[단독] Eojun Kim and Jinwoo Joo “Let’s do 1” TBS campaign pre-election campaign controversy

TBS ‘campaign to increase YouTube subscribers’ Let’s do it # 1′ was swept away by political bias. The phrase ‘Let’s do +1’ (red circle) is written under the face of Eo-jun Kim, who is active as the host of this broadcast station. [TBS 홈페이지 캡처]

Traffic Broadcasting’s (TBS) campaign to increase YouTube subscribers was embroiled in a pre-election campaign controversy on the 4th. Pro-women lined up and shouted “Let’s do things (1)”, reminiscent of the “No. 1 “from the Democratic Party.

TBS ran a campaign to create 1 million subscribers (‘Let’s do # 1’) from November 16-27 last year. In the promotional video posted via YouTube etc., TBS program hosts such as Kim Eo-jun, Joo Jin-woo, Kim Gyu-ri, Choi Il-gu, and Tei appear: “I have to work (1), now I work (1) “. Etc.

In another video, photographs of historical figures such as Edison, Franklin, Lincoln and Tess (Socrates) appear, along with their phrase, “Please make one so TBS can work.”

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TBS ‘Let’s do # 1’ campaign poster. Initially, the event period was November 16-27 last year (red circle). [TBS 홈페이지 캡처]

Although the originally declared campaign period has passed more than a month, the controversy is growing as TBS continues to promote its sound and video sources through radio and homepages. Even after the radio show ended on the 3rd, the “Let’s do” sound source appeared. Starting at 2:00 p.m. on the 4th, this campaign will be displayed on the first screen when you access the TBS home page.

Among netizens, suspicions arose that TBS is conducting a pre-election campaign ahead of the by-election for the mayor of Seoul in April. Hundreds of people comment on this article and express their sympathy.

A netizen stated: “I don’t know if the TBS campaign is to function or to vote for number 1” and “it reminds of the Democratic Party.” Responses like “Are you asking for the first movie?”, “It’s too cheeky”, “Is it a politician broadcasting with a citizen tax on public broadcasting?” Another netizen also revealed that he had filed a complaint with the Central Election Commission through Kookmin Shinmungo about the suspicion of the pre-election movement.

In response, TBS said: “It meant that each subscriber needs more power for TBS to function,” and said: “It is totally misunderstood that the campaign supports the ruling party.”

He said: “The originally declared campaign period was the draw event period,” he said. “We have not yet reached the goal of 1 million subscribers, so we will continue the campaign.”

Reporter Seok-Hyun Ko [email protected]