All about power and position in a small turf
More likely than not, there is an ongoing power bloc struggle, not so much in the composition of the Noynoy’s “communications” group, but in who among the three-mentioned members of the communications group will be the boss of the many “bosses,” since the so-called turf is shared by at least three, and with no press secretary being on top of the group. Put another way: Would Ricky Carandang want to take orders from Sonny Coloma or Manuel Quezon? The same applies to Coloma. Would he want to take orders from Carandang or Quezon? All three are from media, print and electronic, but no matter the medium, most of those working in media as columnists or hosts, believe themselves to be media celebrities — or differently stated, they are mostly full of themselves and think themselves more important than most. This in turn brings on the problem, which is this: Which media “star” in Noynoy’s media group shine, and call the shots? After all, these so-called “media celebs” aren’t likely to be out of the spotlight. Each would want to have control of the media group, and not be relegated by one of them to a “desk job” where he would hardly be seen or heard. In other words, why give up the newsmedia “star” status, merely to be a, well, pencilpusher who will be hardly seen or heard, unlike their media days, when their faces were much too familiar? One would think that if they who believe themselves to have “star” status, join government, would want to have a title, and become a member of the Cabinet. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100716com2.html |
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