Sigh… me not condemning Seungri doesn’t mean I don’t support or care for the victims. The sentiments aren’t exclusive to one another. Also choosing to already condemn him doesn’t automatically equate to being supportive either. What good would it do the victims if the wrong person is caught? - If you really cared for the victims you’d know that reporters aren’t even digging to find or reveal the main suspects of this case. The reporter who initially brought the chats to light (from /JJY’s phone/ NOT Seungri’s - apparently the media have saturated news sites with Seungri’s face so much, many even get this simple fact wrong) said Seungri was just “the tip of the iceberg.” So after 3 months where’s the attention for all these supposed powerful businessmen and politicians who are the “real” criminals of the whole scandal? If the focus remains soley on Seungri the victims will never get their justice… yet that’s all thats currently happening. - Recently a senior KBS presenter spoke about the current situation. He said the way the whole scandal is being covered has become cheap journalism. To emphasize this he brought up the fact that 600 journalists turned up to report on Seungri when he’d gone for his 2nd questioning at the police station. 6-0-0. Does the scenario paint a picture of journalistic integrity, of people wanting to get justice for victims? Doesn’t it seem more like a complete farce, everyone sensationalizing what’s popular for clout? The majority of people aren’t questioning this unprofessional behaviour, they complacently consume this news, though it adds no new info in exposing more perpetrators, but sure everyone’s main priorities are the /victims/. - In conjunction to the BS Gate another case that has been kept buried for 10years with no results has received piss poor coverage. A witness who spoke out for the first time, pleaded for media attention. A miserable 5-6 reporters came to cover the story. The case involved 31 men of high status; the victim an actress, who supposedly committed suicide, but is shrouded in suspicions of being murdered. Several mysterious incidents surrounded the whole thing including the death of a high ranking officer who was on the case. What of these victims? They’re put to the wayside and ignored, while everyone continues to glue themselves to the tabloid-like coverage of the “Seungri” Scandal. - And it doesn’t stop there. Kim Sangkyo the man who opened the BS gate case who was given hero-like status by the media, was recently detained for sexual assault. There was concrete footage of him assaulting 2 women. The video was floating around online for 2 months. Two victims came forward, but everyone ignored them. Instead Sangkyo got an appearance on TV where he cried and played the victim, while “experts” cruelly called the victims liars. The case is still not widely being covered. What of those victims? - It’s the job of the media to report the truth and bring light to serious issues, to hold a sense of responsibility so that no one refutes their reliability. Not throw speculation after speculation hoping something sticks. This is all that is happening in regards to such a serious and large issue. And the public are eating it up so they continue to report the way they’re reporting. It’s a vicious cycle. Where does this leave the victims? - - Caring about the victims and hoping for their justice is on the forefront of my thoughts. Just because I’m covering the inconsistencies and biases of the media and public doesn’t devalue my concern for them. - There are those who scream they care about the victims like it’s a sentiment that not enough people share, yet give no critical thought as to what it means for the victims to truly get justice or come about feeling vindicated for all they’ve been through. Pinning the blame on one person when you barely have all the knowledge to make such a call is hypocrisy at it’s finest. Making hasty judgements and pronouncing someone guilty without thought, all in the name of being righteous, because it’s what everyone else is doing, because it’s easy, all so you can pat yourself on the back for being a “good person” doesn’t make it so. Shouting the rhetoric “I SUPPORT THE VICTIMS, I CARE ABOUT THEM” by bashing Seungri doesn’t make it so. If anything having this kind of attitude is a detriment to the victims, it doesn’t help them at all. - “I hate Seungri” is NOT synonymous with “I support the victims” or vice versa - (In reply to a reply. I ain’t gonna put u on blast but you’ll probably be able to tell this little rant was inspired by you. K bye.)
