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
Category: Students’ reviews
“Deception”
By: Kristine Felisse Mangunay
5th blog entry
Unedited by blog administrator
quote “Last Sunday, the Inquirer ran an article in the sports section, quoting yet again an only source for the story on the Don Pocholo Razon Golf Tournament in Laguna. Besides having violated provisions on single-sourcing in the Philippine Press Institute’s Expanded Code of Ethics (see 4th blog entry), what seems to be the graver ethical violation is the deception involved in the release of the “article”. While the legitimacy of the story may appear to be valid, certain sentences used by the author put this into question.
Suspiciously, the article centers merely on golf player Elmer Salvador (he is the writer’s only source for the story as well). Sentences such as “the 32-year-old flourished” and “Salvador played with the poise of a grizzled veteran…” appear to depict him in a good light. The writer’s untimely (sic) prediction of the player’s so-called victory even before the end of the tournament adds to the question of the article’s legitimacy as well.
The quote and the lead chosen for the article are as suspicious as the rest of the story. “I will try to stay focused, play my game and not be intimidated” and “Elmer Salvador continued to pull surprises in the P4.4 million Don Pocholo Razon Invitational…” seem to emphasize much of the player’s positive traits. As a result, the other players in the tournament are ignored by the author (although some are briefly mentioned, the writer does not use flattering words to describe them).
Clearly, the author should have interviewed more sources besides Salvador for his article. Then again this could have been done deliberately, considering the story’s PR slant in favor of the player. If this is the case, indeed it is a grave ethical violation on the part of the writer. Deception is, after all, always involved when PR is passed off as a legitimate article.
“Salvador hangs tough, pads Razon lead to 4? (from the Philippine Daily Inquirer): http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fmangunay/detail?.dir=6789scd&.dnm=e9fcre2.jpg&.src=ph
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