Silvio Berlusconi is the prime minister of Italy. He was elected as the prime minister third times in 2008. (1994, and from 2001 to 2006 he was prime minister of Italy.) He is the first wealthy person in Italy before and after he was being prime minister. He owns many companies and it include the Italian media companies and after he was being prime minister he tried to control a broadcasting station that run by government. He made his person as a president of a government-run broadcasting station and it cause huge demonstration but finally he control Italy media almost 90% and Italy people said they cannot know the real social situation through the media because Berlusconi control the media. People elected him because he was CEO so they believed that he can help develop their economy but after he became prime minister their economy development rate was not high.
Lee myung-bak is the president of South Korea. He was CEO of Hyundai Construction Company and a mayor of Seoul. He promoted himself only he could develop Korean economy and Korean people believed and certain that insist because he was CEO of big company. However, current Korean economy is terrible. Worth of money is going down and almost company fire many employees and reduce people’s salary. He made or fixed policies for big company and he neglect small company or poor people. Before I came to America, many people go out to the center of Seoul to show their voice that they don’t want to import beef from America but President Lee ignored that voice and put down by violence. It means he want control everything by him and he started to try control media. He changed president of KBS, a government-run broadcasting station, as his person and now he try to change the media law that one company can own newspaper and broadcasting station both. Isn’t he looks as same as Silvio Berlusconi?
Every day I look Korean web site and news, when I found a movie clip which was made by labor union of one broadcasting station, my feeling is so complex. The movie clip said the Korean situation that the party in power try to make the new media law without agreement of the others in many foreign languages. I felt embarrassed and shame, on the other hand, I’m worried about my country. Because of appearance of new media, we need some new rules but their new law just focus on the turning public broadcasting station to private and the allowance of one company can own newspaper and broadcasting station both. Some people said they cannot understand why people against this new law even they do not know this law’s meaning. In case of Korea, one company has newspaper and broadcasting station is can threat freedom of speech.
First of all, change to private broadcasting station is the first step to make control media easier than before. Private company always has to follow a man of power so they try to do their best make the news that fit to power man’s taste. It causes perversion of the truth. The party of power insist that this law have limit to one company can has just 20% of media company but you know that? Over thirty huge companies are whole one family through marriage in South Korea! Korean people have strong thinking that family have to help each other. Of course this is really good proverb to every family but in this case, it cause tragedy! Samsung and Jungang newspaper company owners are family in law so they always look after each other. In 2007, west sea of Korea has huge ship accident, so sea covered oil. Actually this accident is responsible for Samsung but Jungang newspaper never asked their responsible at once! It is really good example that what happen when big company own media company! When big company owns the media thing they can people blind, deaf and mute. In this situation, a power man such as President Lee can control media and people.
Sometimes I’m really afraid that President Lee wants to go back to past that one power man control people and take freedom from people. If big company own much media things, result is so clear! It is going to same to Italy! Television is just fool box that avoid show real thing and avoid to speaking for poor people. It is not journal but advertisement for government or companies. When I heard a new media law, my friend and I said even drama change to commercial like as movie Truman show. Of cause it was just kidding. However, I’m really worried about Korean mass media change to just commercial seriously. If the law is passing the National Assembly, it can be real. Can you see the future of Korean society? Can you see the ambition of president Lee?
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