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Editorial
Gov’t Must Protect
Free Speech
S
on Seok-hee, popular host of the late night MBC news program “100 Minute
Debate,”announcedonOct.22thathewasleavingtheshow.Hisdecisionfollows
thedeparturesofKimJe-dongfromaKBS2TVprogramhehadbeenwithforthe
pastfouryearsandYoonDo-hyunfromamusicprogramwiththesamebroadcaster.
The managements of the MBC and KBS networks insist there are rational reasons
behindthedeparturesofthesethreefigures.KBShasclaimedthatKim’sreplacementby
comedianJiSeok-jinwaspromptedbyadesiretoreformtheshow’scontent,whileYoon
wasletgobecauseofhishighsalary,whichmadehimtooexpensivefortheshow.MBC,
meanwhile,saysSon’shighsalarywasalsothereasonforhisdeparture.
Despite the broadcasters’ claims, each of the three celebrities shared one thing in
common. Son, Kim and Yoon were all friendly with the former administration of late
President Roh Moo-hyun, while each was equally as uncomfortable with the current
government.
DuringfuneralceremoniesforRoh,bothKimandYoonledthepublicinexpressingtheir
grief over Roh’s tragic suicide, which many linked to a government-led corruption probe.
AllthreealsotookpartincandlelightrallieslastsummerdenouncingtheLeeMyung-bak
administrationforitsdecisiontoresumeimportsofU.S.beef.
TheabruptdepartureofthesepopularTVpersonalitieshasledtospeculation,giventhe
backdropoftheirpoliticalleanings,thatthecurrentgovernmentexercisedsomeinfluence
in the network’s decisions to push them out. Whether this is in fact the case or not, the
network’sclaimshavenotassuagedpeople’ssuspicions.
There is widespread opinion that the current government actively suppresses political
opposition.Toallaysuchfears,thegovernmentmustcomeoutpubliclyinsupportoffree
speechandmustshowthatitiswillingtohearvoicesofpoliticaldissent.WhenAmerican
filmmaker Michael Moore released “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which condemned the Bush
administration for its decision to go to war in Iraq, there was no talk of suppressing the
film.
A healthy society requires that its leaders are willing to listen to an array of opinions.
The future of the nation will be bright only when its leaders display this kind of courage
andwisdom.
Editor-in-Chief
ParkHyun-chul
www.theargus.org

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