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Pandora’s Box
TheAnnals owes an apology,
better now than later
ParkHyun-chul
EditorialConsultant
T
he Yonsei Annals (The Annals), one of the English-language campus magazines published by
YonseiUniversity,mentionedinitsAprilissueaboutitsachievementsandinfluenceoverother
campus magazines in order to criticize the recent suppression of the press by the university
authority.
Directly quoted from the Editor-in-chief’s editorial, The Annals referred, “Countless university press
organizationsuseTheAnnalsasabenchmarkforEnglishnewspapers,usingspecificarticlesasmodels
for their own or implementing policies and programs, such as the reader evaluation committee, into
their own organizations. Kyunghee University’s The University Life and Hankuk University of Foreign
Studies’ The Argus are just a few that have done so.” Also, The Annals mentioned that it is ‘the first
English-languagetabloidformatnewspaper,’publishedin1962.
Regarding this report, The Argus and other English campus magazines, including The Granite Tower
of Korea University and Ewha Voice of Ehwa Women’s University, requested a correction on the news
reportandanapologyfromtheEditor-in-chiefofTheYonseiAnnalsbecausethereportwasadistortion
ofthefacts.
FromHUFS’perspective,TheArgushasnoreasontouseTheAnnalsasabenchmarkandTheArgus
pridesourselvesasbeingthefirsttobeestablishedandpublishedin1954.
WhenTheArgusrequestedacorrectionandanofficialapology,Editor-in-chiefofTheAnnalsrequired
evidencetoprovethatTheYonseiAnnalswasnotthefirsttabloidformatEnglishnewspaper.Inresponse,
TheArgussentacopyofitsnewspaperpublishedin1956astheevidentialmaterial.However,TheYonsei
Annalsrejectedthepublishingofanofficialapologyandcorrectedreportastheypromisedtodo,quoted,
“affecttheimageandreputationofYonseiUniversity.”
The press gains respect only when it provides correct reporting and information that provides value
to its readers. Despite recognizing the erroneous information, The Annals did not keep its word on
publishinganofficialapologyandacorrectedarticleasitwasmoreconcernedaboutthedegradationof
itsownreputation.Beforetheyfeelproudoftheirtriumph,IbelieveTheAnnalsshouldfirstsetagood
examplefortheirstudentsandfuturereportersandapologizetoothercampusmagazines.
TheArguswillbeissuingajointstatementwiththeUKCEM(UnionofKoreanCollegeEnglishMedia)
to demand an official apology and a correction report to be published as soon as possible. To further
developitsmagazineandbecomearespectableheavyweightjournal,TheYonseiAnnalsneedstoquickly
respond.
qpsials31@hufs.ac.kr
www.theargus.org
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