THE BIASED MEDIA
My driver was absent today so I had to grab a cab to get to work. Unfortunately, he was tuned into the morning program of Korina Sanchez and Ted Failon. Over the past few years, mt take on the show is that it's a two-hour long "okray" session. Not once have I heard a shred of positive news from these two. It's always been "What went wrong" and "Who's to blame".
I was interested in their take on the ULTRA stampede and their basic message was that ABS-CBN feels for the victims - and that if there was any finger pointing to be done, they were glad to do it. As far as these two were concerned, the blame should really go to the local officials and police. Bullshit.
Of course, their favorite topic has always been GMA (no, not the rival station, but of course, the President of our country). If you choose to believe Ted and Korina, Gloria can't seem to do anything right. Forget that the peso went up despite all the rallies and unrest. GMA is bad because she's putting the heat on their station by readying charges of negligence against 20 of their people. Gee, I'm sure that the 70+ dead and their families are so mad at Gloria for wanting some retribution done.
This morning was nothing different. Rant here. Rave there. I swear I could hear them frothing at the mouth. They were interviewing a police general about a spate of arrests yesterday of several high-profile militants (including the congresswoman-sister of one of their own newsteam). Ted cited that yesterday was a celebration of women's day and that rallies were being held all over the world. He questioned why we were stopping rallies here in our neck of the woods.
I would have answered with a question: "What were they fighting for?"
Was it equality for women? Were they fighting for feminine rights? From my window here in Ayala, the flags and banners were as clear as day: Oust Gloria!
Hahahahahaha!
The shame of using Women's day to push your political agendas. Shame on you militant groups. Other countries were bemoaning the plight of women and here you were trying to bring down a female president. Oh, the irony.
Oh, and when one listener texted in asking Ted to stop being "Viased", Ted's logical and intelligent reply was to correct the guy's spelling.
That's funny, I always thought they usually don't take any position. Korina is mostly silent (studying for her morning show or something?) and Ted is ambivalent.
But what really craps me out are their so-called skits. I listen to AM radio to hear the news, not listen to them being funny...
Posted by
banzai cat |
11:09 AM
You should have heard Korina kanina. the solicitor general made a comment daw that 1017 was wrong. She was all self-righteous and demanding that they get Bunyi on the phone. "Ang yabang nila" she quipped referring to Malacnang - saying that the criticism they levied towards media was proven baseless after the Sol-gen's alleged remark.
Posted by
Jay |
3:01 PM
That sounds like Korina alright. When she makes comments (Ted is always talking), it sounds like she's shooting from the hip. As for the Benipayo, what do you expect? The guy fucked up and is continuously fucking up trying to defend the legality of government's actions. (Heh, the SC called Benipayo's arguments defending 1017 as "confused".)
And for all intents and purposes, the government is a bit heavy-handed on the media nowadays (see Arroyo's befriending of GMA 7, the classic "divide and conquer" approach). Muzzle the press? Remember, in China, the next step is muzzling the bloggers.
Posted by
banzai cat |
11:58 AM
Media should be responsible enough to regulate itself. They've become too 'sensationalist' for my taste. If I see one more 'sawa' story, it'd be too soon. Hell, they're even willing to give airtime to any moron who has something to say, no matter how absurd. Forget about verifying the news, not if it sells.
Posted by
Rhochie |
12:00 AM
RENT the movie is opening on 29th March exclusively at Ayala Cinemas. 4 months after it opened in the US and I saw it. I know you have the pirated dvd. Oh did I say pirated??? Oops. There's a bigger impact on the big screen, don't you think? Yey. RENT RENT RENT RENT RENT!!!!!
Posted by
I Am Queen |
10:08 AM
i hate how these media people think of themselves. i mean how could they claim to give unbiased news reporting when they have talk shows where they keep blabbing their opinions. the last time these two were credible in my eyes were their Hoy Gising days. afterwhich i never liked them anymore. i miss angelo de castro in the world tonite.
Posted by
duke |
1:44 AM