“Bread and Circuses”. Notes of students.

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Posted by Student #7 unedited by blog administrator

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Quote “I trust that the July 21 episode of XXX was a violation of the Philippine Journalist’s Code of Ethics where a journalist “shall exercise caution in publishing names of minors and women involved in criminal cases so that they may not unjustly lose their standing in society.”

The segment was about a girl who was allegedly raped by her stepfather. The story started with Karen Davila’s meeting with this girl’s eldest sister WHOSE FULL NAME WAS DISCLOSED. photo by blog administrator

The girl’s sister told XXX how she learned about the rape. Although the girl was given an alias, there was a part of the segment where the girl’s face was shown when she was fetched in Bulacan where her family live. I don’t know if I should call it an accident but I believe the better term for it is negligence. It was only the girl’s eyes which were pixelized that when she moved, she lost the pixelization and I SAW HER FACE. Not only her face, but also the faces of the rest of her family which were not considered to be hidden at all. In addition to all that, the girl’s age was given, too.

Quote “Yes, they did not disclose the girl’s full name, but after giving this much information, won’t she lose her standing in society?

Jul 24, 12:28 AM” closed-quote.

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Posted by Jericah Regado

Fourth Blog Entry
by Jericah Regado – Comm 191/WWX
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Quote “Last Sunday, I was able to see a segment of the magazine program Rated K. As we all know, every week Rated K has a theme where all the stories for that episode revolve around. Last Sunday, the theme was about “alagang-alaga” and there was a segment about taking good care of the skin. In this particular segment, the drugs metathione and glutathione were positively featured as products that can effectively whiten a person’s skin. It was also mentioned that personalities such as Rico Barrera and Faith Cuneta are using glutathione and metathione. photo of a coffee mug by blog administrator

Quote “In watching this particular segment, it becomes implied that this story is included in the regular features that Rated K presents since the topic fitted the theme and the story was created just like any other story. But apparently that “story” was an advertisement. I realized this when commercial break came and the first ad that was shown was that of metathione’s (the one with Pauleen Luna). Clearly, Rated K was paid to produce that “segment” which featured metathione and glutathione.

Quote “I believe that this practice, which is perenially done by Rated K, is unethical because it can mislead the audience in believing that metathione and glutathione can be good for them, while in fact, Rated K was paid to produce that segment. And since it was paid, of course the producer would only put the positive aspects of using the said drugs, and not the negative ones. Since Rated K is a magazine show and it claims to be factual, the staff should not include advertisements in the form of feature stories in their program. Or if it is unavoidable, they should put a disclaimer which states that the segment is a paid advertisement.

Quote Since the people believe almost everything that TV presents, media practitioners should be conscious of what they produce and air. TV is a very powerful medium and it should be used to inform and educate the audience, and not to mislead them.

Jul 24, 5:34 AM” closed-quote.

Xxx

Posted by Student #6

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Quote “The July 23 episode of Sis (a morning show of the Kapuso network) was about people with “special” talents wherein they’ve invited in their show some circus performers and also Kapuso stars who could do unusual acts. The episode was titled, “Ay Sus! Birit at Indak sa Circus!”

Quote “Kyla showed her ala-gymnast moves and also showed that she could bend her pinkie finger to reach her wrist. Another guest, Gian Magdangal, showed that he could touch his eyeball. The camera got a close-up view of how he pushed his eyeball by using his bare finger. Che-che of the sexbomb dancers and Marky Cielo also showed some of their “stunts”.

Quote “Apparently, the show is for entertainment but what is wrong with this is that they (people behind the show) did not put any disclaimer or warning which states that only professionals are capable of doing these acts. Neither did the 3 hosts advised the parents of the children who might be watching their show to guide their kids nor warned the kids not to imitate what their guests were doing.

Quote “The people behind the show must not forget that they also have young viewers who might be affected by the things they show or discuss on TV.

Jul 24, 9:11 AM” closed-quote.