Chojoongdong
| Chojoongdong | |
| Hangul | 조중동 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 朝中東 |
| Revised Romanization | Jojungdong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chojungdong |
Chojoongdong (Korean: 조중동, CJD) is a coined term which refers to three highly circulated conservative newspapers in South Korea. The word is an acronym of the Chosun, Joong-ang and Dong-a Ilbo daily news, and was used by a Hankyoreh editor Jung Yeonju (Korean: 정연주) as early as October 2000.Korean liberals criticize Chojoongdong primarily because of their conservative-biased editorial stances and doing business in a collusive and surreptitious manner. Since 2008, some critics of CJD have claimed that there is a close relationship between CJD and the Lee Myung-bak government.
As of July 2008, the market share of Chosun, Joong-ang and Dong-a Ilbo is 25.6%, 19.7%, and 14.3% respectively; nearly 58% of printed newspaper subscribers in South Korea read one of the three daily news. In December 2011, Chosun Ilbo opened their own cable news network.
Opponents of the three major newspapers credit them with a disproportionate degree of influence and power, to the extent that they believe that simply abolishing them would unleash major positive changes (one of the most prominent anti-newspaper organizations is called "Beautiful World Without Chojoongdong"). Although the major newspapers are private organisations, and are competitors with each other, they are nevertheless considered by their opponents to be a monolithic, quasi-governmental organization. Criticism stems from their previous history of collaboration with Japanese colonialists more than 60 years ago (the Joongang Ilbo, however did not exist during the Japanese occupation), as well as their collaboration with domestic authoritarian rule 20 years ago.
Some critics say CJD newspapers have conservative tendencies of censoring news unfavorable to the conservative Lee Myung-bak government. Jung Woon-hyun accused the three newspapers of censoring -related articles that is alleged to have exposed negative issues under President Lee Myung-bak's administrative influence. It has also broadcast the court decisions that acquitted MBC's PD Note and its episode on 2008 Beef protests, but agreed that false information was in the episode.
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