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South Korean TV series or program
Producer's Note
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or
PD Note
(
Korean language
: PD手帖)
[2]
is an
investigative journalism
program on
MBC
in
South Korea
.
Cases covered
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Lovers
plagiarism
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It was pointed out that the sitcom
Lovers
plagiarized an American sitcom.
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Hwang affair
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PD Note
investigated
Hwang Woo-suk
in 2005, while he was still a star researcher who presented himself as making breakthroughs in
human cloning
and
stem cell
research. They aired a program accusing Hwang of
ethical lapses in the procuring of eggs for research and fraud
in misrepresenting their findings. As Hwang was a Korean national hero at the time, the program caused a massive backlash against MBC, leading to protests, a withdrawal of all 15 advertisers on the program, and a temporary suspension of the show. Part two of the program was not aired on the date that it had been planned. Additionally, the lead journalist had used some ethically dubious methods himself as part of the investigation, such as misrepresenting to one scientist that he was under criminal investigation, but honest answers would potentially get him out of trouble. As time passed and it became more clear that the accusations were true, MBC aired the second part of the show regardless on December 15, 2005, and the boycott subsided.
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