when the media becomes the story
If there were to have an inquiry regarding the Manila Peninsula brouhaha last Thursday, the media should not be excused from any form of investigation. The situation including the arrests of media personalities and the imposed curfew is not about curtailed freedom of speech and assembly. It is simply about security--security which is necessary for each of our freedoms.
The media should be reminded about the bounds of its mission. How far does it go? How far can it go? When they are being used by someone, anyone to sow chaos and incite sedition, what does the media do? It's true that the media is the medium for these voices (and these voices are equally important) but the problem with last Thursday's is that 1.) the media magnified the whole thing by granting Trillanes and his cohorts celebrity status again, 2.) the media wittingly or unwittingly cuddled the offender and obstructed justice by flooding (and desecrating) the Peninsula hence disallowing the army to freely enter and arrest the offender, 3.) the focus of the story now is how the media was cuffed and "arrested like criminals" (sic.) when they were asked to leave an hour before the issuance of the warrant to the offender. To be fair with the military, everyone in the lobby was arrested including all bystanders looking for an action sequence. Why zero in on media arrests when it was a logical SOP to do for the safety of all? They are like double-standard(ed) Fr. Reyes who while cuffed says, "Sanay na ako dito. Harassment. Ginagawa nila ito pati sa obispo? sa pari?" What makes them think they are immune from bullet shots just because they are in frock or have a press pass?
A line from the musicale Zsazsa Zaturnnah comes to mind now (this was when the people were screaming that the giant frog might step on them): "Kung ayaw n'yong matapakan (ng palaka), eh di tumabi-tabi kayo, mga bobo!"
I agree with Vivian Yuchengco, why bother with this story anyway. Don't play it up, she says, and let's proceed with our lives. For me, this is like any other story--similar to a man in Cebu wanting to jump off an apartment building. Okay, capture it, announce it on TV, give it a few minutes airing time then move to another news.
The ABS-CBN news team's motto is "To make the interesting, relevant and to make the relevant, interesting." I'm not even sure if the Trillanes story is interesting. Besides, who says which story is interesting or not? Problem now is, the Thursday situation, by virtue of the media mileage granted the perpetrators, has become relevant (but only post facto) to our lives because it affected our living and livelihood and our image to the world scene (again!).
Let's create truths which can forward our cause and improve our image to ourselves and the rest of the world. And this is in the hands of the media. I think we better have a summit on this.
The media should be reminded about the bounds of its mission. How far does it go? How far can it go? When they are being used by someone, anyone to sow chaos and incite sedition, what does the media do? It's true that the media is the medium for these voices (and these voices are equally important) but the problem with last Thursday's is that 1.) the media magnified the whole thing by granting Trillanes and his cohorts celebrity status again, 2.) the media wittingly or unwittingly cuddled the offender and obstructed justice by flooding (and desecrating) the Peninsula hence disallowing the army to freely enter and arrest the offender, 3.) the focus of the story now is how the media was cuffed and "arrested like criminals" (sic.) when they were asked to leave an hour before the issuance of the warrant to the offender. To be fair with the military, everyone in the lobby was arrested including all bystanders looking for an action sequence. Why zero in on media arrests when it was a logical SOP to do for the safety of all? They are like double-standard(ed) Fr. Reyes who while cuffed says, "Sanay na ako dito. Harassment. Ginagawa nila ito pati sa obispo? sa pari?" What makes them think they are immune from bullet shots just because they are in frock or have a press pass?
A line from the musicale Zsazsa Zaturnnah comes to mind now (this was when the people were screaming that the giant frog might step on them): "Kung ayaw n'yong matapakan (ng palaka), eh di tumabi-tabi kayo, mga bobo!"
I agree with Vivian Yuchengco, why bother with this story anyway. Don't play it up, she says, and let's proceed with our lives. For me, this is like any other story--similar to a man in Cebu wanting to jump off an apartment building. Okay, capture it, announce it on TV, give it a few minutes airing time then move to another news.
The ABS-CBN news team's motto is "To make the interesting, relevant and to make the relevant, interesting." I'm not even sure if the Trillanes story is interesting. Besides, who says which story is interesting or not? Problem now is, the Thursday situation, by virtue of the media mileage granted the perpetrators, has become relevant (but only post facto) to our lives because it affected our living and livelihood and our image to the world scene (again!).
Let's create truths which can forward our cause and improve our image to ourselves and the rest of the world. And this is in the hands of the media. I think we better have a summit on this.
Posted by meetjopeblack at 09:36 AM | mix me my whey
Last week I tested on beef. I did beef with broccoli and chinese style tenderloin steak. Both were hits. The aroma and taste are at par with what one can order in chinese restaurants. A week before that, I experimented on garlic, olive oil, penne, bacon, basil, and parmesan cheese--a recipe I got from my Philosophy guru. And though unpopular because of its exquisite italian taste, it'd probably just suit Cathy's and my taste buds, I'd still give it a five.
