What’s missing (wrong) with the media coverage on the San Juan demolition
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com
During the violent demolition of homes in Barangay Corazon de Jesus in San Juan City, my Facebook newsfeed and Twitter timeline have been filled with criticisms on how the media covered the said event. Among those who have been heavily criticized was Mike Enriquez, a GMA executive, primetime news anchor and radio commentator for one of the country’s biggest media conglomerate, GMA 7.
“They thought that it is the government’s responsibility to feed them, give them shelter while they do nothing,” Enriquez said in Filipino over his radio program at DZBB.
Other reporters dwelled on the fact that the residents, to begin with, were “illegal settlers.” Thus, their report implied that it’s okay to treat the residents of Corazon de Jesus like animals, destroy their homes and send them to remote relocation sites where life is more difficult. They are illegal settlers anyway. They are poor and don’t have the right to be choosy.
But Friday night was different. The news report was about the 3:00 p.m. deadline imposed by the local government for residents to leave the immediate vicinity. Some of the residents have accepted the relocation packages while majority have opted to rent rooms in nearby communities. Local government officials, in their television interviews, could not hide their satisfaction that the residents have left P. Narciso st., a narrow alley where they were forced to spend the night, “peacefully.”.... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/15/whats-missing-wrong-with-the-media-coverage-on-the-san-juan-demolition/
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anuman ang buong larawan, sana lang ay walang karahasan dahil ang mga untog o tama sa ulo, for one, ay nakakabobo o nakakasira ng utak pag malakas. ngayon, tungkol sa corporate media coverage, naalala ko ang partiality ng dilaw na media noong eda 3 laban sa pro.erap urban poor at iba pa...na ikinatuwa pa ng kaliwa maliban sa evl civil society..............ngayon naiintindihan n'yo na sana na pag kumampi ka sa masama/manloloko, magagamit din sa iyo yan sa hinaharap.
"Honestly, I was so upset with the coverage. It was a choice between throwing our 15-year-old television set or turn it off. But I could not do neither. I had to endure it.
"I was pissed because if you’re the kind of person who mainly relies on corporate media for information, which I think most Filipinos are, you would think that the local government and the residents have reached a win-win situation. As some would say, a problem out of sight is a problem resolved.
But having witnessed and reported about the conditions of the people in relocation sites, I don’t think that this would ever turn into a win-win situation. I think that the sufferings of the residents have yet to begin."
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