tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596131824012016471.post7357296740990744914..comments2023-05-15T16:22:10.312+08:00Comments on Pink Hamper: "Media do not invent the news, they merely report it..." Yeah, right!Yaw Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022803647109053217noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596131824012016471.post-2173969522821121032011-04-06T02:29:30.398+08:002011-04-06T02:29:30.398+08:00I agree. 25 years since 1986, they still subsist o...I agree. 25 years since 1986, they still subsist on yellow journalism. I'm talking not just about tabloids or talk radio. It is up there in TV primetime news and certain broadsheets.<br /><br />"Tingnan niyo, mga Kapuso, o!"<br /><br />One good example is the hostage-taking in a bus in Manila. It was a feast!<br /><br />Even the KBP might be toothless. All it visibly does is hand out awards to various people each year. Do they really determine THE number one station? In what way do they police their ranks? How do they ensure their members follow their code of ethics? Do they have seminars to upgrade the critical thinking skills of their members? Better still, do they put an effort to <br />improve the critical thinking skills of their audience?<br /><br />It is said that TV is a medium, because it rarely is well-done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com