CEO Kim Baek’s Oni suddenly becomes ‘uninteresting’ in YTN’s unexpected video

YTN’s representative political content, , has become ‘no fun at all’.

After the inauguration of President Kim Baek on April 1, the existing production team was replaced overnight, and the unique satire and humor of disappeared and changed to a form that only emphasized mechanical neutrality. Among them, there are some insufficient contents that are at the level of ‘broadcasting accidents’, and the number of YTN members who are worried about the future of is increasing.

The team is scattered, not even handing over properly.

The change in was announced on the 12th when the existing production team was virtually disbanded.

As President Kim Baek made a large-scale personnel reshuffle that day, all four members of the press production department that produced were scattered to other departments. Instead, members of other departments with no experience in producing filled the position.

YTN members pointed out that this change was abnormal. In order to create a structure that takes advantage of the content’s unique political satire and humor, it is necessary to allow sufficient handover time, but the new members were put into production the week after they were announced without any preparation period. Mr. A, a YTN member, said, “In the case of , smooth production is possible only if we take time to understand the trends related to politics.” He added, “I had time to adapt to the production work for at least three months, but in the case of this personnel change, I have to take the time to understand the trends related to politics.” “I understand that the entire department will be in charge of production starting next week,” he said.

It is difficult to find unique satire and humor in the produced afterward, and it is evaluated that it is limited to a neutral introduction of the positions of the ruling and opposition parties.

The on the 18th, which contained differences in positions between the ruling and opposition parties over the composition of the Legislative and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly (the fight for position has already begun), ended with the introduction of the positions of the Democratic Party, the People Power Party, and the New Reform Party. A video from the 23rd that deals with the personnel reorganization of the President’s Office (we will change it again!) also shows the situation between the President’s Office, the opposition party, and the ruling party on a one-to-one basis, including remarks by the new presidential secretary Jeong Jin-seok, Democratic Party floor leader Park Chan-dae’s candidacy, and the People Power Party’s general meeting. treated as 1.

There are also videos whose context is difficult to understand. The issue of ‘How the ruling and opposition parties should respond after the general election’ dated the 22nd included remarks that Democratic Party political office bearers, including Jo Jung-sik, are resigning, as well as Representative Lee Jae-myeong’s refusal to answer questions from reporters. Looking at the video, it was difficult to understand the context as to why Representative Lee did not answer the question, and it was also difficult to understand why this scene occurred following the resignation of a Democratic Party official.
It is difficult to understand the structure and context, and subtitles may be exposed that viewers may misunderstand.

In the case of ‘Waiting’ on the 19th, Prime Minister Han Deok-soo’s visit to the hospital during the legislative conflict and the conflict between the ruling and opposition parties over the Grain Act were dealt with simultaneously, raising questions. Even after watching the video carefully, no correlation or commonality could be found between Prime Minister Han’s visit to the hospital and the handling of the grain law. It was a video that did not go far beyond the level of mechanical neutrality, simply introducing the current perspectives of the government, ruling party, and opposition party.

There was also video of an accident. In the case of the video on the 16th, ‘The 21st National Assembly is not over yet,’ the last scene ends with the remarks of People Power Party lawmaker Sang-hyeon Yoon. However, in the last scene, the subtitle appears in double quotation marks: “The bigger politics mentioned before the general election?” The editor of added the final comment explaining the situation, and by using double quotation marks, there was a good chance that viewers would misunderstand it as Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun’s statement.

YTN member B said, “Currently, there are some videos that can be safely considered to be at the level of a broadcasting accident.” He added, “The new members in charge of production will try their best, but since the handover has not been properly received, such a situation is unlikely to occur.” “I don’t think it will change much for the time being,” he said.

Another member, Mr. C, said, “It seems true that the handover to the new production team was not done properly,” adding, “The video does not go beyond a mechanical report, and it does not seem to be an appropriate format to contain satire and humor.” did.

YTN management announced that from May 1, will be expanded and reorganized into . Initially, there were concerns that would be abolished as President Kim Baek abolished programs such as recording investigative reports, but the management decided to pursue an expanded reorganization.

However, the prevailing view is that if the editing and content of remain at the same level, it will be difficult to attract viewers’ attention. Mr. D, a member of YTN, said, “ contains the aesthetics of composition and copy, but now it seems that that DNA has disappeared,” adding, “I know that the new members in charge of production are also having a hard time.”

An official from YTN said, “The new will maintain a sharp perspective on criticizing power, but will strictly adhere to the principles of political neutrality and balanced fairness.”