SBS Under Mass Fire For Censoring Michelle Yeoh’s Acceptance Speech: Responding To Allegations Of Misogyny
This isn’t the first time SBS has been accused of misogyny.
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in 2023 Oscar (also known as 95 Oscars) Michelle Yeoh made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the Best Actress award.
Michelle Yeoh gave an inspirational acceptance speech to Asians and women around the world to dream big and let no one count.
To all the little boys and girls who look like me tonight. It is a beacon of hope and possibility. That’s the evidence [to] dream big and [that] Dreams come true. And ladies, don’t let anyone tell you that you’ve already passed your prime. Never give up.
– Michelle Yeoh
The actress’ emotional acceptance speech was broadcast by all three major Korean news channels. KBS, GBetc SBS. However, controversy arose when SBS decided to censor Michelle Yeoh’s speech. In the SBS cover, the speech is edited to exclude the part where the actress addresses women.
SBS News is covering Yang Yang-kyung’s award, but look at what he said and ate and mailed “To the Ladies” haha It’s really cheesy cheesy cheesy https://t.co/ Heqotafaim pic.twitter.com/kV2UFfgyqI
— 95 (@loveisopentoeic) March 13, 2023
Watch SBS News cut Michelle Yeoh’s speech to exclude “And Ladies.” LMAO. [These men] they are so salty.
— @loveisopentoeic/Twitter
Netizens erupted, accusing the streaming network of being misogynistic. Netizens said they weren’t surprised the network was SBS amid the controversy, given it has been accused of being misogynistic in the past.
- “The Naked Face of the South Korean Media.”
- “I mean… SBS has always been an Ilbe house.”
- “I don’t expect much from the SBS-infested Ilbe.”
- ” But why… ? Seriously, I don’t understand.
- “How are you?!”
- “??????”
- “That’s because they are
- “SBS continue to show that they are driven by Ilbe users.”
- “The South Korean media class, everyone. Whore.”
- “That’s bloody disgusting… Damn it.”
- “I hope the international media will cover it.”
- « HAAH! »
- “Of course. These men.”
- “I guess we know what kind of men work at SBS now. Haha.”
- “I’m not even surprised at this point, LMAO.”
On March 14, SBS responded to the controversy and released a statement explaining why they chose to edit the speech the way they did. According to SBS, they edited Michelle Yeoh’s speech because they felt the speech wasn’t exclusively for women.
We left the word out because we felt the “don’t let anyone tell you you’ve climaxed” message wasn’t exclusive to women.
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SBS’ statement did little to quell netizens’ anger. Many accused the news channel of misogyny and criticized it.
- “How can they call themselves an information network, LOL. This is the level of the Korean media.
- “They manipulate the news so easily.”
- “I’m stunned. What were they thinking when they faked the acceptance speech? It’s so amazing LOL. Even if someone swears, a news channel shouldn’t be broadcasting it as it is?
- “They’re acting like fools. Idiot shit, LOL.”
- “Why do they do that?”
- “They’re real psychopaths, LOL. Woman talks to women after winning Best Actress (and they do). The incels must die.
- “It’s scary. The silver hands of the network (editorial power) are very scary.”
- “Wait, who are you to tamper with someone else’s acceptance speech?” And then they cut off their tails and said it was someone’s fault? These incels should not be able to reproduce.
This isn’t the first time SBS has been accused of misogyny. The network has long been accused of ties to Ilbe, a misogynistic online community, and has been in the midst of controversy for its misogynistic behavior in the past.
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