I do.
I really do.
But pseudoactivism? holy sh*t! hell no!
For the 18 years of living in a place i call "mundong ibabaw" the television is one of those things i happen to love. (Yup! the TV, the picture tube? the idiot box.) But in that 18 years span, (Minus the years that my brain is focused on candies, dolls, robots, toy cars, and children stuffs like crushes and boys, so approximately like 8 years so... 10 years old, oh... ok) rephrase.. 8 years span, i've never really liked Philippine media ( the news. not the documentaries, cause i like some of them, seriously!) maybe because they exhibit a false advocacy towards freedom and peace.
I was second year college when i happened to watch a morning show in one TV station. It is a talk show, kind of a talk show where the host, a newscaster, will interview a personality from the government and ask questions regarding certain political issues. Back then i thought it was great but later on, as i watched it and listened carefully at the questions of the host, it was a total waste of time.
(Yes, i admit that i am not in the position to say such things cause i'm just an 18 year old TV viewer, but i myself can understand what is happening in my society.) Going back to that talk show, as i can remember he was interviewing a lawyer and the questions are just just being repeated, they are just rephrased carefully to look like the host is asking different questions, and on the lawyer's part, he isn't even giving proper answers to the repeated questions, all are "play safe" ones, and even though it is really obvious, the host just keeps on accepting the answers. It's like i'm watching a modern version of the three stooges only modified cause there are only two persons acting like idiots inside an idiot box.
Another proof of pseudoactivism in the philippine media is a saturday late afternoon show with a former congressman as its host ( clue: surname of the host and the word "ngayon", was/is the title).
This show acts like a pro poor show,while really it's not, i mean, what the heck is wrong with this former congressman?! He is a politician, why is he bashing his kind? There is a saying that goes..." Ang magnanakaw galit sa kapwa magnanakaw"... and i really feel that this saying fits him perfectly. In some of his episodes he will interview a mayor, the next time you will see him bashing that politician through political caricatures and dialogues that are really offensive. Some times he will interview informal settlers, some times he will say that informal settlers are the cause of problems in the city. Is he a pingpong or something?!
...and lastly, coverage.
Live coverage of events or a press conference.
All these events especially the press conferences are always, i mean all the time done in english.
why am i pointing this out while i myself is writing in that language?
Because televised press conferences are for the greater public, this blog is not. And admit it or not, most Filipino commoners are not familiar with this fuck*ng language.
Oo! hindi masyadong nakakaintindi ng english ang mga taong dapat makaalam ng mga pangyayari sa senado o ng kahit ano mang pinaguusapan sa mga press con na yan.
Doing this is like explaining to a three year old that eating stuffs they see on the floor is wrong.
The media wants us to believe that they are on our side, but in reality they are puppies of the government.
The media wants us to believe that they are bringing us THE news, but they are just giving us fictional and controlled stories.
The media is making idiots out of us,
Out of those people who can't weigh the reality versus the fantasy they are feeding us with.
Maybe i just have to go back and watch the news.... ciao!
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