Most of the English Kpop news sites that I'm familiar with are competent enough when reporting pretty standard events or promotional news. But whenever more nuanced reporting and more independent research is needed when more serious things / controversies happen, these news outlets' shortcomings really show through. Being an English-speaking kpop fan that can't read Korean, I don't even know where I would even start to look if I wanted to verify anything from these articles. I can only sort of do this indirectly by looking for Chinese language articles that are covering the same events bc I can read Chinese. A lot of times, I notice that the English articles are missing relevant information, or have different details entirely from the Chinese articles. Particularly when they are covering things about kpop activities in China, they really tend to get a lot of the details wrong.
So sometimes it's frustrating to see people take English reports as facts and spread misinformation. But I also know it's hard for every single person to do their own independent research. The other issue is that sometimes fans that may know some Korean may post more details about a story that they've found, but it's also hard to judge if these fans are sharing accurate info or just sharing info that support their assumptions and leaving out other details. I do think it's an issue at least when it comes to spreading misinformation and causing things to spiral out of control.
Any thoughts on this? Do you think maybe it's bc most of these news sites are profit driven (click-bait-y), and there just isn't enough of a demand and profitability for the type of "serious" journalism that requires more work and time? How do you all try to find reliable info as people that might not know Korean? Like I said I try to verify things by looking for Chinese articles, but those can be suspect too.
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So sometimes it's frustrating to see people take English reports as facts and spread misinformation. But I also know it's hard for every single person to do their own independent research. The other issue is that sometimes fans that may know some Korean may post more details about a story that they've found, but it's also hard to judge if these fans are sharing accurate info or just sharing info that support their assumptions and leaving out other details. I do think it's an issue at least when it comes to spreading misinformation and causing things to spiral out of control.
Any thoughts on this? Do you think maybe it's bc most of these news sites are profit driven (click-bait-y), and there just isn't enough of a demand and profitability for the type of "serious" journalism that requires more work and time? How do you all try to find reliable info as people that might not know Korean? Like I said I try to verify things by looking for Chinese articles, but those can be suspect too.
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