MERGED: Irresponsible Media

[nab_uang]

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what we need from Media is a responsible and balance programming... Free and responsible media are critical sources of information for us who want to choose the best leaders for our country and make sound decisions about the issues in our nation and in individual communities... pero kong gibayalang lang ang media to attack other parties wala na...

[pijavier]

Mao gyud. Pataka man gud nig hirit mga media men para lang maka kuha og story. most of the time dili raba patas, kadto gyud media sa Channel 3 (dugay na ni) before brgy elections. naminaw ko pag gabii, gi raid daw nila ang mga incumbent and relatives ato nga politiko, thne naa daw nakuha nga mga armas, daghan kau. diha ra kutob ang ilang gi report.

the next morning same report, same footage, gisulti daun nga registered weapons daw to pero pag ka gabii gipalabas nga dili. misleading kau

[giddyboy]

i googled "media corruption" and here is wat i found out:

October 12 2004
A glossary of media corruption

News For Sale
Excerpted from "News for Sale: The Corruption & Commercialization of the Philippine Media" with the author's permission

By CHAY FLORENTINO-HOFILEÑA
Director of the Journalism Graduate Program of Ateneo de Manila University

Payoffs to journalists have become so much a part of the journalistic culture that they have engendered a language all their own. These are some of the terms used in the journalistic community to refer to various forms of corruption the media.


AC-DC For attack-collect-defend-collect. A kind of journalism where the reporter attacks a person in order to collect money from that person's rival or enemy. The same journalist then defends the person originally attacked, also for a fee.

ATM journalism Refers to reporters who receive discreet and regular pay-offs through their automated teller machine (ATM) accounts. News sources simply deposit cash into these accounts instead of issuing checks or handing the money over to the journalists in envelopes. Often, the accounts are in the names of relatives, rather than of the reporters themselves. ATM journalism became popular in the 1990s, taking over from the more simple "envelopmental journalism" that took place in the 1970s and '80s.

Ayos As in "fix," the act of bribing reporters either with money or other gifts like late-night entertainment.

Bicycle Gang Refers to the contacts of politicians in television news desks who ensure that video footage of candidates barnstorming in the provinces is circulated to the different TV networks by a messenger riding a bike.

Blood Money A pay-off toe ensure that a story or critical article is killed or else slanted in the briber's favor before publication. This is different from "smiling money".

Bukol From the Tagalog word that means a bump, usually on the head. A reporter gets a "bukol" or is considered "nabukulan" if he or she fails to get a share of the largesse being distributed by politicians and other news sources whom they cover.

Didal Refers to the practice of media handlers pocketing for themselves a part of the money intended for distribution to reporters. For example, if a party's media bureau sets aside a P2,000 allowance for each of the reporters covering an event, the media staff would distribute only P1,000 to P1,500 and keep the rest. The reporters in this case consider themselves "nadidal."

Envelopmental journalism A take on "developmental journalism," which became popular in the 1970s. Journalism is deemed "envelopmental" if it involves an envelope of cash paid to journalists to sway their reporting.

Hao siao A derogatory term used to refer to pseudo-journalists, those not employed by a reputable news organization but pass themselves off as journalists in order to cash in on payoffs and bribes made by news sources, particularly during elections.

Inteligensia Cash given as bribe or protection money to the police, a part of which goes to journalists covering the police department. Some reporters have begun using the term to refer to the regular payments that they get from law enforcers.

Main Event Refers to the act of distributing cash to journalists. A press conference or news coverage is not deemed over until the cash is dispensed -- this is considered the "main event."

Orbit Like planets revolving around the sun, reporters also make the rounds of offices, particularly the police stations, to get their weekly payola. The term may also refer to any effort to visit offices for the purpose of soliciting money from news sources.

Placement The position or department within the media bureau of a government agency or company that is in charge of ensuring that press releases are sent to news offices and published or aired when they should be. While there aer PR professionals who do the job, some journalists are hired to ensure "placement' as well. Some journalists also moonlight as writers for candidates, ensuring placement by making appeals to their friends in newspapers and broadcast agencies.

Point Man A reporter or editor working in a news organization but who is also paid by a candidate or political party to ensure that press releases are published or aired and also to warn the candidate of negative stories emanating from rival camps.

Shepherds Journalists who are either jobless or on leave from their news organizations and act as guides to reporters covering a a particular candidate or party. Shepherds take care of the reporters' needs including accomodations, food, plane fare and other transportation expenses, as well as "extras" like nights out.

Smiling Money Cash that is given to reporters or editors for no particular reason except to create goodwill between a source and the journalists. It can also be used to refer to a payoff given after the publication of a positive story, supposedly as a gesture of the source's appreciation.

Sulig A thousand pesos

Tigbas Cebuano word for "cut", used to refer to a hatchet job

Warik-warik A Cebuano term used to describe unscrupulous people; to journalists in the provinces, these are the counterpart of Manila's hao siao.

(Compiled by Manny Mogato and Vinia M. Datinguinoo)

[M.A.D.]

Investigative journalism is the way to go.

The internet makes better news than the TV.

The market share of TV has been largely affected by the internet. :mrgreen:

It apparently looks like that the TV market has already matured. Although the same can be said of the internet,

its adaptibility and free-architecture make it ideal for anything to flourish - even real news that matters. :mrgreen:

[bobbyb]

What the h....l?

If they are anti-govt how can they be fair, unbiased and balanced? Won't this put them on the opposite side? Haler!?

Media people should be professional. Meaning they should tell the news as it is. Whatever their opinions are it should be kept to themselves unless they are paid commentators.

[cricketdbuster]

media should not be anit government.. everything in this world has limitations. media should be fair and just with what they are conveying to the public thats what they need to do.

[giddyboy]

i believe the media should not be anti-govt in the first place. that will be UNMEDIA na nuon...

mas maayo dat they should put their acts together first by cleaning their own ranks.
why? Media also has a lot of dirty business.

see my post in another thread nlng: "News for Sale: The Corruption & Commercialization of the Philippine Media"

https://www.istorya.net/forums/index....162820.50.html

[gareb]

there is a very thin line between pointing out the lapses of responsibility on the part of the media and wanting to silence them completely.

in an intensely commercial media industry such what we have here, it should not surprise us that such unscrupulous behavior can sometimes manifest itself. we have accepted 'competition' between media networks as the prime mechanism for us to be provided with what we think we need. it should have been foresight that would tell us that things like these can happen within such bitter rivalries for ratings.

that is why i find it absurd that we actually expect the media to be "fair" or "balanced" or "responsible" even if we know beforehand that if and when these companies' corporate interests comes into conflict with ideals of what and how media should behave, the former will always prevail under the various spins and twists for it to appear as the latter.

and then there are those who haphazardly criticize the behavior of media corporations and media practitioners on how they conduct their work. there are those, who, because they are dissatisfied with the irresponsibility of the media, want it shut down and muffled. there are those who believe that the media is "too free" and want to clip its wings. those that think that the unbridled media killings are but right for an industry who has prostituted it's ideals to those who can shell out the mega-bucks.

what these people fail to realize is that the problem is not in the presence of freedom of expression itself, but on the structures and mechanisms that try to realize it. we have a commercialized media that caters to its own interests first and foremost before that of the people. we have a media that wants to reproduce a system of dominance of the lifestyle and the culture of the rich few over the vast majority that is poor. we have a media that cashes in on the numbing effects of escapism and senseless sensationalism.

the media, which represents freedom of expression, is a prime component of a democratic society. this becomes the fora where the populace derives the information they need to chose which path the community should take, chose what destiny they can make for themselves. when this is compromised and distorted by the urgings of commercialization, the democratic ideal of a society itself is threatened.

but clipping the power of the media does more harm than good. the right information to make the right decisions is lost and cannot reach those decision makers who shape the future of a commnity, may it be from the simple voter, to the person entrusted with the highest governmental position.

the culprit then is not the freedom of expression in itself but on how is commercialized; private companies taking untold depths of deception, trickery and manipulation, in order to rake in the profits.

before we argue and lambast each other regarding the irresponsibility of the media, and the shameful behavior of some media practitioners, it should be best to know beforehand how the media works and whose interests does it ultimately carry.

[Empress_Of_Drac]

before we argue and lambast each other regarding the irresponsibility of the media, and the shameful behavior of some media practitioners, it should be best to know beforehand how the media works and whose interests does it ultimately carry.

people

[gareb]

people

if that is true then why do anomalies such as those that you have mentioned exist? or perhaps we should not call them 'anomalies' since they seem to happen systematically and in such a widespread fashion?

does it not have anything to do with the equally widespread culture of commercialization that the media has adopted?