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Broadcast media are on the carpet, and because of having acted irresponsibly during the hostage crisis situation, they now are on the defensive and getting the shorter end of the stick, as shown during the Senate hearing yesterday.
At the root of it all, was the irresponsibility of the broadcast media to air the hostage crisis live, which aggravated the situation, especially at that point where the hostage taker, viewing the broadcast through a TV monitor in the bus, saw on real time, his brother being taken away and cuffed by the police.
Making things worse at that time was that the media kept up with having the viewers — which included the hostage taker, with the brother’s interview and his fear of being killed by the police who were taking him away.
There is little doubt that this particular scene was what made the hostage taker, Rolando Mendoza, go crazy and start shooting his hostages.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100915com1.html
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