While Politics Swings Left, MBC Reporters Feel Pushed Further Right

One of South Korea’s biggest public broadcasters, MBC, is being criticized by its own reporters for biased reporting on the Moon administration. Last week, on Aug. 7, the economics desk at MBC News released a statement about reporting practices and hierarchical structures within the outlet. It claimed that since the Moon administration took office in May, higher-ups within MBC had ordered economics reporters to write one-sided stories. Specific orders cited by the statement included, “Imitate t