Tablo bashing abating
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By Park Si-soo
A cyber dispute over the validity of Tablo's Stanford University diploma shows signs of letting up, after police confirmed last week that his bachelor's and master's degrees from the prestigious U.S. school were genuine. Tablo is the leader of Korean hip hop band Epik High.
"Sangjinse", one of the two online cafes that led campaigns to question Tablo's diploma, said Tuesday it withdrew a complaint filed with the police against the singer.
At the same time, Whatbecomes, the penname for a 57-year-old Korean-American who ran the online cafeknown as "Tajinyo" in Korean, posted a message that he will no longer work as the manager of the Tablo-bashing website Tuesday.
Whatbecomes called himself a "loser" and said Tablo will be able to live happily as the police confirmed his degrees. He asked Tablo to drop the suits against 22 netizens.
Their response came days after the police announced the outcome of its investigation into the case surrounding the 30-year-old musician by checking through multiple sources in Korea and the U.S. It started an investigation into 22 key bloggers, including Whatbecomes, over libelous charges filed by Tablo.
With its leader, Whatbecomes, apparently retreating from attacks on Tablo, other members of Tajinyo — the home to countless articles and digitalized documents that had cast doubt on Tablo's graduation from Stanford — appear to have lost steam.
Articles showing remorse for the campaign were frequently spotted. Some called for disbandment of the website as a gesture of an apology to the victim.
Yet, articles pointing out "loopholes" in the police confirmation process still outnumbered the ones of regret.
In an article posted Tuesday morning with the headline of "Cheer up", its author, nicknamed superausguy, said, "It seems that the website became less active following the police announcement and ensuing probe. It's uncertain how much I can contribute to bringing it back to normal. But one thing clear is that I trust our members and will keep working to find the truth to the end".
Some even raised questions over the police announcement itself. Another author, nicknamed jdhooni, said, "Let's restart from the beginning".
Psychologist Kwak Keu-joo at Seoul National University said the dispute was caused by "jealousy" of those who tried to find fault with a person superior to them in all respects.
The dispute sparked in November last year by a small group of bloggers skeptical of Tablo's academic achievements of earning a bachelor and a master's degree in English from Stanford from Sept. 1998 to June 2002.
타블로 때리기 수그러들어
경찰이 지난 주 가수 타블로의 스탠퍼드대 석학사 학위가 진짜임을 확인해 주자 이에 대한 진위 관련 인터넷상의 논란이 수그러드는 조짐을 보이고 있다. 타블로는 한국 힙합밴드 에픽 하이의 리더다.
타블로의 학위에 대한 의문을 제기하는 운동을 주도해온 두 개의 인터넷카페 중 하나인 "상진세"는 화요일 타블로를 상대로 한 경찰 고발장을 철회했다.
이와 함께 한국말로 "타진요"라는 온라인 카페를 운영하고 있으며 필명을 '왓비컴스'로 쓰는 한 재미 교포(57)는 화요일 더 이상 타블로 때리기 웹사이트 운영자로 일하지 않겠다고 카페에 글을 올렸다.
왓비컴스는 자신을 "루서"라며 타블로는 경찰이 그의 학위를 확인해 주어 행복하게 살수 있게 됐다고 말했다.
A cyber dispute over the validity of Tablo's Stanford University diploma shows signs of letting up, after police confirmed last week that his bachelor's and master's degrees from the prestigious U.S. school were genuine. Tablo is the leader of Korean hip hop band Epik High.
"Sangjinse", one of the two online cafes that led campaigns to question Tablo's diploma, said Tuesday it withdrew a complaint filed with the police against the singer.
At the same time, Whatbecomes, the penname for a 57-year-old Korean-American who ran the online cafeknown as "Tajinyo" in Korean, posted a message that he will no longer work as the manager of the Tablo-bashing website Tuesday.
Whatbecomes called himself a "loser" and said Tablo will be able to live happily as the police confirmed his degrees. He asked Tablo to drop the suits against 22 netizens.
Their response came days after the police announced the outcome of its investigation into the case surrounding the 30-year-old musician by checking through multiple sources in Korea and the U.S. It started an investigation into 22 key bloggers, including Whatbecomes, over libelous charges filed by Tablo.
With its leader, Whatbecomes, apparently retreating from attacks on Tablo, other members of Tajinyo — the home to countless articles and digitalized documents that had cast doubt on Tablo's graduation from Stanford — appear to have lost steam.
Articles showing remorse for the campaign were frequently spotted. Some called for disbandment of the website as a gesture of an apology to the victim.
Yet, articles pointing out "loopholes" in the police confirmation process still outnumbered the ones of regret.
In an article posted Tuesday morning with the headline of "Cheer up", its author, nicknamed superausguy, said, "It seems that the website became less active following the police announcement and ensuing probe. It's uncertain how much I can contribute to bringing it back to normal. But one thing clear is that I trust our members and will keep working to find the truth to the end".
Some even raised questions over the police announcement itself. Another author, nicknamed jdhooni, said, "Let's restart from the beginning".
Psychologist Kwak Keu-joo at Seoul National University said the dispute was caused by "jealousy" of those who tried to find fault with a person superior to them in all respects.
The dispute sparked in November last year by a small group of bloggers skeptical of Tablo's academic achievements of earning a bachelor and a master's degree in English from Stanford from Sept. 1998 to June 2002.
타블로 때리기 수그러들어
경찰이 지난 주 가수 타블로의 스탠퍼드대 석학사 학위가 진짜임을 확인해 주자 이에 대한 진위 관련 인터넷상의 논란이 수그러드는 조짐을 보이고 있다. 타블로는 한국 힙합밴드 에픽 하이의 리더다.
타블로의 학위에 대한 의문을 제기하는 운동을 주도해온 두 개의 인터넷카페 중 하나인 "상진세"는 화요일 타블로를 상대로 한 경찰 고발장을 철회했다.
이와 함께 한국말로 "타진요"라는 온라인 카페를 운영하고 있으며 필명을 '왓비컴스'로 쓰는 한 재미 교포(57)는 화요일 더 이상 타블로 때리기 웹사이트 운영자로 일하지 않겠다고 카페에 글을 올렸다.
왓비컴스는 자신을 "루서"라며 타블로는 경찰이 그의 학위를 확인해 주어 행복하게 살수 있게 됐다고 말했다.
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