S. Korean presidential office press pool says hot mic footage “not distorted or edited”
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"A statement by video journalists claims that the presidential office asked if the press could “do something” so that the footage would not be released."
“Instead, we became aware of the content [of the footage] because the [presidential office’s] external affairs department asked us to check the footage,” the reporters stated.
“Upon checking the footage, the external affairs department asked us if we could ‘do something’ about it so that it would not be reported, but the video journalists did not accept this request and it was decided that each broadcasting company would make their own choice of whether or not to report on the remarks.”
The ruling conservative party promised to take action against the journalist and employer Munwha Broadcasting Company (MBC).
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A commentator on a Korean news channel stated that it is unlikely legal charges will be filed since it would be hard to get any kind of conviction. LOL.
The conservative party filed charges against the head of MBC, and are pressuring and slandering MBC.
