MBN‘s ‘Scoop World‘ aired on September 12th (top) and MBN’s ‘Human Documentary Sano Ramen’ aired on October 20th (bottom). Comedian <a href="https://time.news/kim-jong-seok-us-business-failure-debt-of-10-billion-won-monthly-interest-of-60-million-won/” title=”Kim Jong-seok “US business failure debt of 10 billion won… monthly interest of 60 million won””>Kim Jong-seok was introduced as a comedian with a debt of 10 billion won in ‘Scoop World’ and as the owner of a large cafe in ‘Sano Ramen’. (Screen capture from MBN broadcast)”/>
MBN, which broadcasted a story about comedian Kim Jong-seok, known as ‘Sudden Dad’, appearing to be living a difficult life due to debt worth 10 billion won, aired a broadcast showing off Kim Jong-seok’s wealth worth tens of billions of won. As the ‘false broadcast’ controversy arose, MBN began to provide explanations and apologies.
Kim Jong-seok, who appeared on MBN’s current affairs and culture program ‘Human Documentary Sano Ramen’ broadcast on the 20th, revealed that he runs three large cafes in Hanam-si and Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do.
He said, “The first branch loan will probably be around 1.8 billion won. “There is no big problem. I recently went to a real estate agent and asked how much the first store was worth, and it was over 15 billion won.” .
He then explained, “The three are bank debts of about 10 billion won and are not private loans.”
However, in MBN’s current affairs and culture program ‘Scoop World’, which aired on the 12th of last month, Kim Jong-seok was depicted living a difficult life with a debt of about 10 billion won. In the broadcast, Kim Jong-seok was in debt due to a series of business failures and was seen eating cup noodles at a shabby motel.
In the same month, Kim Jong-seok revealed in an interview with The Fact that some of the broadcast content was exaggerated. He said, “It is true that he owes about 10 billion won, but (in the ‘Scoop World’ broadcast) the fact that his total assets, including real estate, is over 50 billion won was omitted. “Bank loans account for only 20% of the total value of real estate holdings,” he said. He added, “The shabby accommodation shown on the broadcast was also a place prepared in advance by the production team.” Kim Jong-seok owns his own apartment in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.
Regarding the exaggeration, MBN issued a statement on the 21st, saying, “There was a risk of misunderstanding in the content of ‘Scoop World’ on September 12th, which dealt with Mr. He explained, “We did additional coverage and broadcast it.”
At the same time, he apologized, saying, “‘Sano Ramyun,’ which has strengthened its follow-up coverage, has deleted the replay of ‘Scoop World’ in the interest of providing more accurate information to viewers,” and added, “We apologize for any inconvenience caused to viewers.”
Hyewon Lee, Donga.com Reporter [email protected]
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