Defeats the purpose

Militant groups have too much power. Doesn’t that defeat their purpose? If their purpose is to balance out opinions and their opinions already weigh as much as those of politicians’ (Hell, some of them are politicians!) then that leaves us totally messed up. It is in the nature of militant groups to create noise and disorder. Their purpose is to make sure that no side is left unheard. So what if they have no limit to their noise making? Party list groups should be limited to those with no political agenda. Isn’t the purpose of party list groups to represent those who need to be heard? If militant groups can already make so much noise by themselves (and have news companies feast on their shows) giving them seats in congress defeats the purpose of party list.

Party list is so flawed. It’s supposed to represent those without a voice. But how can those without a voice win a national election? When will indigenous people get a party list seat?

Some militants are power hungry. They are starved for attention. They’re all probably incredibly insecure. It is in their nature to be insecure.

Ask a militant for a solution, and they can give you no plausible action plan. Their task is to complain. If their already exaggerated complaints are magnified by media and broadcast to millions of Filipinos who base their opinions on what they hear (and who themselves don’t care to have an action plan less actually do anything about our problems) we will only be propagating the nasty Filipino culture of complaining and blaming everything else but themselves and their inaction for absolutely all their problems.
People should know where to draw the line when it comes to militant protests. And again, shame on the media for feasting on them and making Filipinos worse off.

Balanced news for idiots

I can’t believe how GMA7 can claim that they give balanced news. I think that the only unbiased news in this country comes from Business World.

Unbiased news presents facts. Unbiased news expresses unbiased opinions from third party experts. What good is the random opinion of someone who probably doesn’t know all the facts and has a personal bias? In the event that they get the opinion of those who are directly affected by the news, they are quick to point out that it is a biased opinion.

I hate and despise how GMA7 says that they put no spins to their news. How is that even possible? How can they say that they give just the news? Look at how their main male anchors deliver the news. Quite professional, huh?

Even the evening news show on Q11 seems too dressed up. Compare that to Studio 23’s News Central. Now that’s news that’s straight to the point and reflects hardly any bias. That’s quality news casting!

There are so many ways to relay an opinion. A change in punctuation or pronunciation can say so much. Even the way you phrase a fact can alter its meaning. Only idiots don’t know this so how can this giant station say that they deliver unbiased news without any spins?

Fact is, they make news to appeal to the masses. And they need to. But they shouldn’t claim that they only deliver just the news and that they have no spins. They deliver packaged news! News the way their major consumers want it delivered! Doing this only reinforces whatever opinions their audience already has. Don’t we need to get the facts straight to make our own opinions? Why do news stations reinforce opinions? It makes no sense.

If the way they deliver the news is a reflection of the capacity of the masses to digest the news, why do news stations feed on the people’s destructive incapacity instead of correcting it and subsequently raising the quality of these people’s lives? Because if they don’t, the stations will have lower ratings and will start losing money. That’s the bottom line.

In this country, perhaps because we are a third world country, our news is oppressive.

Please, I can understand why you shun the responsibility that is in your hands, but don’t claim to be angels when you truly are not. Don’t flat out lie to the people’s faces to further your ratings.

Making news

Second story on the TV news tonight: a group calling themselves the people’s court find the president guilty of corruption. Wow, so if I get together all my contacts and pretend to have a courtroom, even without having two positions on a topic, as long as it criticizes the government I can be the second story on the national news. Great!

Guingona was also in that court. Wowee! He is so a bitter, grumpy, impotent old mad who hates the world. What’s up his ass?

How easy it is for people to land on the headlines. It's not helping anyone.