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Date Posted: 16:50:22 05/31/04 Mon
Author: Inquirer News Service
Subject: TV Audience Speaks Up

TV audience speaks up
Inquirer News Service

FOR a long time now, televiewers here have meekly taken the negative words and images they get on TV, because they feel it isn't their place to complain, and that their complaints will go unheeded.

But recent developments have shown that, when push comes to shove, the channels can be persuaded to listen, and act, so more viewers are finally finding their righteous voice.



For instance, Kristine Eloise Columbres of Zamboanga City shares, "I don't like Channel 7's show, 'Click,' because the characters in that youth-oriented program are much more concerned with their crushes and love lives that with their studies.

"There are only a few episodes that deal with their activities in school, but so many episodes where they go on trips, have adventures, and flirt with their boyfriends or girlfriends.

"What about the show's young viewers? The program doesn't seem to care about the kind of example it gives to its young fans. When I was in Grade Six two years ago, I saw many of my classmates who tried to copy the bad habits of the characters on 'Click.'


"As a young viewer and student, I was discouraged by this. I hope a change for the better can be made. Television should set a good example, especially for impressionable young viewers."

Ms Marissa L. Makasiar observes, "I like watching television during my leisure hours. However, I get turned off by the sensationalized style and presentation of the news by TV reporters.

"When they report about a fire, for example, viewers get the impression that even a small conflagration has spread to wide-and wild-proportions, and that the whole neighborhood has been razed to the ground! The reports are so highly dramatized and exaggerated that viewers become panicky.

"Another no-no is the way crimes are reported on TV. The way that they highlight violence and gore turns me off. It's really revolting. The daily 'bombardment' of such reports makes me ask: So, what else is new?

"I even wonder if, before the cameras are turned on, TV field reporters 'condition' their interviewers at crime scenes or the precincts to get them 'in the mood'? So, what comes out on TV looks like a scene straight out of a movie. Do reporters 'rehearse' their interviewees (I mean the victims) and get them to a highly emotional state to make their report more 'entertaining'?

"When it is straight news, we should be given the facts as they are, period. TV reporters should refrain from coming up with a highly dramatized and sensationalized presentation, and instead deliver the news in a straightforward manner.

"They should be more professional in their work as TV journalists. Restraint and care must be observed when presenting reports of crimes, violence and gore. Respect the victims and their families!"

Finally, Ms Remedios F. Marmoleņo notes, "The anchors who deliver the news on a major network are much too giggly. Also, I am bothered and distracted when I watch female newscasters delivering the news while looking so bejeweled and glamorous, like they were going to a high-society function. These actuations lower the credibility of our TV news people."

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