Category: Law and Order

Media law

attysy Leave a comment
I AM part of the media establishment and will try to make this as objective as possible. If not so, do tell me. G.K. Chesterton, the 20th century writer and thinker, said, “Not facts first; truth first.” Alas, our media do not know this simple truth. In the quest for news and whatever is newsworthy and [...]

Inside Trillanes

attysy Leave a comment
Never have we Filipinos been so united in our singular viewpoint on that one event - the Trillanes caper. It has been variously described as a farce, a comedy, a stunt, an adventure or a misadventure, a crime and a rebellion and some other more unsavory words condemning his takeover of Manila Pen after walking [...]

Freedom of the press

tamtam Leave a comment
We have witness once again the conflict between the media and the government in the last Manila peninsula standoff. Which side you on?As for starters I believed that what the police did was acceptable. The mediamen act as human sheild for the rebels preventing the police to do thier duty. The mediamen were not force to stay in fact it is their choice to stay. They even out numbered the rebel soldiers. They are the main reason why the police could not storm the hotel. They also put the lives of the government forces in danger by providing live video coverage on troop movements and operational tactics. Media claim that it is the surpression of their freedom but from they don't know is that freedom of the press is not absolute. In freedom there is an obligation and responsibility.