a member of 5 seconds of summer is frustrated by the lack of media checking concerning jonghyuns death

[Balancetonquoi]

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This was disrespectful towards jonghyun, his family friends and fans.

Also namjoon...they said he was dead

 

 

Idk if this was already posted but this just makes me mad cuz my community experienced a similar problem last week with the media who spread bullshit and everyone believed it and when they discovered it was false they didnt gave a F

 

[warukatta]

there are media outlets that used Nuest JR's photos as well smh   

[-Amethyst-]

He's right.This is a total disrespect towards Jonghyun

[dux]

Im starting to wonder if news outlets are being purposefully incompetent to create more controversy tbh

Is there not a process before this goes on air? No one fact checks? Its such a far off stretch. Just cant wrap my head around what went on behind the scenes for this mess to be the fruit of their labour

[KentasGlittery EyeMakeup]

Michael summed up what I was feeling about it in just the right words

[youtrieditduh]

that was really disrespectful both to jonghyun  and BTS

[Sdm]

There is just no way they could've made this big of a fuck up. Feels intentional 

[Loonathehoe]

You gotta be REALLY stupid and insensitive to do this. Can't you just Google 1sec "shinee"? Why the fuck are you even being paid?

[Kisumai]

that was ridiculous. totally disrespectful

[emma]

there are media outlets that used Nuest JR's photos as well smh   

 

That's somewhat understandable if they just google "Kim Jonghyun" and grab a random picture and it just happens to be Jr (still no fact checking but I guess when you gotta get a story fast..?) but this I don't even understand. How even? Like did they read that someone from a kpop group died and just assumed that it must be someone from BTS as that's the only kpop group they are aware exists? 

[katsu curry chips]

many american outlets appear to be having a field day right now, feeling high and mighty about an industry they know little to nothing about..

[DOOLY]

There is just no way they could've made this big of a fuck up. Feels intentional 

 

Yeah it def feels like that which makes this whole thing even more disrespecful to both parties involved.

[Guest]

now way

 

can't they just google shinee? how much work is that?

[PanWink Is Real]

they used RM really?they can choke for this

[lighterxx]

there are media outlets that used Nuest JR's photos as well smh   

at least defranco apologized, thats better than nothing

[Cupcake.]

I feel like they intentionally using BTS. I mean RM and Jonghyun didn't have similar name either face. How disrespectful this is toward BTS and SHINee.

[Bryant]

I read an article on the Mirror website, idk why. They managed to research far enough to dig up his rumor with Lee Yubi, but they couldn't even spell his fucking name right.

[KaepJang]

So you're telling me they literally mistook Jonghyun as a member of BTS while still acknowleding the group name as SHINee. Unbelievable... 

[warukatta]

That's somewhat understandable if they just google "Kim Jonghyun" and grab a random picture and it just happens to be Jr (still no fact checking but I guess when you gotta get a story fast..?) but this I don't even understand. How even? Like did they read that someone from a kpop group died and just assumed that it must be someone from BTS as that's the only kpop group they are aware exists? 

yeah but still fact checking man...  a simple google of "shinee jonghyun" would give you correct pics 

jr and bts is an example of the laziness of media. angry at the fact that we still have no apology about these two incidents from those media outlets 

 

at least defranco apologized, thats better than nothing

defranco was the only one that apologized. haven't heard any apology from the other big news outlets that used his photos as well.

[satzurised]

bless mikey for this.

[emma]

yeah but still fact checking man...  a simple google of "shinee jonghyun" would give you correct pics 

jr and bts is an example of the laziness of media. angry at the fact that we still have no apology about these two incidents from those media outlets 

 

defranco was the only one that apologized. haven't heard any apology from the other big news outlets that used his photos as well.

 

I'm with you but I suppose they don't expect there to be many famous people with the same name, it's not that common in America. The one that comes to mind is Michelle Williams and those two are not safe from it either and get wrong photos used by the press all the time as well.

[Yerim.]

Wow....The lack of research is just disrespectful.....you can't even take the time to carefully pay respect to an angel 

[supercalifragilistic]

Some of the international media also confused the memorial/wake with the funeral.

[co-ups]

just another prove of media going for the coins

[Jilli]

..his name is Jonghyun not junghyun