Category: Media

Emotional testimonials from fans won’t change FACTS nor help ABS-CBN in court

February 16, 2020 Ilda 4 Comments

Pro ABS-CBN activists need to come up with better arguments to support their favourite mass media network. Notice how ABS-CBN supporters are making narratives out of how they and their families here and abroad are so attached to their favourite shows from the network and how it has helped them cope with life? That’s all…

Media

Stopping ABS-CBN’s Franchise Renewal By Hook and By Crook

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 P. Farol 4 Comments

This morning Solicitor General Jose Calida filed a quo warranto petition at the Supreme Court to nullify the franchises of ABS-CBN and ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc “as they are unlawfully exercising their legislative franchises.” It would look like the final nail in the coffin of ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal. That is if we consider that a number of…

Government, Media, Politics

How Filipinos can fix their broken “democracy”

February 8, 2020 benign0 4 Comments

Perhaps rightly so, Opposition partisans in the Philippines lament the way “democracy” is working for them nowadays. They lost an entire nation in the 2016 elections that catapulted former Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte to the presidency today and botched a chance to gain a foothold into Congress when they suffered a catastrophic loss in…

Media, Politics, Religion

Speaker Cayetano Holds Hostage the Livelihood of Thousands of ABS-CBN Employees

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 P. Farol 5 Comments

One of the House Speaker’s duties is to make sure that important political and economic legislation is passed in an efficient and timely matter. House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano prides himself for having passed the 2020 budget in record time but not without detractors alleging that he had favored allies with hundreds of millions. Fellow…

Media, Politics

Why Preempt Congress from Deciding on ABS-CBN’s Franchise Renewal?

January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 P. Farol 3 Comments

“Why are Duterte and their minions so afraid to allow Congress’ franchise hearings on ABS-CBN? Because that’s where all facts are laid bare and made public: documents, expert testimonies, official records, witnesses. No fake news, no trolling. Just the facts. #holdABSCBNhearingsnow #thinkaboutit” That was the message I received early this morning days after the Quo…

Media

Leni “Look at Me” Robredo is not helping calm Taal evacuees by engaging in PR stunts

January 22, 2020 benign0 15 Comments

A picture of “vice president” Leni Robredo holding the sign “Lugaw Leni” during a visit to an evacuation site supposedly to distribute relief goods is making the rounds in social media. If you still don’t see a problem with this, let me spell it out for you. We have the second highest official in the…

Government, Media, Politics

Mass entertainment in the Philippines should be controlled to prevent further dumbing down of Filipinos

January 19, 2020 benign0 28 Comments

No Filipino will disagree that one of the biggest problems the Philippines faces is the quality of thinking of its populace. This is specially critical in a democratic society where popularity is power and specifically in the Philippines where leaders are elected by popular vote. What is interesting to note is that the institutions of…

Government, Media

Media people are not victims. They are members of big powerful organisations with lots of money!

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

One of the most persistent legacies of the 1986 Yellowtard Revolution is the idea that media people are both “heroes” in the fight against and “victims” of oppression and tyranny. Often, the villains in their self-authored tales of victimhood are state armed forces such as the police and the Army. As such, the most iconic…

Media