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Date Posted: 16:22:07 08/26/06 Sat
Author: Aurora Zulueta (I think you're sick. We enjoy watching their show)
Subject: Re: Philippine TV is very sick

>Philippine TV is very sick
>
>Plagued by distorted values, free TV is now a tool of
>"idiotization, moronization, and faggotization."
>
>Philippine free TV is composed of ABS-CBN and GMA 7
>and smaller networks, which are either private or
>government-owned and sequestered. ABS-CBN and GMA 7
>dominate the industry, as shown by their bigger
>audience and revenue share.
>
>
>
>ABS-CBN and GMA 7 provide shows and programs that have
>big entertainment value but little social relevance.
>Despite their competition, their programming is
>basically the same, as they try to outdo each other
>with inferior shows of purely entertainment content.
>The pervasive show biz culture is nauseating to the
>point that one throws up watching those programs.
>
>Their public affairs programs and talks shows are
>perceptibly highly partisan and loaded with hidden
>agenda, which are essentially to support their owners'
>business interest. These shows are now heavily laced
>with the show biz culture as shown by the inclusion of
>the latest show biz gossips.
>
>The government-owned and sequestered TV stations (NBN
>4, RPN 9, and IBC 13) have fewer entertainment
>programs, but they are now propaganda machines of the
>powers-that-be. ABC 5 is in the process of
>resuscitating itself. Other TV networks specialize in
>religious shows, giving them specific niche audience.
>
>Menu
>
>ABS-CBN and GMA 7's programming centers on a daily
>menu of situation comedy (sitcoms) and variety shows
>that suffer from extreme vulgarity, profanity,
>inanity, and lack of moral values. Screaming faggots
>(or transvestites), and ill-educated entertainers
>dominate these shows, as if to showcase that the
>country has gone to the dogs. Gossips that concern
>private lives of the famous and not so famous is the
>norm.
>
>Even serious drama shows are not spared from this
>malaise. It is common to see them portraying the lives
>of show biz figures as if they have run out of topics.
>Homosexuals, who take pride in admitting they have
>live-in partners, host talk shows. Local telenovelas
>show violent scenes and scheming characters; imported
>ones are mostly unfit for the Filipinos. Showing
>ignorance, the scheming villainess in a teleserye is
>named Dugong, a gentle and lovable sea mammal. The two
>networks have no decent sports shows, but they have
>plenty of suffocating show biz talk shows mostly
>during primetime.
>
>Serious public affairs shows have been invaded by the
>show biz culture. A late evening talk show started
>with gyrating Sexbomb dancers. These shows are mostly
>aired until midnight, when people are either asleep or
>half-asleep. Punctuality is not the duopoly's virtue
>either. There is a perceptible trend that ABS-CBN and
>GMA-7 would first idiotize their audience with their
>inane, profane and vulgar shows before giving them the
>mind-stimulating TV programs.
>
>The deterioration of free TV could be due to the
>conspiracy of network owners, advertisers and TV
>talents to deprive the Filipino audience of quality
>shows-all for a single purpose: power and money. This
>conspiracy theory is not so appealing as this has yet
>to be proven by cartel-like pacts. But it has gained
>credence since the networks have remained unmindful of
>their social and moral obligations. Ratings and
>revenues have been their preoccupation. This tragedy
>is being exacerbated by their hypocrisy to call their
>audience as kapamilya or kapuso.
>
>Middle class
>
>ABS-CBN and GMA 7 have to reshape their programming
>because of a waning audience for the free TV. The
>higher-income groups (or the middle class) have
>migrated to cable TV. Professionals do not complain
>against those palabas na baboy (indecent shows) but
>would say: "What the heck. We don't watch them
>anyway." The duopoly is left with the lower-income
>groups as audience.
>
>But neither the middle nor the lower class is the
>victim; it is those hapless children, who have access
>to free TV. Since those palabas na baboy are shown
>during primetime, children cannot defend themselves
>from their moronizing effects. They are most
>vulnerable to the machinations of the two networks,
>which can now be aptly considered "enemies of the
>Filipino people."
>
>What is to be done?
>
>Don't expect ABS-CBN and GMA 7 to initiate reforms
>because they won't. So much is at stake and
>substantial reforms would mean huge losses for the two
>networks. They have to keep on earning huge revenues
>to pay their stable of expensive show biz talents.
>They are stuck with these people. Politicians cannot
>help us, either. They are afraid to collide with these
>networks for fear of reprisal. These networks have all
>the clout to sound the death knell for their careers.
>
>Quarantine
>
>It is now up to ordinary citizens to express their
>moral outrage against these palabas na baboy and help
>themselves.
>
>Grownups can insulate themselves from the duopoly's
>"idiotizing, moronizing, and faggotizing" effects. But
>children should be protected from these vulgar shows.
>Parents and relatives should take the first step by
>exercising intellectual quarantine in which children
>are physically, morally, and mentally barred from
>watching these shows. The move of several schools to
>stop their students from going to TV studios to watch
>noontime variety shows is a form of intellectual
>quarantine.
>
>The phrase "for parental guidance" should be given a
>new meaning. It should mean outright prohibition. No,
>kid, you can't watch those shows. Parents should
>exercise their right to guide their children to the
>right path. Surrogate parents like teachers should
>explain to their students the bad effects of these
>disgusting shows and tell them to stop watching these.
>
>Parents should encourage the other institutions-the
>Church, the NGO community, and other concerned
>sectors-to oppose this form of dehumanization. They
>should deliver the most explicit message by boycotting
>the two stations. They can make their statements loud
>and clear within the comforts of their home by turning
>to other channels or turning off the TV set. They
>should also mark the advertisers of these repulsive
>shows and start boycotting their products. Hit these
>advertisers where it hurts.
>
>We can still liberate ourselves from these TV
>networks. Let's work together for a better Philippines.
>
>(Brenda A. Gelacio is a housewife, mother and
>grandmother. She has an AB Psychology degree from the
>Philippine Christian University. She has taken
>masteral studies on the ill effects of TV on
>children.)
>--Brenda A. Gelacio

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