Malacañang reporters ikinulong, ibinilad sa arawan ng PSG

[BoEinG_747]

NAGKAINITAN kahapon ang ilang miyembro ng Presidential Security Group (PSG) at miyembro ng Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) matapos ikulong ang mga reporter sa steel barrier at nagmistulang mga manok sa gitna ng arawan upang hindi masundan si Pangulong Arroyo sa coverage.

Nangyari ang insidente nang magtungo kahapon sa Pandacan oil depot ang Pangulo upang inspeksyunin ang naturang lugar at ipaalala na rin sa mga oil companies na dapat magbaba ng presyo ng krudo dahil sa pagbaba ng taripa ng gobyerno sa oil products.

Matapos magbigay ng anunsyo ang Pangulo kaugnay sa roll back, magtutungo na sana ito sa isang gusali para sa isang eksklusibong pagpupulong doon nang biglang harangin ng PSG at security ng depot ang mga peryodista at agad na ikinulong sa mga steel barrier na hanggang leeg ang taas.

Kalaunan ay nilapitan din ng Pangulo ang mga reporters at humingi ng paumanhin sa pangyayari dahil talagang mahigpit umano sa loob ng depot

[uls]

those media people are crybabies.

Syempre sa loob ng oil depot sobra tight ang security. ano gusto nila? gumala sa loob ng buong compound at umakyat sa mga tangke?

[baludoy]

at times these people in media think they're sacred cows who expect they are to be treated like kings and queens. they assume that some rules for us mere mortals are not applicable to them just because they have that all powerful id hanging around their collective necks. that's why sometimes i'm not surprised a number of these abusive people are actually shot at

[uls]

at times these people in media think they're sacred cows who expect they are to be treated like kings and queens. they assume that some rules for us mere mortals are not applicable to them just because they have that all powerful id hanging around their collective necks. that's why sometimes i'm not surprised a number of these abusive people are actually shot at

there is a pervasive mentality in the news media nowadays. They are very conscious and hypersensitive of the actions of the govt towards them. Konting sita, Martial Law alarms go off in their heads.

Kahit wala ginagawa sa kanila, they always have this constant, heightened FIGHT-FOR-PRESS-FREEDOM vigilance thing.

Mga praning.

[GasJunkie]

They shouldn't have been to obvious by lugging around barrels.

[mazdamazda]

actually... even the title of the report is misleading...

"ikinulong... ibinilad"

sheesh... as if they are being held against their will in some walled off compound... it was their choice to wait under the sun when they were not permitted to enter a restricted zone.

[niky]

And where does that come from? RE: "No Wonder They Are Shot At"

The members of the press who get shot at aren't the ones who abuse press priveleges and use it as an excuse to get out of traffic fines just because they write in the Fashion Section or Lifestyle Section of a mag. They get shot at because they write incriminating exposes about some really powerful and corrupt people.

While the press may not be all good (connections with the CPP, political self-interest, etcetera), don't automatically assume that they're all "wishy-washy crybabies".

Although that news story is kind of funny. It really is a lapse on the part of the PSG, as they should have told the press corps in advance that they wouldn't be let in, so they wouldn't have walked so far only to be locked out... now, doesn't that make a little more sense?

[raine]

SObra nman pa awa epek ang mga mediang yan ikinulong ba as hindi sila makalabas or meron lang barrier na hindi sila pwedeng pumasok, magka iba yata yong

[baludoy]

niky: i never made a blanket accusation of the ineptness and irresponsibility of the media as a whole, if you'd notice i wrote, and i quote:"i'm not surprised a number of these abusive people are actually shot at."

and note that these people, as a group collective, are not at all clean as they picture themselves to be. sure there are men and women of integrity in the press corp but the rotten ones sometimes drown them out and reduce them to white noise. for instance, i'm pretty sure you've heard of the concept "envelopemental journalism" and "ac/dc" or otherwise known as "attack collect/defend collect"? if that's not being abusive then i don't know what the heck is.

the point is my friend, if they won't police their sanctimonious ranks, then there are people out there who would not think twice in settling a score w/ their nemesis. after all, they're as soiled as they are anyway.

[StraightSix]

Dapat kasi parang Boy Scout, laging handa.
Para hindi uminit ang mga ulo ng PSG at MPC ...

[niky]

*baludoy: Ah... but you're implying that those who are shot at are indeed abusive, are you not?

I'm not saying that those who have enemies are necessarily clean, but if your enemies are the type who shoot their detractors, then you must be doing something right. Ergo, the enemies of the evil must be... errh... good?

And "sanctimonious ranks" is a blanket generalization... oops.

Don't get me wrong, I've had my fill of of wannabe socialists and communists in College and I've had hair-tearing moments when talking to student journalists who wouldn't know responsible journalism if it hit them in the face, but I don't think there's any journalistic crime that warrants violence as an answer. A libel case should be enough if the cause is just. If the answer is a bullet, that's an automatic indictment of guilt for the slandered party, to me... if not of the issue at hand, then of murder, at least.

Just re-read your last statement. Still feels kinda harsh, but I'm in the pilosopo mood right now anyway... haaay.

[baludoy]

^ahhh...i see your point. i respect that

[CoDer]

OA lang yang mga taga media na yan, kahit sila din naman eh abusado din.

[niky]

^ahhh...i see your point. i respect that

respect to you, too. Didn't mean to over-react. (sorry boys, walang pop-corn dito!)

[swordsman]

di naman yata kinulong at binilad sa araw. pwede naman sila umuwi kung gusto nila sa news yesterday, di lang sila pinapasok sa loob ng depot na kasama ang gloria dahil yata high security talaga sa loob.

tampurorot naman 'tong mga media na to. as if naman may makukuha silang scoop sa loob ng depot, like may a-assasinate kay gloria, o kaya madapa si madam. tsk tsk.

[box_type]

malamang nga madapa si ate glow kasi oil depot yun eh...malangis! nya-ah-ah...joke3 pis!