Shit Morons Say ... when lying.

The Wall Street Journal, Asia posted about an interview with an MBC Producer. The producer in question works on the "news magazine" that aired the piece of tripe called Shocking Reality but didn't want to be named.

For some reason the producer just can't understand why the foreigners are upset. He went on to lie and claim that the report adequately pointed out that problems occur in only a few cases. Something which WSJ was quick to point out wasn't true. Someone from the Korean "media" lied. What a shocker.

I was going to write more about it and vent my spleen but decided not to. The Dokdo Times did a much better job than I would have. :)

Shit Foreigners say ... about Korean BS.

"I can't believe MBC would air this."

"I am surprised to see them (MBC) air this."

I know I have talked about this already but I think it bears repeating. Lately I have been reading posts and comments on various sites discussing the latest racist BS to come out of MBC and I encountered several comments like those.

I am surprised that people (foreigners) who purport to live in South Korea are surprised by the drek MBC put out. Have they lived in a fucking bubble their whole time there? Do I have to steal Bill Maher's life Inside the Bubble schtick to talk about these people?

I lived there for 10 years and racist crap like this came as NO surprise. The year before I left there was similar crap painting all expat's teaching English as evil drug using rapists who are there to corrupt Koreans and screw around. There was the CYJ English ad claiming most foreigners have aids, many are gay, they want our women.

For people to be actually surprised about this they have to have been living in a bubble. Talk about it made the rounds on expat websites. I even heard about it from Korean co-workers. You had to have your head buried in the sand pretty deep not to hear something about it.

Then you have the people who start rambling on that "Not all Korean's think that way." Of course not all of them do. But a LOT of them do. I would be willing to bet my own money that it is a majority of them.

If the whole Mad Cow bugaboo showed us anything it is that Koreans are extremely susceptible to what the media, or authority figures, tell them. Even when it flies in the face of reality.

I can remember butting heads with students, both adult and younger, over things they believed that denied reality. One episode that sticks out most in my head is how vehement many were that there are only 6 continents. It didn't matter how much proof you showed them that there are 7 continents they REFUSED to believe it. Why? A Korean teacher taught them that there were only 6. I was just a foreign teacher and therefore not as reliable. When I talked with some Korean co-workers about it they held the same belief for the same reason.

That is just the reality of life in Korea. Hopefully it will change over time but I wouldn't hold my breath while waiting.

What the ... Shocking Reality 2?!?!?!?

It didn't take long for someone to do up an animation poking fun at MBC and their shoddy reporting.

Well done stvwrd. Well done. :)

What the ... shocking reality?!?!?!?

So, the Korean network MBC aired a show called The Shocking Reality About Relationships With Foreigners. Foreigners are now up in arms over it. It has its own page on Facebook and people, them damn foreigners, are wondering what they can do about it.


This sort of racist shit is NOT new to Korea. I saw a lot of it during my 10 years there. It isn't just confined to their "media" outlets but they do use it to pander to the people. It is interesting to see "foreigners" getting so upset about it now. Where was the outrage when CYJ English Academy in Seoul posted their ad? An ad which their website still uses. Where was the outrage when shows like "Blue Eyed Devil's" aired on SBS a few years back? It was one of many shows when I lived in South Korea that painted all foreigners as drug users who only came to Korea to rape and corrupt the women.


A friend of mine feels that for many this was just the final straw. And in the age of Social Media it is easier to show your outrage. It could be that, although Facebook isn't THAT new. If that is the reason, holy shit it took a lot of racist BS before people got upset. No wonder people get away with behaving badly.


Someone on Facebook pointed out that it reminded them of an episode of The Simpsons. Homer was accused of molesting a babysitter. A local "news" program interviews him and then butchers it up to make it look like he is guilty. If you watch the MBC piece of crap you will see similarities. Like when one "victim" says nothing happened so the commenter says "She is too scared to talk about it."




Once again though, all I could think of, was that none of this sort of crap from the Korean "media" is new. Neither the stupidity nor the racism. All you have to do is look at the Korean Times to see how pathetic the "media" is there. Remember PD Diary and the story the faked on mad cow disease?

It is nice to see people finally starting to get their dander up over this sort of BS by the Korean "media". I just wish it hadn't taken so long for them to catch on to it. Hopefully they can actually make a difference.