SBS ‘I Want to Know’ Fifty Fifty Edition
The production team of the SBS current affairs program 'I Want to Know That', which had a biased broadcast regarding the girl group Fifty Fifty incident, has remained silent even two months after saying, "We will prepare a sequel." They consistently remain silent in response to questions from reporters requesting their position on this matter, and appear to be virtually refusing to respond to reporting.
When protests poured in after the broadcast of 'Billboard and Girl Group - Who Broken the Wings' on August 19, 'G-R' said, "We made it clear that it was not our intention to take sides in conflict of interest, and that the current controversy was not resolved." “We will fill in the gaps through follow-up broadcasts through additional coverage of some ongoing issues,” he said in a statement. However, as of the 19th, exactly two months after the broadcast ended, there has been no production movement or additional position from the 'G-R' side.
Accordingly, we contacted PD Jo and Chief Producer (CP) Han, who directed the Fifty episode, on the 18th, but they did not answer the phone. They also asked the two people, 'whether or not a sequel will be produced,' 'whether PD Cho will direct it,' 'the production team's position on the recent complaint by Attract, Fifty Fifty's agency, against an insider who appeared and interviewed on 'G-R', and 'member Kana apologizes. A text message was sent requesting his/her position on returning to the agency, but there was no response to this either.
'G-R' failed to interview Fifty Fifty members or CEO Ahn Seong-il, who was pointed out as an 'external force' trying to take them out, in the previous broadcast, and only received a response of 'empty gangjeong'. Additionally, at the end of the broadcast, viewers' bulletin boards were flooded with complaints about FiftyFifty being defined as 'victims' by reading letters from members who appealed to their emotions without providing objective evidence for various suspicions.
Accordingly, 1,146 complaints regarding the broadcast in question were received by the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCC), which is the highest number of complaints filed by the Korea Communications Standards Commission from January to August. However, due to the current workload of the National Security Commission, deliberation on 'G-Al' can only be done at the end of the year at the earliest.
In a series of situations, the prevailing opinion is that “‘G-R’ did not properly apologize.” At the time, 'G-R' said, "During the broadcasting process, contrary to the production team's intentions, we would like to deeply apologize for hurting the hearts of many people working in the K-pop field and fans who love K-pop," but 'Slanted' Regarding the 'broadcast', no apology or understanding was sought from the parties involved in the incident. At the same time, he adhered to the absurd position of saying, "I will listen carefully to the words and criticisms sent by organizations such as the Korea Management Association and the Korea Entertainment Producers Association."
One music industry official said, "Considering the ripple effect and influence of 'G-R', the broadcast was so biased that even music industry organizations took issue with it. However, there were no follow-up measures for the position of 'We will do a follow-up broadcast with additional coverage.' "Not yet," he said. "Currently, Attract is suing the interviewee of 'G-R', and one of the members has admitted his mistake and returned to the agency. Distrust in 'G-R' is growing even more, as they reported their position favorably." “We need to make an official statement before it’s too late,” he said.
