SBS uses a missing child poster to promote their drama "God's Gift"

Article: "Please find this missing child" SBS drama's 'ridiculous' promotion controversy

Source: Yonhap News via Nate

The drama "God's Gift" tweeted a poster of a missing child, which spread on SNS. The problem is that the poster isn't actually reporting a missing child but a virtual character from the drama, 9 year old Han Saet Byul. An SBS rep said that they were intending to show that SNS can be used for good deeds like spreading awareness on missing children but netizens thought it was a misuse of a missing child's poster, which people might mistake to be real.

1. [+431, -6] Really over the line...

2. [+307, -5] Daebak over the line

3. [+289, -4] Totally over the line...

4. [+25, -0] How stupid do you have to be to think of promoting the drama with something like that? This world has too many idiots who can't differentiate between right and wrong.

5. [+25, -2] I get that they had good intentions but this can only hurt the parents of actual missing children

6. [+20, -0] They should've instead used as an actual missing child's poster if they wanted to raise awareness

7. [+20, -1] Did they have to go this far..

8. [+13, -1] I bet they were sitting in their office thinking, "Aha~ The netizens and the media will praise us for our good deed~ We're so smart!!!! Hehe!"

9. [+11, -0] They should realize that the content of their plot isn't anything light and that they need to be all that more careful.

10. [+8, -0] They should've used actual missing children posters... this is flat out using a horrific incident for families for drama promotion.

11. [+6, -0] I saw this going around and stared at the kid's face thinking I saw her somewhere and it ended up being a drama ㅡㅡ Seriously.. I get that they wrote it's for the drama purposes at the bottom but I can't imagine how angry actual parents of missing children would feel seeing this.

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