just sit still and watch MBC broadcasting company’s brutality? MBC is exceeding their freedom of speech, and doing as they please. Any press that blinds citizens’ to the truth and deafens their ears is knowingly stopping their nation from discerning what is right from wrong. By airing false content as if it were true these press companies forget their functions and responsibilities as public institutions. Such institutions must discontinue.

             If the press stands upright, its nation will stand upright as well. A nation will develop and gain righteousness when their media and general society trust one another and co-exist. A society has to be a place where righteousness gets treated as righteousness, and truth gets treated as truth. What will happen to society and the whole nation if the press possesses excessive authority and spreads their own made up lies?

             After MBC PD Note’s broadcast about SCJ, the press from other organizations, including Christian press teams, carried out thorough research and also came to interview us several times. They did this in order to discover the truth about SCJ and to verify MBC’s broadcast. After having researched and interviewed us, they seemed rather letdown and dumbfounded by the lies from the previous programs, and they released the results of their own investigations stating that the MBC broadcast was false. What is more, is that the other organizations, including police and prosecutors, carried out several investigations on SCJ branch churches, its mission centers, and even its chairman’s hometown, but in the end found only that we were innocent.

             Despite our innocence being such a clear fact, MBC PD Note has still refused to release the notice of correction on their broadcasting network. Who does MBC broadcasting company exist for? Whom does it broadcast its programs for?