http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/02/27/kill-this-bill/ Philippines news, breaking news, features, reports, commentary, opinion, blogs. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:15:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/02/27/kill-this-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-26334 Pedestrian Observer GB Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:26:58 +0000 http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4100#comment-26334 The intent is “noble” but I think the bigger problem here is not about fairness but the slant and lies in liepapers errr newspaper due to the practitioners of ATM Journalism. This bill is more of a boon to scalawags now that they have the “right” or even a license to come up with prepared statement that is not necessarily factual since criminals are not dumb to incriminate themselves in writing or broadcast media. Will it hurt ATM Journalism practitioners or will it become a more profitable business? I say it will be more lucrative as they will be in demand from scalawags who now has been given a license to bombard hapless liepaper readers and those who listen and watch radio and television broadcast more lies and half-truths. The intent is “noble” but I think the bigger problem here is not about fairness but the slant and lies in liepapers errr newspaper due to the practitioners of ATM Journalism. This bill is more of a boon to scalawags now that they have the “right” or even a license to come up with prepared statement that is not necessarily factual since criminals are not dumb to incriminate themselves in writing or broadcast media. Will it hurt ATM Journalism practitioners or will it become a more profitable business? I say it will be more lucrative as they will be in demand from scalawags who now has been given a license to bombard hapless liepaper readers and those who listen and watch radio and television broadcast more lies and half-truths.

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