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The MBC in-house trade union on Thursday demanded the broadcaster get
to the truth about research by cloning pioneer Prof. Hwang Woo-suk. It
said at the heart of a scandal over Hwang and MBC��s ��PD Diary�� had been
��the question of the authenticity of Hwang��s results,�� not the
strong-arm tactics reporters used to investigate it and therefore the
suspicions ��must be examined and resolved transparently.�� The union
also called on the conservative press ��to stop its MBC-bashing and
return to reason, and end parrot-like, incessant one-sided pro-Hwang
journalism.�� Since Wednesday, MBC has reportedly been urging the union via various channels to tone down its rhetoric, but to no avail.
Meanwhile, damage to MBC continues from revelations about ��PD
Diary�� reporters�� methods in their efforts to dig the dirt on Hwang and
his team. Viewer ratings for the broadcaster��s flagship ��News Desk�� at
9 p.m. weekdays are falling way below 10 percent, recording a mere 5.8
percent on Tuesday and 6.3 percent on Wednesday, falling way behind
KBS's ��News9�� (24 percent) and ��News at 8�� on SBS (9.7 percent). Seven
advertisers cancelled their commercial slots during the program. ([email protected] )
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