After it was announced that the Big Hit Entertainment guys' agency had a blackmail case it was published quite disconcerting news for many, the Korean news media Xportsnews public an article questioning the victory of BTS with the Top Social award Artist.
Time later the public means an apology saying:
"At 7:30 p.m. of September 6, 2017, Xportsnews published an article 'X's Focus' on BTS. This article was an opinion column containing the reporter's views. Immediately after the article was published, Xportsnews determined that the content of the article was problematic, and deleted it from the website at 8:15 p.m, after which it was also removed from several portals. The article in question made leaps of logic; we apologize for possible misunderstandings that devalued the efforts of artists and fans, and also hurt artists and fans.
In no way did Xportsnews pretend to belittle the efforts of [BTS and BTS fans]. However, in the end we hurt them, so we sincerely apologize.
Taking this incident as a lesson, We will do our best to improve and make fair articles in the future. Thank you".
Although Xportsnews has apologized, fans are asking for an apology from the article's author, Jeon Won, as well as a news media call for an apology, as it seems to shift the blame to the readers, rather than towards the article writer.
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