While I have no pleasure and couldn’t care less about celebrating what happened to the recently jobless personnel of ABS-CBN (no, the regular workers behind the camera, not the bratty “stars”), I’m also left with another imagined scenario of what would have happened had that violation been ignored. A very loud argument coming from the…
I’ll start this with a disclaimer that I will write this piece in Taglish, the coño (cunt in Spanish, teehee) language. This is so that I can reach the “wokes” and pa-“wokes,” at mahina ang kanilang comprehension if I make sulat this in straight English. And mga “wokes,” bago kayo ma-trigger, isasampal ko lang tong…
No less than a week has passed since the shutdown of ABS-CBN and social media is already on fire with hurtful words and arguments from both sides of the divide. It practically made the COVID 19 arguments appear civil by comparison. To be fair to those who keep on defending the recently-“martyred” media network, some…
Forgive me if I don’t share the lament of some ABS-CBN jologs. Even before the issue of their franchise exploded, I despised that channel to the bone. I’m just happy it’s off the air even if it’s only temporary (because let’s face it, it’s owned by a rich and powerful oligarch). 1. ABS-CBN played kingmaker…
I might be jumping the gun, but there might be people who will make that emotional appeal or moral blackmail that if you don’t support ABS-CBN or even any of our local entertainment, you are a traitor. Because you are Filipino, it is your duty should watch and praise Filipino-made shows. Patriotism, they say. Hogwash.…
Looks like the key to all this talk about the ABS-CBN franshise and shutdown is FICTAP (Federation of International Cable TV Association of the Philippines). In a recent interview given to GMA 7, FICTAP President Neng Juliano Tamano explained the franchise issue clearly; not muddled by legalese most pro or anti administration lawyers were prone to.…
There was a post saying “take a stand on the ABS-CBN” issue. Either you support ABS-CBN or you are a supporter of dictatorship and corruption, the post implies. It’s again “either you’re with us or against us.” Hogwash. I call on my right to be ambivalent on the issue because there is middle ground. I…
Remember that buried “news” item in the Washington Post where Regine Cabato wrote how Twitter shut down pro-Duterte “troll” accounts simply because they were pro-administration? Neither do I. But let’s do a quick recap. Back in April a Washington Post “live feed report” from Cabato stated that Twitter cracked down on several pro-Duterte accounts heavily…
Your average specimens of Pinoy netizens are once again quick to react with irrationality and emo-ness towards the closing of corporate media giant ABS-CBN by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)—calling it a “brazen move by the government to stifle press freedom.” What is lost in all the hullabaloo here is that what happened to…
FICTAP (Federation of International Cable TV Association of the Philippines) President Neng Juliano-Tamano Re: ABS-CBN Franchise renewal Keypoints: 1. ABS-CBN applied for franchise renewal in 2014 under Pnoy’s admin which was denied because of the opposition of FICTAP. 2. ABS-CBN’s application for franchise renewal includes 6 more channels(ANC, S&A, MYX, etc) which should have been…