The Presidential Race Is On: Ten Minutes of Live Newstertainment

Sohn Suk-hee’s live interview with Hong Joon-pyo didn’t go the way he planned. Sohn, the president of broadcaster JTBC’s news division, is arguably South Korea’s most famous news anchor. He’s perceived as a hero in many young, progressive circles: He was praised for keeping his cool, but also displaying appropriately restrained emotion [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Cum-RwCoc], when reporting on the loss of nearly 300 passengers, mainly teenagers, in the Sewol ferry disaster. He was instrum