RACIST or SEXUAL OBJECTIVATION

just recently the FHM cover of Bella Padilla was said to be "racist" but after the racist issue, another issue rises, the issue of the used of women and their body to sell services ad products like the men's magazine FHM was doing for so long. Do you thing it is just for the women be a subject for this products flaunting their body because they seem to be willing to do and pose?.

FAME vs. POWER

DAUGHTER OF FORMER PRES. FIDEL V. RAMOS, CRISTINA RAMOS JALASCO

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PHIL. AZKALS PLAYERS, LEXSON MOY and ANGEL GUIRADO.

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ABSENCE of TEAM MANAGER PALAMI and COACH WEISS

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!!"SEXUAL HARASSMENT"!!

Nag-IISANG BABAE sa LOCKER ROOM!...

may isang player na NAGSALITA ng MUST BE A CUP B?!...

all PLAYERS LAUGHS...

IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL AT THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?

INSULTED? ANGRY? or SEXUALLY HARASSED!?

The Philippine football team "AZKALS" was composed of Foreign men ..they lived and grow up in other country with different culture, and we can say that they are more liberated than us, Filipinos, but this is not a acceptable excused because fro sure they know Filipinos were very sensitive in the issue of sex.

While, Ramos acting her position as the match commissioner for the Philippine AZKALS and Malayan TIGERS, she entered the locker room to do the pre-match inspection to the AZKALS players( where the said incident happened). If you were Ramos would you still enter at the boys locker room knowing that they were all boys and surely they are naked or half-naked.Can't she ask somebody to do that for her?. and why host an inspection without the team couch and manager ?.

What do you think the correct action of the SPORTS Commission in this issue?

TAKE A STAND! IS IT ETHICAL OR UNETHICAL?

I had a few but interesting conversation with one of the employees at Manila Broadcasting Company. She is Ghel Moreno, a news reporter, writer and researcher for Aksyon Radyo. It was a great privilege for me to conduct an interview with her as regards: Taking a Stand! “Is it Ethical or Unethical?”

From the topics given to us, I have chosen Ethical Video & Audio Editing as the subject of our discussion. It is an interesting topic for me and the same way to her. As part of her profession, she is required to do a special report every Saturday. They are given a certain issue that usually requires people to interview. She has encounter prominent people, government officials and even ordinary people who can contribute to justification of her report.

As we immediately start our discussion, I go straight to the point with my query. I asked her, From the voice clips you are using I your special reports, how do you choose those part of the interview which you will release on-air? And she answered me directly that she goes with what is important and what is needed to be known by the public. She tries to look at all sides of the issue as to avoid being bias. She wants it to be direct to the point to give the immediate information to the listeners. If there are sensitive parts of the interview, she takes it into consideration and making sure that she does not go beyond her limitations.

I also asked her if she ever tried editing or manipulating an audio just to protect someone’s image and reputation? She directly answered me with all conviction that she never attempted to do such. She admitted that she is new in the industry and she wanted to be a credible source of information.

The last thing I asked her is that, How does she practice ethics in her profession and How does she value it? I was mesmerized on how she answered me. She told me that ethics is not simply about on your profession, it’s part of life. She may not be as good as other people in the industry, but she guarantees herself that she is striving hard to be a credible media practitioner. She never attempt to manipulate people through audio editing. She assures that she is giving the right information for the right of the people.

In my own perception from what she have told me, I actually gained positive realizations in life. Media is a tough industry, our character and values as individuals are important aspects in dealing with it. It is not about your job itself, it is also about you as a human being.

I really enjoyed our small conversation. I have learned a lot from her. She was indeed an inspiring person to look at. It has a huge impact on my part since I am also about to enter media industry. I will always remember all the learnings and wisdom she shared with me. J

What are your insights about this photo?

Does this action show some respect?

Private prosecutor Vitaliano Aguirre had had enough of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago and had the guts to stand up to her.

In a hearing marked by high drama, Aguirre covered his ears with his hands while the prosecution panel was receiving yet another a tongue-lashing from Santiago, this time for its sudden decision on Tuesday to rest its case against Chief Justice Renato Corona.

For that “contemptuous” behavior, Aguirre earned the ire of not just Santiago but the entire Senate impeachment court, which cited him in contempt on Day 26 of the impeachment trial, ironically a day after the prosecution had rested its case.

“I charge this private prosecutor with contempt of this impeachment court! I have evidence right here taken by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, and to say that nasaktan ang tenga ko (my ears hurt) should have been (a cause) for you to walk out of this impeachment court. But you cannot make those contemptuous gestures in front of a judge, and get away with it,” Santiago declared.

Cayetano himself took the picture using his cellular phone camera.

Santiago made the motion to cite Aguirre in contempt soon after the volunteer lawyer candidly admitted to the impeachment court that he did cover his ears.

“That’s true because my ears already hurt,” Aguirre said, while being questioned by Senate President Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada.

Estrada had inquired into Aguirre’s motive for publicly displaying his disdain for Santiago.

“It seemed that you don’t want to listen to her,” Estrada said. “That’s disrespect for a member of this court.”

Aguirre argued that he had to cover his ears because he did not agree with Santiago’s position that it was not usual for lawyers to withdraw, or amend their complaints.

“This happens every day. The fact is that this is the first time that I experienced in my 40 years of practice that a judge would lecture his lawyers. That’s not proper,” Aguirre said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/154141/%E2%80%98wah%E2%80%99-happened-miriam-santiago-goes-ballistic

"PLANKING"

This is from BBC NEWS. I saw a lot of pictures and issues of this everywhere most especially in facebook. But did you know what this really mean and what were the effects of this to the society? You can read what I have read about planking. I'm sure a lot of us here encountered this, I myself had a picture doing this but I never uploaded it since it was not that good in the eyes of many, some said it was cool but some were annoyed. WAHT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF BAD THINGS ABOUT IT, WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY OF DOING THIS KIND OF THEY SAY "UNETHICAL ACT"? Here's the link for you to read from BBC NEWS and GIZMODO: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13414527 and http://gizmodo.com/5803311/what-is-planking

LOOKING BEYOND THE MEDIA INDUSTRY

The first person I interviewed was Mr. Siegred F. Agustin, he’s a camera man from GMA network. He shoots different shows of GMA including Tunay na Buhay, Rescue and the like. As camera man, you must be very careful on whatever you shoot and consider all the precautions of your subject, especially he shoots shows which have sensitive topics. For instance, for Tunay na Buhay, it tackles about different stories of life, there are a lot of stories with sensitivity and even your subject agrees that you can show him/her in public, it’s also your responsibility to hide them, either blur their faces or make a shot that the subject will not be identified, because it’s in the code of ethics. You need to have your own thinking about cases like that. Most of the time, he experiences this kind of situation when he shoots documentary shows. He said that the most sensitive to shoot are the children, you need to have consent from DOLE or the permission of the guardians.

            I also interviewed one of the program researchers of Kapuso mo, Jessica Soho and Day off,  Mr. Mike Cristobal, he’s also working for other shows of GMA in some of the programs’ epsisodes and was also the segment producer of Hanep Buhay, but the show already ended. According to him, we have limitations in media and you have to consider that in every story you do, especially when it comes to the privacy and protection of a particular person. In GMA, they have handbook, it includes the regulations of the network, so they have a guide in making decisions about ethical issues. It still depends on the person, you just need to do what are the right things, you do not literally follow the rules written on the handbook but have your own thinking and be open-minded about different cases you encounter. I also discovered that the staff from GMA are not allowed to receive anything from any person they interview, feature and the like, it’s part of their ethical responsibilities, so as not to be bias or anything. But then, it still depends on the person, all the ethical issues that the media practitioners experience depend on the person on how to decide or cope up with the situation, but for him he never did anything unethical when it comes to his work because he considers all the do’s and don’ts. If you think people will not be interested with your story because of some things that you need to hide, make other ways to fulfill the story you want to achieve, strategize so that you can still gain the interest of the people, like what he said “bumawi ka sa ibang elemento”. That is in the case of the public affairs shows, but in news, this is where you encounter most of the problems about ethical issues, he said it’s still the same with news, but in news it’s more complicated. His main point is, publish what you think the public has the right to know, but protect and respect also the privacy of your subject. Look at the both sides and that’s when you make a move of what to publish. It really depends on the journalist on how to treat a specific story, but we have to always remember that we are (media practitioners) here to serve the public. That’s one of the objectives of being a media practitioner, so we must focus on our objectives.