OneFreeKorea reviews ABC’s series on life inside North Korea and notes a few questions that should have been asked.:
The
report isn’t completely devoid of interesting information; the wierd
emptying of North Korea’s cities for farm work is informative even
through the emerald-green glasses. But "a snapshot of everyday
existence inside North Korea" it isn’t. Brainwashed tour guides,
privileged military officers, and terrified schoolkids are not an
accurate representation of public opinion. The reporters, for their
part, acknowledge that they are followed everywhere by government
minders. They just don’t ever question it. They tour the world’s most
repressive, controlling state, but never seek–or seek permission to
seek–the unsupervised answer to what the North Korean people are
really thinking
