Some Media Outlets Omit Team Bunnies’ Accusation in Reports on Punishment of NewJeans’ Malicious Commenters

According to the initial report by News1 reporter Yoo Soo-yeon, the headline ‘[Exclusive] NewJeans Malicious Commenters Fined One After Another… Punished Due to Fandom’s Accusation’ clearly states that the malicious commenters were punished due to the fandom’s third-party accusation.

However, some subsequent articles either do not specify the ‘fandom’s third-party accusation’ in the headline, or omit the ‘fandom’s third-party accusation’ entirely, portraying it as a result of ‘ADOR’s’ efforts to protect artists.

The above articles did not mention the fact of the fandom’s third-party accusation at all. Instead, they only stated that “agency ADOR is taking legal action,” describing it as if the malicious commenters were punished due to ADOR’s efforts to protect artists. In particular, TV Daily further emphasized ADOR’s role by featuring ‘ADOR “Zero-Tolerance Principle”‘ in the headline.

This article did not completely omit the fact of the fandom’s accusation, but it brought ADOR to the forefront by quoting ADOR’s “monitoring” remark in the headline. In the body of the article as well, it stated ADOR’s stance on legal action first and then placed the fandom accusation as secondary with the expression “Team Bunnies also.” Furthermore, unlike the original article which clearly stated the causality that “44 people were referred to prosecution due to the fandom’s third-party accusation,” this report limited Team Bunnies’ accusation period to “September to December of last year,” downsizing the actual scope of accusation activities.

This article also placed ADOR’s stance first and mentioned the fandom secondarily with the expression “In addition, Team Bunnies also.” It downsized the “44 people referred” in the original article to “about 40 people,” and diluted the meaning of the third-party accusation by describing it as only “fandom’s accusation” instead of “fandom’s third-party accusation.”