Talk:SBS PopAsia

Criticisms
The criticisms of the program are legitimate and should remain. Wikipedia articles are not intended to serve as uncritical advertising or propaganda. The SBS PopAsia television program has attracted wide criticism and it is legitimate to explain this criticism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baroquesmguy (talk • contribs) 22:42, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

The removal of the Criticism of the SBS PopAsia television show has rendered this article a purely propaganda piece for a show that has attracted widespread criticism. (talk • — Preceding undated comment added 01:56, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

It's perfectly acceptable to include criticism on a page when valid, however said criticism must meet Wikipedia's guidelines regarding influence and citation. One person's opinion is not criticism that should be included. Some random facebook page is barely legitimate however putting that aside the far more important issue is getting citations. If reputable citations cannot be obtained then the section doesn't meet Wikipedia guidelines and cannot be included. Umamifeeling (talk) 23:10, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

The criticisms of the manifest agenda of SBS's PopAsia television program are based on observations. It has been widely observed that SBS PopAsia does not live up to its brief - to play the latest Chinese Canto-Pop and Mando-Pop, Japanese Pop and K-Pop - and seems obvious that it doesn't even try. For the last few years the two hour television program has consistently marginalised any Asian music that does not originate from the South Korean K-Pop industry. Pointing this out is not pushing a personal opinion, it is merely making an accurate observation. It is also true that the owners of the SBS PopAsia Facebook page have consistently sought to stamp out all criticism of the television program by removing and banning all critics of the show and preemptively blocking them on Twitter. Considering the fact that SBS is partially bankrolled by the Australian taxpayers, treating those members of the public who have the temerity to publicly criticise SBS's PopAsia program with contempt is simply unacceptable. The content of publicly funded broadcasters is not above public observation, public analysis and discussion and finally public criticism. baroquesmguy

I've personally heard the presenters admit in person that there is a real bias with the content produced, but as these opinions have not been aired in official SBS content I suspect they're a bit of a sore point inside SBS. In particular, PopAsia began with Japanese and Chinese content (notice that host Jamaica de la Cruz is fluent in Japanese), but over time listeners requested more and more South Korean content. PopAsia staff do sometimes say if they can't get specific content. Even Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, who is arguably the most popular Japanese artist on the program and who has now visited Australia twice, has not had all her hit MVs air on PopAsia. This content bias problem has also been mentioned with a strongly teen girl demographic leading to a predominance of boy bands, a more mundane problem to be sure, but likewise one they also find difficult to address. StaticSan (talk) 06:19, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

The problem is that the show has offered the viewers a Hobson's Choice, to paraphrase Henry Ford, "You can have any music you like as long as it's K-Pop", and the television show has done this since the beginning. The audience has been afforded the opportunity to develop a taste for anything other than K-Pop. The popular music of China, Mongolia, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, et cetera, and it appears that SBS made little or no effort to secure any sources of music outside South Korea before the show went to air. This wasn't very wise.

What is very annoying and disappointing is that the program maintains the ludicrous delusion that South Korea is the centre of music in Asia. SBS PopAsia now only panders to its tween fans.

Every time the Criticism section of this entry is expanded and explained, the work of myself and others contribute is deleted. This renders this article heavily biased and little more than a propaganda piece for this television show, which really does have some major problems in balance and the television program has had this problem since it's inception. A cursory look at SBS PopAsia's Facebook page will clearly demonstrate that this program has no interest in any music other than K-Pop. And SBS PopAsia actively stamps out any public criticism of the show by banning anyone who dares to question the dominance of K-Pop on the program or has the temerity to request music other than K-Pop for any length of time. 19th November, 2016. User:Baroquesmguy

As of the 18th of December, 2016, the Criticism section of the entry has been deleted. It's very clear that someone or some people are very sensitive to any criticism of this program, especially when that criticism is purely observational. User:Baroquesmguy

(talk) 12:27, s4 July 2016 —Preceding undated comment added 02:56, 24 July 2016 (UTC)