The following excerpt and comment have sent me off to a contemplative mood for awhile. The first one from FV’s news department himself, Ding G. Gagelonia: But times have changed. Instead of reporting on the news, it seems, journalists are losing their detachment and are becoming self-obsessed, not unlike the political and social bigwigs they [...]
Unethical to Call Smith “Convicted Rapist”
March 6, 2009 By 74 Comments
The Supreme Court of the Philippines (SCoRP) recently produced three written Decisions on the custody case of Lance Corporal Daniel Smith: a 9-4 Majority Decision by Justice Rodolfo Azcuna; and two Dissenting Opinions by Chief Justice Reynato Puno and Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. In the Majority Decision, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith is invariably referred to [...]
How To Save The Right Of Reply Bill
March 2, 2009 By 20 Comments
The history of the Fairness Doctrine in the United States is probably what inspires the support of Senator Joker Arroyo for the Right of Reply Bill, as he “slams” President Arroyo for threatening a veto (“buttering up to the media”) even before the Bicam has finalized the proposed measure. I’m having my own second thoughts [...]
Should Commercial Journalists Be Licensed?
February 27, 2009 By 33 Comments
Kudos to the Mom Blogger
January 15, 2009 By 58 Comments
KUDOS to our colleague Noemi Dado for her scintillating performance on Media in Focus on ANC with Cheche Lazaro this evening. She really scored a bullseye for the Bloggers and outshined veteran journalists Carlos Conde (International Herald Tribune) and Danilo Arao (Bulatlat) when she pointed out that it is the very active comment threads that [...]
Ilustrados Bravos!
January 5, 2009 By 39 Comments
Bloggers are the New Ilustrados. Like our forefathers before us, who seized pen and ink and paper to make lethal weapons out of the strangest notions, we are story-tellers, we are pundits, we are dream catchers, we are bullshit detectors, we are critics and gossip-mongers. We are jesters, exiled to a vale of tears. We [...]
THE CES I KNOW
June 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
(this is my personal view and reflects no one elses. this is a multi-blog post that may also be seen on my multiply blog: newsboy419.multiply.com, www.rgcruz.com, as well as abs-cbnnews.com) Hearing about what happened to ces for the 1st time last week left me dazed for the 1st hours. i never thought it would happen [...]
“Restraint” and the average Pinoy schmoe
June 10, 2008 By 11 Comments
The news about Ces Drilon’s abduction is sad indeed. It must be a huge comfort to her family to know that there is an all-out effort (based on Ding G. Gagelonia’s frequent updates) to recover her and her crew safely; among others: a call for “media restraint”, a “directive” to the AFP to “share intelligence [...]
blogging v. journalism, my take
May 5, 2008 By 2 Comments
When Nick has invited me to participate in the FilipinoVoices project, I did not hesitate to tell him to count me in because I thought it was an opportunity from my own nostalgic perspective to in some way reincarnate Pinoy-rin, a virtual community founded before the advent of blogging as recognized today. That’s how I see the close parallel between FilipinoVoices.com and the moribund Pinoy-rin.net.
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