[12.08.03] Core Contents Media will file seven criminal complaints against the media

[nathaniel]

[12.08.03] Core Contents Media will file seven criminal complaints against the media

T-ara's agency has filed criminal reports against seven different media sites and plan to take action.

On the 3rd, Core Contents Media said, "Unconfirmed Internet postings lead to articles being posted without filtering the content (verifying) and we have filed seven criminal charges against the media."

They continued, "Following the bullying situation that arose after Hwayoung's termination, there were posts by a "second-year trainee," a "back-up dancer," a imposter CEO Kim Kwangsoo on Twitter, someone manipulating Hwayoung's tweet images and another imposter who posted a reckless internet posting. Because of these it's set-back and hurt a lot of people."

"Media published stories including imposter accounts by a two-year trainee, T-ara's back-up dancer, CEO Kim Kwangsoo, Hwayoung and so on. They also published stories related to the bullying issue taken from Internet websites with text and images that were not confirmed before being posted, thus fueling the fire."

"We are not suing the first publishers of the Internet postings, but the media who published these as fact without properly verifying it. When media plans it, it makes a big wave through the social network and is seen by everyone then. We have hired two lawyers to begin criminal complaints on the 6th."

In addition, he said that in the future all media websites should verifying things as fact before posting.

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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20120803n14085

Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[hhuynh]

I hope AKP is one of them! Always trying to add oil to the fire.

[Rhys not Reese]

CCM I can't believe you're actually doing something right about this situation.

[envY]

Hopefully this will serve as a reminder to other news medias - I'm looking at you AKP - that they shouldn't be more or less freely publishing negative articles about T-ara with statements from unreliable sources.

[maskingmark]

it is nice he is not directly sueing the posters online. but the media who reported them. seems very sensible

[CiKirana]

I hope Allkpop in the list!

i really can't stand allkpop which only upload negative story about t-ara..and never a positive one..

[t-araGO]

Yay Queen's and KKS on the same side for once XD

[AznMunky]

wow... KKS finally making good decisions... one of the incredibly rare things you will see in your lifetime

[cynt29]

i hate KKS to the death but i agree with his decision on this.

that stupid kids from T-jinyo need a lesson from the mighty troll monster KKS too

i hope they will sue AKP too, full of fake

[UekiKousuke]

Good job!!! Hopefully AKP is one of them... Because of these sites, our girls have suffered alot... T.T Seriously, news medias should always report the truth rather than publishing fake stories...

[Kerotan]

Maybe CCM hired awesome attornies like Phoenix Wright..."Objection!"

[Seorori]

Finally ... a right thing to do.

I'm actually pleased with this decision haha.

[Taiki]

Wow finally a useful move by CCM, they've got brains after all.

[darkskyes]

I HOPE AKP IS ONE OF THEM AS WELL!!!! All they've been doing is putting out negative, unproven articles. And this isn't the first time its happened. (If anyone remembers the Block B incident this year too)

Seriously, as much as I go on AKP, some of those things are just crap it makes me puke. They've done so much damage without solid evidence and it ends up contaminating the other people who uses that site as their ONLY source of Knews. Have you guys seen those disgusting comments people put out lately? Totally witnessed the crappiness the society has become.

[cris]

I must admit .. this is quite a sensible move from CCM .. its about time for those irresponsible media to face the consequences of their actions .. and i really do hope AKP is one of those ..

[Renar]

Well I hope they hired Alan shore or even better (anticipating silence) "Danny Crane" because they are gonna have a fight on their hands. Truth be told they should have done this sooner, To little to late KKS should have acted sooner before things got out of hand.

And truth be told considering this is all KKS mess, Finally he took a stand and did something about about it, although i don't think there really is hope for him in the longrun; failbots will be failbots.

[SsellSaeyeon]

It's about frickin time he's doing something that actually makes sense. And I agree, I hope allkpop gets sued, always reporting meaningless stuff or negative stuff. Glad this whole T-ara thing is calming down though.

[chloeownsyou]

in full support of this. finally they are doing something which actually helps. now it's for the public to reflect on their actions and behaviour. maybe it'll take a while to inculcate responsible and sensible internet etiquette into netizens. internet can really be a very scary place when everything goes out of control >.<

[xCivx]

I must admit .. this is quite a sensible move from CCM .. its about time for those irresponsible media to face the consequences of their actions .. and i really do hope AKP is one of those ..

well said!

[nur hidayah abdullah]

akp should be in the list and the higher sueing payment. they post more and more unconfirm story much more from other site. if only i can, i will ask him to ask akp to fired all the reporter that incharge in that unconfirm story.. well done kks, at last u do such a right thing. 1 more rght thing he not doing yet, let the girls speak. i hope he will do it soon. aigoo, at last t-ara name slowly will be clear and they will get love again from nitzen. and for the loyal Queens, well done and tank you for the hard work to support them from the start till now.... love ya

[Valacio]

I confuse the news. Is it '7 Media' or '7 Charges'?

I try to read in Korean, and it's look like 7 Charges'.

[257715]

The only article AKP actually wrote was listed as an opinion piece which no one should have regarded anyways, not to mention it was heavily in favor of T-ara. Every other negative article that was published was noted as just being a translation of those actual news media sites CCM will probably seeking legal action against AKP did no actual reporting themselves based on all of these alegations through various forums and site postings. They merely translated and showed readers articles that were written and posted on other various media sites. You can't fault them for translating articles that were unproven by said media sites, we should only be looking towards the publishers of the original articles without verifying facts. It isn't AKP's job to verify articles already posted on reputable media sites nor do they even have the power to even do so. They're only providing the same service they have forever: reviews, opinion pieces, and translations from reputable media sites.

[ashsiddiq]

finally, a decent action from someone carrying the title CEO :')

[LeeLyRi_2012]

i hope justice prevail...let those irresponsible media be punished so others will be more cautious on what they will publish next time.

[FreakyFlyBri]

The only article AKP actually wrote was listed as an opinion piece which no one should have regarded anyways, not to mention it was heavily in favor of T-ara. Every other negative article that was published was noted as just being a translation of those actual news media sites CCM will probably seeking legal action against AKP did no actual reporting themselves based on all of these alegations through various forums and site postings. They merely translated and showed readers articles that were written and posted on other various media sites. You can't fault them for translating articles that were unproven by said media sites, we should only be looking towards the publishers of the original articles without verifying facts. It isn't AKP's job to verify articles already posted on reputable media sites nor do they even have the power to even do so. They're only providing the same service they have forever: reviews, opinion pieces, and translations from reputable media sites.

I still don't think AKP should be completely absolved of responsibility here, and there were plenty of instances in the articles that they translated where they injected their own opinions, making it sound as if they were condemning T-ara for bullying Hwayoung when it hadn't even been proven that such was the case. However, I doubt they'll be sued...AKP caters to an international fanbase, and I think KKM is more focused on getting to the root of the problem, which is the Korean media that's been stoking the flames of the rumor mill since all of this started.