MERGED: Manila Standard's Malu Fernandez unpleasant article of OFW's

[bukikong]

malu, if you need a hug pm me.

[d`monyita]

ano connection nito sa business and economics?

this is in another thread na man.... spurred by the article na super tongue-in-cheek jud. impertinenteng baboy. hahahaha

she has resigned from her post.

check it out na lang sa politics forum https://www.istorya.net/forums/index....,144702.0.html

[kazuya]

fact is, she didnt get laid that was why she was screwing everybody

[d`monyita]

shhhhhhhhhhh. wag ibuking.

[diem]

[color=navy] I love Malu Fernandez for being a GREAT EXAMPLE of a BAD WRITER. She presents how the selfish, irresponsible abuse of words can lead to demeaning and dangerous circumstances. She shows writers how not to write if they don't want to burned in effigy like a roast pig.

And I so love her letter of apology! Since it was so proper and precise with just the right touch of remorse and regret, I would to know who wrote it! Because I have the writer's feeling it isn't Malu~ she must have a good lawyer.

[kazuya]

SHE HAS RESIGNED!!!!!

SHE HAS RESIGNED!!!!!

SHE HAS RESIGNED!!!!!

GI-NEWS SA TV PATROL!!!

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

this is really good news... but the damage has already been done... i dont think she meant her letter of apology though...

[yokam]

She's got a point somehow, but the problem is, she's doing it while stepping on a lot people. She's really a bad writer.

[yagit]

you guys might want to read this....

Where humor ends - connie veneracion (manila standard today)

"The dead giveaway was when she said “I obviously write for a certain target audience”. So, that was it—applying wit at the expense of some people, migrant workers in this case, in order to entertain the target audience."

"That’s media for you. That’s not a mere observation—it is simply a fact. Every publication and every network will do anything to retain its audience. And that includes humor, even the kind made at the expense of others, if it will translate to readership/audience. Some even work hard at being perfectly hateful because that translates to readership too."

"The sadder truth is that we, migrant workers and non-migrant workers alike, are all part of this twisted culture of cracking jokes at the expense of others. Haven’t you laughed at and disseminated Erap jokes via SMS and e-mail? Don’t you watch Bubble Gang and guffawed at the impersonations of politicians and media personalities? Don’t you giggle at the local version of Candid Camera hosted by Michael V. which victimizes unwary people on the street, subjecting them to embarrassing and humiliating situations all for the sake of entertaining the show’s viewers? See, everything is funny until we find ourselves to be the subject of the jokes. Then, it isn’t so funny anymore. And, often, it is not easy to tell where the humor ends and the insult begins. Then, it becomes an emotional issue."

"What amazes me that no one seems to realize that media is responsible for the workers’ reaction. Media spoiled and pampered them by building them up as modern-day heroes and they have gotten used to the title. So who is this woman with the gall to look down on them? She’s part of media too. Why isn’t she writing the way media has always written about these migrants? Thing is, there is a way to disagree with the sensational declaration that they are nothing less than heroes without making fun of them as persons. And not everyone is incapable of discerning between an obvious insult and one that has been sugarcoated to make it appear as humor. Under the circumstances, the reaction of the workers is understandable and the demand for an apology cannot be considered unreasonable."

"No, I didn’t find the People Asia article funny. I thought it was insensitive and insulting and bordering on libelous. But neither am I amused nor impressed at some of the reactions in the Philippine blogging community—some are nothing short of libelous either."

full article ---> http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?...ion_aug23_2007

[d`monyita]

ay yaan nyo na.... standard had to hit back somehow hehehehe

[kazuya]

thanks for the article yagit... toinks they are justifying pa jud what she did saonz... thats what we call irresponsible journalism