Today in history...

the bear was born! hahaha...happy birthday!

truth in journalism

I believe that clear thinking and clear statement, accuracy and fairness are fundamental to good journalism.

...so goes a paragraph of the Journalist's Creed that we were made to pledge everytime we attend the Secondary Schools' Press Conference way back in high school.

Having been involved in campus journalism as early as Grade 5, I used to dream of becoming a journalist. I devoted time and energy as a staffer of the school paper of the public elementary and high school which I attended. I remember myself internalizing each line of this creed. It never occured to my young mind then that I would someday despise some people who are supposedly professional journalists.

Yep, I may have been too young and too naive then. Yep, I used to think that each of them are respectable professionals. Yep, now I think I was wrong.

It sounds ironic that a person who is supposed to be a journalist would talk about lies on the air especially when your station's name literally means TRUTH. It's so unprofessional for one person to say those lies right after an interview with a person who could possibly shed light or defend a particular issue. It's so UNETHICAL for a supposed to be journalist, to misinform the public.

Oh well..just another disappointment!

 

vox populi, vox dei?

vox populi, vox dei? sometimes it seems not, especially when the clamor of ordinary people are disregarded due to the whisper of some people acting as if they are gods. for them, they are always right oh well, how can gods be wrong? everyone must obey them (those power-greedy politicians included) and those who do not are immorals, murderers short of saying bound to be thrown to hell.  but are they the one who decides who enters heaven and who goes to the lake of fire? na-ah, i don't believe so (the bible clearly state that Christ is the only way!). but those who play gods can surely make people's lives like hell on earth.

sabi ni congressman...

At the height of discussions on the Magna Carta of Women, a MALE member of the 14th Congress quipped, "WE WANT YOU TO BE PREGNANT EVERY NINE MONTHS!"

Eh kung siya kaya ang magbuntis every nine months? I don't care kung paano siya manganganak...hayz, asar lang. Ganito ba talaga ang level ng usapan when they do bicameral conference committees? Alam ba ng constituents nila na ganyan ang mga taong supposed to be ay nagrerepresent sa kanila? Ang bad lang talaga, parang tingin niya sa mga babae machine lang na taga-produce ng bata...as in every nine months huh?! Kahit siguro sa Asian Hospital mo pa alagaan ang tao kung ganun ang gagawin mo made-deds yun sa sama ng ugali mo. Nakakadismaya lang, patawa-tawa pa. BAD!

Winnie the Pooh said...

"If ever there's tomorrow when we're not together, there's something you must always remember: you are braver than you believe; stronger than you seem; and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart, I'll always be with you"


nag-eemote rin pala pati si Winnie the Pooh!

Just when I thought I've seen enough SBs...

Sasakyan ng Bilanggo - nakasulat sa gilid ng bagong bus na naka-park sa harap ng Isuzu Commonwealth. Sa likod nun bus nakasulat Quezon City Jail.

BTW, yun bus ng City Hall ang tawag ay Sasakyan ng Bayan!