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Notebook’ of distortion  kh close   Published : 2011-09-02 20:52
Updated : 2011-09-02 20:52  The Supreme Court on Friday cleared
the directors of nationwide broadcaster MBC’s investigative
program, “PD Notebook,” of charges that they had distorted some
content regarding mad cow disease in the U.S.  The court upheld
the Seoul High Court’s decision ruling them not guilty of
defaming former Minister of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, Chung Woon-chun, through the program.  The producers
on April 29, 2008 suggested in its program that people who
consume U.S. beef could contract the human form of “mad cow
disease” and showed a video clip of “downer” cows at U.S. farms.
They also said that the Korean government was either ignorant of
this or had intentionally turned a blind eye to it to proceed
with the import resumption.  The news inspired nearly 2 million
people to rally against the