Loose lips sink a ship - media companies in danger of sinking and vanishing because of loose hosts lips

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They often say this in ships where loose lips can spark mutiny and cause trouble at sea.  This applies now to some media companies that have lost zillions in defamation suits.   One lost $80 m to Melania Trump, $800 million to Carrie Underwood, $80 million to Elon Musk.  There is a news too where a media company was sued by Pres Trump for faking an interview with his opponent for Presidential position.

Another media company also popular for controversial programs has lost a suit from a former military on fake news controversy.   

All ready the parent company of the said media company for huge financial losses.

These media companies have crossed the line of free speech, honest criticism to shaming and personal attacks.  Press freedom is not a license so bloggers,  netizens beware.

Media companies have been known as the Fifth Estate and dubbed as kingmakers or king destroyers. That was the past.   Social media has taken that power away and many newspaers and magazines have turned belly up.

So that is what many still think.    Leaked emails show how producers and execs have directed hosts and staff to:   make the guests (especially the conservatives) uncomfortable, make them stumble and make the media company look powerful and almighty.   Now the real power are the lawyers.   

New White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt admireable first Press Conference

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The first day of the youngest member of Pres. Trump was admireable if not spectacular.  She had great grasp of facts, and parried mental assaults of reporters, showing them how illogical some of them were like, Trump starting inflation when the reporter cant cite examples.   For the eggs increase in prices, she told that it was admin of Biden who ordered the destuction of 100 million birds which is now bein attributed to Trump.   

Ms. Leavitte is miles ahead of her predecessor for whom many have negative comments.

Her office is inviting some 400 non traditional media practioners to have White House beat:   bloggers, influencers etc who are non trad media.  

Surely Pres. Trump got one good Press Secretary.  MAGA

Too much time and energy for Legislative hearing and inquiry

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There seems to be too much time too much energy by our Legislature for hearings and inquiries.  A lot of peoples money being wasted for grandstanding and media mileage (because the 2025 election is near?

We could be better off leaving the investigation to the bodies in charge of investigation like DOJ, NBI, the prosecutors who are specialized in this job.  Less wrong rubbing of feathers, less embarrassment, more time for positive tasks and energy

Can we?

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How does a new govt handle a hostile media organization?

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Indeed, if you are occupying the highest position in the country, how do you deal with hostile media which is negative, which finds nothing good in your plans and activities, and which strongly diminishes your political stock

All ready we see signs of hostile media organizations (they were biased towards the other political candidates)  All ready we see a media tweeting, and ranting about not being invited to a media briefing by media outfit of bbm, Cabinet members being interviewed with anchors:    incoming Justice Sec Boying Remulla and Ben Diokno having been toasted by former  ABS CBN staffers.

They still dont get it.  In the name of journalistic license, or press freedom, many media act beliigerently vs the President.  The Inquirer property at Amorsolo was hurriedly asked to be vacated, ABS CBN franchise was not extended/renewed.   Rappler is facing cancellation of its SEC registration, tax cases, not to mention cases being filed by defamed individuals. 

Its not a case of press freedom, it is a case of media abuse that must stop  This acts can not promote unity

 

We are blessed that there are no national Ampatuans who will end all criticisms with mass murder

We should be thankful for a country like ours.  

Comment - Covid 19 an avenue for flexing power and political adroitness?

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Rizal Philippines
June 13, 2020

This post sees coVid19 as an opportunity for politicians to consolidate their power, organization, and distribute rewards early on before the 2022 elections

1.  The barangays though ill prepared to handle complex aid distribution were given vast amounts of power, and of course they are now beholden to one man/organization.

2.  The military were delegated vast powers to arrest and even shoot troublemakers.  And in the end there were deaths;   needless deaths and plenty of imprisonment.

All of a sudden, the common citizen feels subdued and incarcerated for the sake of public health issues. But one sees double standards:   for social massing as in the case of Police General, and in riding in tandem for couples:    military shamelessly ride in tandem, while it is prohibited for the majority. 

3.  The SAP largesse was a form of political campaign taken out of public funds running into billions, and now the govt is engaged in double talk because it finds out it could not fund the billions that it promised to the people.  But were authorized under the BAHO law

4.  During the pandemic many agenda were pushed that are not relevant to the  coVid19 and which do  not recognize the difficulties of the people during the pandemic:

      1.  Registration of the bicycles (just because  many are using this)
      2.  Taxing on line sellers (those who are just being entrepreneurial due to the  difficulty in finding
            jobs;
     
However one sees a mature politician and technicians making sure that the opponents of the state and his are made aware of the vast political powers and authority that he has and are warnings to those who will cross his path.  Be it the media, leftist legal fronts.

Duterte to stop interviews and conferences with media

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Rizal Philippines
June 6, 2016

From Manila Bulletin  PSG bans network from covering DU31 thanksgiving party


From Rappler

There will be no longer press conferences and interviews with the media, according to to be Presidential aide Christopher Go told in an interview last June 3, 2016.   Talk less, less mistakes would be an apparent objective.   Instead, press releases and interview will be through state run television.

However, this post sees this as an apparent reaction to the call for boycott by NUJP, regarding the misunderstanding on his statement about journalists who were killed and who were corrupt (I listened to the statement / audio  of the statement, and there was no causal statement to that effect)  The retaliation started by having all media, except PTV 4 banned from covering his thanksgiving party

Really if you quote his statement out of context, then you can misunderstand Digong.  For example, about giving the citizen the right to kill criminals the drug lord.  What he said was, the citizen must cooperate with the authorities in arresting drug lords and sellers.  If you have a gun, and the criminal fights, then the citizen can kill the criminal.   (Taken out of context, you can think of Duterte changing the criminal code?)

From ABS CBN Thousands celebrate Du31 victory party near a crocodile farm