Nasa TopGear fb na yung suspected owner ng kotse. READ: owner pa lang ha not necessarily the shooter.
It is time for some paraffin test.
^ Very irresponsible for a page with almost 3 million followers to publish the guy's profile like that.
Don't get me wrong ah, sobrang nakakagalit yung video. That guy deserves a long, drawn-out punishment. But the millions of page likers are out for blood. Nakabasa ka na ba ng comment thread dun sa ganitong klaseng mga post? Yung tipong pati pamilya may death threat. It IS still a publication that should still be rooted in journalistic principles. Di pwedeng publish lang ng publish.
"To be fair, we still don't have the facts with 100% certainty, so let's proceed with caution." -- AFTER they posted the guy's profile.
1) Re: journalistic principle: VERIFY before you publish. If they weren't 100 percent sure, they shouldn't have posted.
2) Re: naming names: Yes, they name SUSPECTS. Those that are in custody or are at large but have warrants out for their arrest, or are persons of interest in an investigation.
The very neutrally worded caption "So the Hyundai Eon with conduction sticker number MO3746 has been traced to this account: www.facebook.com/nestor.punzalan" very carefully does not mention that he is a suspect or is any way involved. No mention of the incident, in fact. Technically, I can't even accuse them of actually accusing him of anything. But do you think netizens wouldn't connect the dots?
3) Re: difference: Thing is though, that consumers of social media and traditional media are wildly different. Seeing the video footage on your feed, with the freedom to rewatch, pause, zoom and freeze frame has a much more immense impact on an already highly strung audience -- compared with watching the cctv footage in a 2.5 minute report during primetime news by a comparatively relaxed audience.
4) Re: why now: Because the editors of Topgear know their audience. They know what they put into motion by posting that.
The suspect's FB page has been deactivated.
Suspect in Killing of Biker after Traffic Altercation has FB Profile with ton of Religious Posts | NewsGraph
Last edited by Monseratto; July 26th, 2016 at 10:20 PM.