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Manila Hostage Tragedy: Major Media Blunder ?

By Gel Santos Relos

Did media violate the protocol on coverage of hostage crisis? Narito po ang mga alituntunin sa coverage ng sensitibong pangyayari katulad ng hostage taking crises, prison uprisings, terrorist actions, atbp. na dapat ay muling aralin ng mga tagapaghatid ng balita. How do we learn from these blunders moving forward?

Manila Hostage Tragedy: Major Media Blunder ?


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Author: Gel Santos Relos

Gel Santos-Relos is the anchorwoman of "Balitang America", ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel's daily primetime newscast on events and issues that matter to Filipinos in America and around the world. Gel has been one of the most respected and multi-awarded broadcast journalists in the Philippines, anchoring and hosting top-rating radio and television programs like “Tatak Pilipino”,“Hoy!Gising”,“Companero y Companera”,“Pulso, Aksyon Balita”, “Headlines”, “TV Patrol”, “Relos Reports”(DZMM), and “Dear Ate Gel”(DZMM) for ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. Gel was also an Instructor in Broadcast Communication in the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication where she graduated with honors and took post-graduate courses in Communication. She writes her own blog, The Fil-Am Perspective (http://gelsantosrelos.typepad.com/my-blog/), where she shares her insights about the struggles and rewards of Filipinos in the United States and around the world from the perspective of a Filipino-American. She is also a columnist for the US-based publication, Asian Journal. Opinions expressed in her articles are hers alone and do not represent the stand or opinion of ABS-CBN, Asian Journal, and Definitely Filipino Blog.

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2 Responses to Manila Hostage Tragedy: Major Media Blunder ?

  1. will the media police themselves and be responsible for their action as accessory to further the crisis?

  2. Ang masasabi ko lang nagkapera sila.. Parang syuting ng pelikula ang kanilang pagka detalye sa nangyari, kulang na lang sumali sila sa barilan. They became the news, not the reporter anymore. what a shame – all of these under the guise of public information – yet its a business with no conscience.

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