Yuin University v. Korean Broadcasting 10/5/11 CA2/8

State: California

Court: California Eastern District Court

Docket No: B226977

Case Date: 10/05/2011

Plaintiff: Yuin University

Defendant: Korean Broadcasting 10/5/11 CA2/8

Preview:Filed 10/5/11

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT

YUIN UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KOREAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM, Defendant and Respondent.

B226977 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC383449)

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Ernest M. Hiroshige, Judge. Affirmed.

Charles D. Yu and Andrew Kim for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jiyoung Kym for Defendant and Respondent.

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This matter involves a defamation action filed by appellant Yuin University (Yuin) against respondent Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) for a news broadcast which characterized Yuin as a "degree factory." Judgment was entered for KBS on Yuins libel claim. We affirm the judgment. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The Broadcast On September 2, 2007, KBS broadcast a segment on its Sunday news program entitled "Degree Factory Confers Doctorate Degrees even to Persons who Plagiarize."1 The broadcast aired during a controversy in Korea over high profile Koreans lying about their academic credentials. The broadcast identified Yuin in Compton, California as a "suspected . . . degree factory." The reporters visited the university but "found no students, teachers and no officials except a signboard that is the only indication showing that this [i]s a university. [

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