Portal sites cook news?

The Korea Times reports that major Korean portal sites are exaggerating or manipulating news items to draw hits.

8 Comments

  1. Posted January 31, 2006 at 12:23 am | Permalink

    Yes… sensational article titles are a good way to get those hits. Facts don’t matter.

    HWANG NOW CLAIMS TO HAVE CLONED SPARE TESTICLES
    “My scrotum just felt too empty,” doctor grouses

    KIM JONG IL EATS STARVING NK BABIES FOR BREAKFAST– SEOUL HINTS AT DISPLEASURE

    SINGER LEE HYORI TELLS WYCLEF JEAN, “YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND OPPRESSION BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT KOREAN”

    ACTOR BAE YONG JUN HAS BIRTHMARK IN SHAPE OF NOH MU HYON

    FRUSTRATED FARMERS RESORTING TO ROCKET LAUNCHERS
    “It didn’t have to come to this,” says one

    KWANGHWAMUN RECONSTRUCTION NIXED BY NORTH KOREA
    “OK,” says a meek Seoul

    NIXON RISES FROM DEAD, REITERATES ONE-CHINA POLICY
    “Yes, that means NK is part of China,” says revenant

    VIRGIN MARY APPEARS AND KILLS BUDDHIST MONK AT SONGGWANG-SA

    SOUTH KOREA TO RUN OUT OF LAND NEXT WEEK

    ACTOR JANG DONG GEON VOTED MOST LIKELY TO COME OUT OF CLOSET

    WEON BIN IMPALED

    NETIZENS SUDDENLY FIND PEACE

    THANKS TO PC-BANGS, KOREAN ASSES GROWING FATTER AT LOGARITHMIC RATE
    Gluteal bursting likely, claim experts

    JANUARY KOSPI GRAPH LOOKS EERILY SATANIC, SOME SAY
    “No– erotic,” say others

    etc., etc.

    Kevin

  2. kimchipig your flag
    Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:02 am | Permalink

    The Korea Lies accusing some else of exaggeration? Now there is a case of the pot calling the kettle black!

  3. slim your flag
    Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:20 am | Permalink

    Kimchipig beat me to the punch, but I was going to say: “Thank god we don’t see any of that in Korea’s mainstream media”

  4. Mizar5 your flag
    Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:29 am | Permalink

    Make that three of us.

  5. Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:33 am | Permalink

    The KT has hit on something; has that ever happened before in the history of journalism?

  6. michael your flag
    Posted January 31, 2006 at 8:52 am | Permalink

    Did you pitch that softball on purpose, Marmot? :)

  7. iheartblueballs your flag
    Posted January 31, 2006 at 8:57 am | Permalink

    In other breaking news of the obvious, the Korea Times is reporting that both The National Enquirer and The News of the World exaggerate headlines to draw attention from supermarket shoppers.

  8. R. Elgin your flag
    Posted January 31, 2006 at 11:36 am | Permalink

    “Remember the Maine”? . . . WMD . . .
    I only wonder what the Korean equivelent will be.

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