By Reylee G. Melendres (11:02:38) :

Quote ““Multiple Violations”
       quote “By: Reylee G. Melendres
       quote “Student# 16
       quote “4th Blog Entry
       quote “Unedited by Blog Administrtor          Quote “Since the issue about Kris Aquino, James Yap and the Belo receptionist, Hope Centeno came out; media couldn’t escape this controversy being the talk of the town (sic, awkward, unidiomatic). Various forms of media (sic) keep on covering the series of events in this issue (sic, awkward) and even the Inquirer couldn’t detach itself from what we know as sensationalism.
        quote “For consecutive days (sic, awkward), this love-triangle topic could be seen in the front page of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI). The PDI Feb. 27, Tuesday publication had again this story in the front page but it was labeled as an (sic) entertainment.
        quote “The fact that the article was labeled as an (sic) entertainment, it is more justifiable (sic) to place it in the entertainment page. It is important to consider the news elements and some criteria that should be found in various articles to be appropriate in the front page. The element of news worthy (sic, use the noun-form) is the first thing that must stand out in a front page article. What would be the benefit of the public in this love-triangle story aside from entertainment?        quote “Kris Aquino is a “big” person in the showbiz industry aside from her family background which gave (sic, tense not consistent)  her prominence. But prominence of a person is not sufficient because it is always attached to the event. In the world of showbiz, the third- party thing is basically not new at all. It is an ordinary thing nowadays.
        quote “This issue became news because of the public interest which is tolerated by media for the sake of rating. This only shows how media organizations prioritize this story for their interest. Sensationalism is a form of violation because it is a form of magnifying issues for the sake of ratings/profits, without considering the news values.
        quote “If the subject itself commit a violation, this article entitled, Hope: I’ve said everything I wanted to say violates the first provision of the Journalist’s Code of Ethics. The title doesn’t suit the content of the article because it deals more on how the coverage of this story affects the two giant stations, ABS-CBN and GMA. Instead of discussing Hope’s statement in connection with the title, the article overemphasized the outcome of this issue to ABS CBN and GMA.
        quote “PDI’s approach on this matter aims to expose the competition that’s going on between the two stations. It can be seen in the sub-stories of this article. Another thing to notice (sic, awkward) is the inclusion of unreliable statistics to justify their claim that “The Buzz” was the winner in the ratings for the Sunday afternoon talk shows that covered this story. They didn’t show any demographics to strengthen their statement because the basis of their assertion came from SMS ( Text-Messaging etc.). This again, goes against the provision of the expanded code of ethics regarding the use of statistics.” Unquote.
#303 03 2007