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25 newspapers and Yonhap News, which voiced the headline ‘Suk-yeol Yoon’, etc., were sanctioned by the Korea Newspaper Ethics Committee, disregarding the approval rate within the margin of error in the report of the poll on the approval rate of the presidential elections, including Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol. This is the reason for violating the full text of Article 4 of the Code of Ethics for Newspapers, ‘Report and Review’ and Article 3 of the Practical Guide to Ethics for Newspapers.
The Newspaper Ethics Committee held a meeting on the 9th and 14th reports of the Joongang Daily, including the “First number 1 in the approval rating of the presidential candidate” on page 1 of the Munhwa Ilbo on the 11th of last month, and in the page 3 of the Gangwon-do Min Ilbo on the 12th of last month, “The number 1 in public opinion for the presidential election. 11 reports in local newspapers such as” Glance “, the Yonhap News article on the 11th of last month,” Suk -yeol Yoon is the first in the approval rating of the president … ‘For the defeat of Lee Nak-yeon and Lee Jae-myeong’
According to the operating regulations of the Newspaper Ethics Committee, the sanctions are divided into caution, warning, public warning, correction, apology and warning of the ethics committee against the interested party.
Authorized locations were Munhwa Ilbo, Yonhap News, Herald Economy, Kyunghyang Shinmun, Kookmin Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, Maeil Business Daily, Money Today, Seoul Economy, Segye Ilbo, Seoul Shinmun, Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, Hankyoreh, Korea Economy , Gangwon-do Min Ilbo, Gyeonggi Ilbo, Gyeongbuk Ilbo, Gyeongsang Ilbo, Gyeongin Ilbo, Kukje Daily, Daejeon Ilbo, Maeil Newspaper, Busan Ilbo, Joongbu Daily, and Jungbu Ilbo.
All of these articles reported that as a result of Hangil Research’s ‘next presidential candidate approval rating’ poll as a Cookie News request, approval ratings were 24.7% Yoon Seok-yeol, 22.2% Lee Nak-yeon and 18.4% Lee Jae-myeong (± 3.1% P at the 95% confidence level of sample error). .
It is noted that although it was difficult to see that the ranking was clearly hidden because the difference in the passing grades of Yoon Seok-Yeol, Lee Nak-Yeon, Lee Nak-Yeon, and Lee Jae-myeong were within the range of sample error, They categorized the articles and used expressions like ‘Seok-Yeol Yoon’ for a big or small title.
The Newspaper’s Ethics Committee said: “If the approval or preference rate is within the margin of error, it violates the electoral poll reporting rule that it is ‘contested’ or ‘is within the margin of error’ without classification or classification “.
The Ethics Committee said: “Since the classification was specified by arbitrarily interpreting the results of public opinion surveys within the range of errors, it also violated the newspaper’s code of ethics, which stipulated that all facts were reported accurately and fair. It can undermine reliability. “
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