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Bias Tracker: Odd Coverage Of 2PM’s Nichkhun’s CF By Soompi Reveals Anti-Japan Bias

Bias Tracker: Odd Coverage Of 2PM’s Nichkhun’s CF By Soompi Reveals Anti-Japan Bias

IATFB February 22, 2012 17

A few people on staff have been monitoring a disturbing trend for a while now, but it never became so apparent as it did when the controversy over 2PM‘s Nichkhun‘s Thai commercial was covered

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Versus: Soompi’s Site Design Avoids Disaster But Has Significant Problems

Versus: Soompi’s Site Design Avoids Disaster But Has Significant Problems

Fobio February 17, 2012 7

Ah, Soompi. This brings back nostalgic memories of trolling their forums for shits and giggles during my younger days. But that’s a story for another time. Today, I am here to critique Soompi’s layout. To

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Ask Asian Junkie: What do you think about allkpop threatening to shut their forums down?

Ask Asian Junkie: What do you think about allkpop threatening to shut their forums down?

IATFB February 13, 2012 11

Don’t call it a comeback. Hey there Asian Junkie! I’m really enjoying the editorials on your site so far! Both troll and serious. I wanna fuck you too. Anyway, my question concerns 6Theory and

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Critical Eye: Fixing The Issues With allkpop’s Video Player

Critical Eye: Fixing The Issues With allkpop’s Video Player

IATFB February 8, 2012 2

I previously wrote about my dislike for allkpop‘s new video player and the response was basically consensus agreement, so suffice to say the move was popular with basically nobody. In fact, it motivated a

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In Defense Of: allkpop & Soompi’s Coverage Of T-ara’s Hwayoung’s Nipslip

In Defense Of: allkpop & Soompi’s Coverage Of T-ara’s Hwayoung’s Nipslip

IATFB January 31, 2012 7

As things usually are in the K-pop fandom, the reactions to the news of T-ara‘s Hwayoung‘s nipslip were rational and reasoned. While most of my criticism has been directed at the mainstream media so

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Critical Eye: allkpop’s New Video Player Is Counterproductive

Critical Eye: allkpop’s New Video Player Is Counterproductive

IATFB January 30, 2012 20

When it comes to video posts, I generally prefer visiting allkpop over Soompi for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is because allkpop is usually first to the punch, but also

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Ask Asian Junkie: Is K-Pop In Japan Set Up For Failure Or Expansion?

Ask Asian Junkie: Is K-Pop In Japan Set Up For Failure Or Expansion?

IATFB January 28, 2012 30

Discussions about K-pop in the Japanese market are never dull, primarily because International fans are a passionate bunch with many having their loyalties already cemented. It’s been interesting for me to observe, because while

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Versus: allkpop & Soompi’s Divergent Approaches To Their Forums

Versus: allkpop & Soompi’s Divergent Approaches To Their Forums

IATFB January 19, 2012 14

If you’ve been following along on Soompi‘s Twitter recently, you’d be hard pressed not to notice their drastic change in approach to the social media medium. They had previously used it similarly to how

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Versus: allkpop’s Confusing & Inefficient Site Design Provides Poor User Experience + Recommendations

Versus: allkpop’s Confusing & Inefficient Site Design Provides Poor User Experience + Recommendations

Fobio January 10, 2012 31

A few months back, allkpop changed their site’s design to what you see today. While the previous one was generally standard and effective, allkpop obviously wanted a drastic change in an attempt to reinvigorate

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Bias Tracker: New.F.O’s Record Amount Of Features On allkpop

Bias Tracker: New.F.O’s Record Amount Of Features On allkpop

IATFB January 2, 2012 6

Given what I’ve already explained in the past regarding New.F.O in relation to allkpop and Soompi, this basically amounts to a Captain Obvious post, but it’s something that I think deserves to be documented

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Bias Tracker: Soompi And The Japanese Anti-Hallyu Wave Movement

Bias Tracker: Soompi And The Japanese Anti-Hallyu Wave Movement

IATFB December 29, 2011 6

Soompi recently named the top seven most shocking scandals of the year, and as if to speak to how boring Asian entertainment news can be in comparison to other regions, it mainly consisted of

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Bias Tracker: allkpop Switches Reviewer & Review Style For The Worse

Bias Tracker: allkpop Switches Reviewer & Review Style For The Worse

IATFB December 17, 2011 4

Starting in November, allkpop switched their reviewer from Rowdyruff to rex_music, and with the personnel change came a shift in review style. While rex_music himself isn’t a problem as a reviewer, the stylistic change

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Critical Eye: Soompi’s Netizen Overreaction Editorial Generally On Point

Critical Eye: Soompi’s Netizen Overreaction Editorial Generally On Point

IATFB December 14, 2011 4

Thus far, I’ve been critical of editorials written by mainstream Asian pop media sites, but I have to give credit when it’s due as well, and Soompi‘s “Overreact Much? Netizens Too Critical of Stars’

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Critical Eye: Soompi’s Editorial On “Sick Of K-pop Cult” Article A Hypocritical Mess

Critical Eye: Soompi’s Editorial On “Sick Of K-pop Cult” Article A Hypocritical Mess

IATFB December 10, 2011 8

When I initially stumbled upon Adeline Chia’s article about K-pop, contritely titled “Sick Of K-pop Cult”, I knew a response was coming from somebody in the K-pop community. Although I took issue with certain

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Bias Tracker: allkpop, Soompi, Billboard, and K-pop Masters

Bias Tracker: allkpop, Soompi, Billboard, and K-pop Masters

IATFB November 26, 2011 21

By any reasonable measure, Billboard‘s K-pop Masters concert is a significant event for the Hallyu Wave. As it’s being held on American soil, one would expect the two media giants of the Hallyu Wave

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