Not just Kris VS SM: but Baidu/iQIYI/PPS/SM VS Kris
On the morning of May 29, 2014, iQIYI, the so-called China’s top online HD video platform, released a report containing false information and fabricated rumors about Kris through one of its popular programs called iQIYI Early Flight and the official Weibo (Chinese Twitter) account of this program. All the content of this report was copied from fabricated rumors started and posted by Kris’s anti-fans, and all the statements in this report have been proven to be false and maliciously fabricated to defame Kris. However, regardless of the truth, iQIYI Early Flight is still using such false information and fabricated rumors to release fake news in order to attract an audience. Shortly after the release of this report, it had been reblogged by the official Weibo accounts of iQIYI, iQIYI Entertainment and PPS (another Chinese online video platform). Even worse, this news report had been placed in the headlines section of iQIYI’s and PPS’s front pages, causing immense damage to Kris’s reputation and huge discontent among fans. Fans and some netizens expressed their anger and protested against iQIYI and PPS’s disgusting conduct. Many fans also presented strong pieces of evidence that can refute all the points of the rumors. Meanwhile, an individual who has been embroiled in this situation for no valid reason by the report also provided evidence to refute the rumor and the false information.
KrisBar’s clarification posts about the false content of the report were reblogged about 20,000 times each.