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Two weeks ago, GMA 7’s Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho did a feature report on Philippine game shows. It talked about the reasons and effects of the fondness of Filipinos in joining game shows on television. In addition to the story, it mentioned the recent scandal involving Wowowee’s Wilyonaryo, a pinball like game show aired on ABS CBN Channel 2. It gave a backgrounder on the impact of the alleged manipulation of the game to the Filipino audience, including the heated exchange of statements between Eat Bulaga’s Joey De Leon, who was the first to comment on the alleged fraud and Wowowee’s host, Willie Revillame and the actions taken by the government. Joey De Leon was actually interviewed by Ms. Soho to express his view about the issue.
At first, I thought that the program has been really unfair to ABS CBN, because it did not air their side regarding the issue. However, at the end of the show, Ms. Soho explained that the program tried to get the rival network’s side, but was not successful since they latter refused to be interviewed.
The Philippine Journalist’s Code of Ethics says that a journalist should “recognize the duty to air the other side (of an issue).” In fairness to the show, it tried to get the other network’s side though it was not successful in its attempt. Though it was evident that the report was one sided or single sourced, it did not leave the story that way. It disclosed what has happened in the gathering of information for the story to make the viewing public have an idea on why the feature might have seemed bias on their side. I think that it was a good journalism practice.
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