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Cho-Joong-Dong ((朝鮮語:조중동), CJD) is a coined term which refers to three highly circulated conservative newspapers in South Korea. The word is an acronym of the Chosun, Joong-ang and Dong-a daily news, and was used by a Hankyoreh editor Jung Yeonju ((朝鮮語:정연주)) as early as October 2000. Korean liberals criticize Cho-Joong-Dong primarily because of their conservative-biased editorial stances and doing business in a collusive and surreptitious manner. Since 2008, some critics of CJD have claimed that there is a close relationship between CJD and the Lee Myung-bak government. As of July 2008, the market share of Chosun, Joong-ang and Dong-a is 25.6%, 19.7%, and 14.3% respectively; nearly 58% of printed newspaper subscribers in South Korea read one of the three daily news. In December 2011, Chosun Ilbo opened their own cable news network.〔 〕 ==Criticisms== Opponents of the three major newspapers credit them with a disproportionate degree of influence and power, to the extent that they believe that simply abolishing them would unleash major positive changes (one of the most prominent anti-newspaper organizations is called "Beautiful World Without Chojoongdong").〔(Beautiful World Without Chosun Ilbo" )〕 Although the major newspapers are private organisations, and are competitors with each other, they are nevertheless considered by their opponents to be a monolithic, quasi-governmental organization. Criticism stems from their previous history of collaboration with Japanese colonialists more than 60 years ago (the Joongang Ilbo, however did not exist during the Japanese occupation),〔http://www.pressian.com/scripts/section/article.asp?article_num=40080609191120&s_menu=〕 as well as their collaboration with domestic authoritarian rule 20 years ago. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chojoongdong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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