When 'Idiot Box' is a name deserved - Sept. 07, 2003 (Inq7)
A security guard, a farmer, and an honor student. Lives that meant something. All trivialized and worse, smeared.
This article just really made me more mad about how news is done here. People tend to forget, news is not entertainment. It is a heavy responsibility.
Philippine newscasters tend to EDITORIALIZE the news. Before, news where given out straight up. Just the facts. Now, it seems that everyone has to put in a sound byte or two. What we have here are Howard Stern clones who's prime motivation is to shock. To me, that's dangerous. In a country where people are swayed by media (how many politicians here are from showbiz or tv? A LOT), a word or two from their "idol" could mean disaster in the long run. We are a country that is in danger of electing a despot to office just because he or she can sing/dance/act. If Hitler was a filipino, good looking, and acted in movies, he would have a hell of a good time here.
I could hear the hungry masses now: Here we are now. Entertain us.
