And this is why after seven pages, here is my first comment in this thread . The amount of fake news about North Korea is astronomical (much of it being about how this and that person was killed). Tabloids and "anonymous administration sources" can pretty much make up anything and the likes of NBC will take it seriously.
You’re talking about the most secretive regime in the world, one that routinely lies to its people and world governments. If there’s a problem with misinformation about North Korea, it has an easy solution: stop spreading misinformation itself and be honest with people.
That said, I was never convinced Kim was vegetative, but missing the Day of the Sun celebrations is a big ing deal no matter what. Given he was almost certainly chilling outside of Pyongyang, either he had covid or was worried about catching it. That’s very possible at this point.
You know who lied to us about this story? CNN. NBC. Everyone who said he was dead or vegetative. Not North Korea. I'm no fan of North Korea, but if you want to claim to be better than them you actually have to act better.
The notion that Lara Logan's career can come to an end or Dan Rather, who was a lead anchor for one of the top three news networks for 40 years, can come to an end for one false story, but the news media regularly reports utter nonsense about North Korea that is not confirmed by the South Korean government and people go on like nothing happened, is hands down the biggest sham in media today.
