Sunday, December 18, 2005

Korean Journalism is dead

We don't have reporters, but all are self-claimed editors, commentators, columnists, emtion-driven critics, or even creationists so obssessed with santionalism. Indeed, the line has long been blurred between news and entertainment as broadcasting started here in Korea a few decades ago. Journalism ethics still exists but what good is it when it's a mere philosophical issue, not something to be seriously taken with responsibility?