Again, regarding Hubert
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| Armida Siguion-Reyna |
It’s got to be said that of those screaming reactions for or against the acquittal of Hubert Webb and company, few were as explosive for the “Morong 43,” or, much earlier, the “Tagaytay 5,” and the Magdalos, led by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.
This could be because Pinoys generally find soap opera material more attractive, and stories that deal with fighting for the country don’t wow the ratings. There’s also possibly the guilt factor; if as ordinary citizen you take sides on the Morong 43 being NPAs, the Tagaytay 5 terrorists, and Trillanes and men putschists, soon enough you realize you’ve in fact done so little for Inang Bayan, so no thanks, you’d rather render opinion and strong opinions at that, on the latest cause célèbre.
And the Hubert Webb story is soap opera at its finest, a narrative that first caught national attention 15 years ago when the concept of reality TV was still on the planning boards. One can’t say for sure if media have taken sides, but leading broadsheets for instance describe the recently freed as “scions of wealthy families” living in “posh” houses in “enclaves,” if not in “plush condos” and such choice of words do not make them underdogs. In TV-dom, whoever lives in a big house is the kontrabida, the mapang-api, and therefore the manggagahasa, so, there..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101217com4.html
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