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Subject: Advertisers withdraw ads from indecent programs Author: m.i.b. - Including THE BUZZ [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:01:33 05/04/05 Wed Author Host/IP: 222.126.7.90 Advertisers withdraw ads from indecent programs ROSES AND THORNS By Alejandro R. Roces The Philippine Star 05/05/2005 The greatest influence on people who grew up in my generation were first, their families; second, their schooling. This is no longer true of the present generation. The greatest influence on children today, sad to say, is media meaning TV, radio and the press. Unfortunately, it is not a good influence. Media is supposed to inform and entertain. But the values that it exhorts are all wrong. The two most popular themes are sex and violence. This is why we were so glad to hear Pampanga Rep. Francis Nepomuceno, who chairs the House Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation praise Jollibee, Coke and Greenwich and advertising firm Mc-Cann-Ericsson for withdrawing their advertisements from "scandalous television program," Well and good. Our suggestion, however, is that we should start with the ads themselves. The first rule that all local ads should adopt is that they present the Filipinos at their best in all their ads. As it is now, we see food advertisement ads trying to sell their food product by showing one of their Filipino consumers enjoying eating their product while flagrantly violating basic sanitation practices, not to mention good table manners. They lick their food before consuming it and worst offer it to others after they have licked it. The very least they can do is to show the public that their consumers eat sanitarily and have good table manners. We agree 100 percent that scandalous TV shows should not be sponsored in TV. But the best way to do this is by the sponsors themselves setting the example. TV could be one of the most powerful instruments we have for nation-building. We saw the great influence it has world-wide when it covered the recent death of the Pope. But, sad to say at the moment TV generally has only two themes � sex and violence. There was a time when the greatest contribution to education was the blackboard. Now it is TV � if it is used properly. We join Rep. Nepomuceno when he says, "It is high time that prestigious business institutions turn their backs on TV programs that immensely destroy the moral fiber of the country and which have a negative impact on children. With the proliferation of highly irresponsible TV people, advertisers should not focus mainly on ratings. Advertisers should also review the content of the programs they are supporting. Unfortunately, television is suffocating its audience with gossip, rumors, extra-marital affairs, sex videos, indecent attire, lesbianism, homosexuality, dirty jokes and other antics not fit for public consumption." Let�s put TV to its greatest use. Let it be the greatest exponent of national progress by calling attention to the problems of the nation. The good thing about TV is that it reaches us in our homes. Let it project the greatness of our nation. ATTENTION TO BOY AGENDA! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU. AND STOP USING KRIS AQUINO FOR YOUR OWN AGENDAS. " On the trail of the Song Bird detractor " ;-/ [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Truth vs. sensationalism in show biz talk shows on TV Author: Inquirer on-line [Edit] Date Posted: 11:02:47 05/04/05 Wed Author Host/IP: 222.126.7.90 Truth vs. sensationalism in show biz talk shows on TV Posted 02:26am (Mla time) April 30, 2005 By Noelani Torre / Inquirer News Service ======================================================= Editor's Note: Published on Page A3-2 of the April 30, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer ======================================================== SHOW BIZ talk shows have become mainstays on Philippine television for the past 15 years. Judging by their sheer number alone, it looks like they're still among the most popular shows. Recently, however, we've noticed that these programs have ventured into more sensitive territory, dealing with topics and issues that are not normally discussed on television, much less on a gossip show. We asked several viewers about their thoughts concerning show biz talk shows, in general. Their views: Scandals "I don't bother watching them anymore. You can predict what's going to be shown, anyway. If it's not about who got somebody pregnant, it would be the sex-video scandals. It's sad that they stoop to showing something this low rather than thinking of better topics to air. It encourages the wrong values in kids who might be watching. It gives them the wrong ideas about marriage, and what intimacy is all about."- Alex Sampayan, 20 Fake "Hindi ko consciously pinipiling manood ng tsismis, pero kadalasan kasi, ito lang ang palabas na naaabutan ko. Sa totoo lang, nae-entertain ako kasi nakakatawa at ang bababaw. Alam natin na fake, di ba? 'Tsaka, alam kong malaswa, pero, natatawa pa rin ako pag may napapanood akong mga bold star na nagsisiraan. Hindi ko lang nagugustuhan yung lantarang pakikialam nila sa buhay ng may buhay. Oo, sikat yung tao, kaya talagang pag-uusapan siya, pero 'wag sana tayong maki-sali sa mga personal problems nila." -David Licera, 18 "I personally loathe local talk shows. They make a profit off people by trading in lies and dressing them up as the truth. Their basis for existence is airing show biz people's dirty linen in public-=-which I find disgusting. Their doing so connotes that these sordid little stories are worth our attention, and unfortunately a lot of viewers allow themselves to be fooled. Behavior "Placing starlets and their foibles on center stage, so to speak, gives us the idea that these 'celebrities' ' behavior is worthy of emulation, resulting in what I see as the increasing inability of our generation to distinguish between what is true and what is sensational."-Maureen Llona, 26 "Most hosts of local talk shows are people from show business who have already captured the hearts of Filipinos--they are very well-known. In effect, most people think that these hosts' opinions are the actual truth, even though they are mostly dealing with gossip. People find it easy to believe them because they feel that they really know these celebrities. "Maybe we are getting a distorted version of reality, because the hosts of these talk shows are providing us with their own version of what they think is true. I don't think it's good for our nation's youth, because we watch these shows inside the home. What we listen to at home shapes what a person thinks of the world outside, and their sense of morality will also be negatively affected if they believe a distorted version of reality to be the truth!"-Lanlyn Olbes, 23 >>---------------------- end of article --------------> >> >> >>" The day we can no longer distinguish reality >>from propaganda is the day we are irredeemably >trapped in lies, with no hope of knowing a better day lies ahead. " >> >> >>http://insidebuzz.tripod.com >> >>m.i.b. >ATTENTION TO BOY AGENDA! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT PEOPLE >ARE TELLING YOU. AND STOP USING KRIS AQUINO FOR YOUR >OWN AGENDAS. > >" On the trail of the Song Bird detractor " > >;-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Charo bats for TV self-regulation Author: Inquirer News on-line [Edit] Date Posted: 04:48:51 05/05/05 Thu Author Host/IP: 222.126.7.90 Charo bats for TV self-regulation Posted 08:48pm (Mla time) May 04, 2005 By Bayani San Diego Jr. / Inquirer News Service Editor's Note: Published on page A29 of the May 5, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer ABS-CBN has adopted a policy that bans sex-video scandals on its talk shows. Charo Santos-Concio, executive vice president and head of Entertainment, said this was one concrete step that management had taken to put a stop to scandal TV. "I've been meeting with our talk show producers and other production people," Santos-Concio told Inquirer Entertainment. "I even met with the Pami (Professional Artist Managers Inc.) members, and we've come to an agreement." Pami earlier raised the issue for discussion with network executives. The agreement is summed up in this statement from Santos-Concio: "Let's not air all those sex videos! Pity the victims." Speaking during a lull in activities last weekend for ABS-CBN's promo blitz in Cebu, Santos-Concio minced no words: "We shouldn't prop ourselves up at the expense of others." Not that she is blind to her staff's frailties. "Since 'Showbiz Lingo' in 1987, I've always maintained that we shouldn't hurt others." But she said she could do only so much in a climate of all-out war. "Sometimes in [the] heat of the competition, they would run to me [and] I would reiterate that some things are not allowed." In any case, Santos-Concio noted, "Competition is good [because] it brings out the best in [everybody]." This is why she is unperturbed by moves for self-regulation, initiated by Pami and other groups from the advertising world, she said. "I think [self-regulation] is the best thing for the TV industry." >>ATTENTION TO BOY AGENDA! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT PEOPLE >>ARE TELLING YOU. AND STOP USING KRIS AQUINO FOR YOUR >>OWN AGENDAS. >> >>" On the trail of the Song Bird detractor " >> >>;-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: " Much ado over sex videos " Author: DIRECTLINE By Boy Abunda [Edit] Date Posted: 13:16:46 05/08/05 Sun Author Host/IP: 202.69.162.158 Much ado over sex videos DIRECTLINE By Boy Abunda The Philippine Star 05/09/2005 After the big brouhaha about sex videos on television talk shows, here are some random, residual thoughts and wild imaginings from one caught in the maelstrom of being a talk show host, a talent manager and a frail member of the human race. 1. Why are sex videos such a big deal? Because they are like pornographic movies starring celebrities except that they are not acting. They�re doing it for real. Imagine the curiosity they create to a public that salivates at anything forbidden. The cellular phones have also made the business of film distribution really easy and depending on who is in the sex video dictates the gravity of the scandal or the inanity of the video. 2. Why are there sex videos? Who makes them? Some are done by unscrupulous people on hapless victims who are either drunk or sleeping. This is despicable. This is abusive. Victims should seek for justice but some choose to keep quiet. They walk away from the attendant scandal that goes with it. Some sex videos are done by the celebrities themselves. They enjoy it. They are the private consumption. They guard them with lives! 3. Some celebrities brag about their sex prowess via videos. They carry them on their mobile phones. They send them to friends and families like Christmas greetings cards! 4. Some record their sex acts and purposely send them to media people. These are pathetic perverts who enjoy courting disaster. 5. Some take videos of themselves- like Narcissus falling in love with his own reflection in a pond of water. By mistake some send them to other people. Imagine the explosion that ensues. 6. There are celebrities who even ask friends to take their videos like they�re joining America�s Funniest Video. Some people just love to show off! Given all these and more, what should be shown on TV and what shouldn�t be shown at all? Do these videos destroy the celebrity industry, even if some of the perpetrators are celebrities themselves? Whether by design or negligence � or by accident? Are these sex videos responsible for the moral decay said to be happening in our society? Shouldn�t the guys who took advantage of a helpless, sleeping young girl in her naked glory be punished? Shouldn�t they be exposed by exposing the video scandal? Or is it always more prudent and more decent to keep quiet and let the blue waters of Boracay wash away the sordid memory of this harrowing experience of the girl? Shouldn�t a man who send photos of his organ to his ex-wife and friends be expose so that people would know that it is the wrong thing to do? Or should people keep their eyes closed and pretend that it�s okay, anyway, it is his thing, not anyone�s. Each one of us is different. Even in the practice of sex. And we are at our most vulnerable in this area. People commit mistakes. One is hardly prudent when in heat much more in orgasmic state. A celebrity can be a victim of his own pleasures. Here, I believe that celebrities deserve some compassion. But one would say, why? To whom much is given, much is expected. I have no answer. Except perhaps to remind friends in the business and myself to be really careful and to do what is right no matter how daunting it is. But video stories - either on sex or the morning after, whether in talk shows or investigative shows, should be premised not around the destruction of a human being. That, to me, is the point. DIRECTLINE By Boy Abunda The Philippine Star 05/09/2005 ------------ m .i. b. --------------- > " U n b e l i e v a b l e . ." " On the trail of the Song Bird detractor " ;-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Pope Calls on Media to Report News Responsibly! Author: VATICAN CITY NEWS [Edit] Date Posted: 09:57:20 05/09/05 Mon Author Host/IP: 222.126.7.90 >Much ado over sex videos >DIRECTLINE By Boy Abunda >The Philippine Star 05/09/2005 > >After the big brouhaha about sex videos on television >talk shows, here are some random, residual thoughts >and wild imaginings from one caught in the maelstrom >of being a talk show host, a talent manager and a >frail member of the human race. > > I have no answer. ------------------------------------------------------ mmJun says: I have an answer for Boy Agenda- who must be the most confused media practitioner in all the history of entertainment on this planet, to read what the newly elected pope has to say and hopefully guide you accordingly. ------------------------------------------------------ S U B J E C T : " Benedict XVI calls on media to report news responsibly " VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that the media can spread peace but also foment violence and called for journalists to exercise responsibility to ensure objective reports that respect human dignity and the common good. "These important tools of communication can favor reciprocal knowledge and dialogue, or on the contrary, they can fuel prejudice and disdain between individuals and peoples; they can contribute to spreading peace or fomenting violence." As a result, Benedict called for members of the media to exercise "personal responsibility" to ensure objective reports that respect human dignity and pay attention to the common good. He reminded members of the media of their "ethical responsibilities" and urged them to seek the truth and safeguard the dignity of the human person. Pope John Paul when he was alive made similar calls. -------------- m .i. b. --------------- Respect the dignity of our songbird(s), media publicist. If you want others to give you the same in return.. music inside buzz investigations http://insidebuzz.tripod.com --------------- ;-/ ----------------- " On the trail of the Song Bird detractor " >;-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: MTRCB clarifies alleged ban on live TV shows Author: INQ7.net [Edit] Date Posted: 14:20:09 05/29/05 Sun Author Host/IP: 203.213.222.234 Subject: MTRCB clarifies alleged ban on live TV shows MTRCB clarifies alleged ban on live TV shows Posted 03:45pm (Mla time) May 27, 2005 INQ7.net THERE is no ban on live shows on television, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) clarified on Friday. MTRCB chairperson Consoliza Laguardia said reports of a ban on live programs were �inaccurate,�Esaying she is confident in the self-censorship of television networks. �We are not banning live shows,�ELaguardia told Malaca�ang reporters. �The MTRCB respects freedom of the press. We adhere to the self-regulation being imposed by the networks." On Thursday, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) released a copy of an alleged MTRCB memorandum that orders all public affairs programs, documentaries, socio-political editorials, and similar programs be submitted for review prior to airing. The order was to take effect immediately. Laguardia admitted the existence of the memo but said that networks could still submit taped copies of their programs after they were aired for �post review." She explained that the MTRCB released the memorandum to comply with a Supreme Court ruling dated January 17, which said certain programs should be reviewed by government censors prior to airing. >>---------------------- end of article --------------> >> >> >>" The day we can no longer distinguish reality >>from propaganda is the day we are irredeemably >>trapped in lies, with no hope of knowing a >>better day lies ahead. " >> >>http://insidebuzz.tripod.com >>m.i.b. =============================================================== [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Journalists hit censors' order Author: Inquirer News Service [Edit] Date Posted: 14:21:22 05/29/05 Sun Author Host/IP: 203.213.222.234 Journalists hit censors' order Posted 00:04am (Mla time) May 28, 2005 By Michael Lim Ubac/ Inquirer News Service Editor's Note: Published on page A1 of the May 28, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer LAWMAKERS and journalists yesterday blasted a government memo requiring prior state approval of public affairs programs on television as tantamount to muzzling the media and a throwback to the days of Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship. They urged Malaca�ang to revoke the memo issued by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, calling it an attack on civil rights and a violation of the Constitution. MTRCB officials could not be reached for comment on what prompted the Board to issue memorandum circular No. 07-05, but its chair, Consoliza Laguardia, confirmed in a radio interview that it had been issued. Dated last May 17, the circular cited what it said was a decision of the Supreme Court in January "that public affairs programs, news documentaries, socio-political editorials, and all other programs of the same category, are television programs that are subject to MTRCB review and approval in accordance with Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 1986." PD 1986 was one of more than 2,000 edicts issued by Marcos after he placed the country under martial law in 1972 and suppressed dissent. "Please be advised to submit materials of the aforementioned television programs to the Board for review and approval prior to telecast, effective immediately," said a copy of the circular provided to the Inquirer by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. It said failure to comply would mean sanctions. Under the Marcos decree, sanctions included fines and imprisonment. The circular was addressed to television station managers, blocktimers and their representatives. A jurassic fossil Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said in a text message that the circular "constitutes unconstitutional prior restraint and violates free speech." House Majority Leader Prospero Nograles and Minority Leader Francis Escudero agreed. Escudero urged Malaca�ang to rescind the Laguardia directive, saying the Palace could not afford another scandal. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casi�o said PD 1986 was "a jurassic, Marcosian fossil that should be done away with if we value our rights and freedom and if we truly detest autocracy." He recalled that the Marcos directive was used to censor government critics during martial law. Abolish MTRCB Casi�o called on Congress to expedite the passage of House Bill No. 4080, which sought to abolish the MTRCB and replace it with an MTCB, or Movie and Television Classification Board, "which will only classify movie and television materials." "As long as the current MTRCB law remains in force, there is always a clear and present danger for censorship," Casi�o warned. 'Dictatorial rule?' He said the circular was "poisonous to press freedom" and added: "Laguardia should be made to explain the objectives and motives behind her directive." Anakpawis party-list Rep. Crispin Beltran said the MTRCB memo was clearly state censorship. "It's a sign of burgeoning dictatorial rule," he said. Beltran noted that a growing number of journalists had been killed in the country and added: "Now, the fruit of their efforts are also being subjected to possible censorship." At least five journalists have been murdered in the country this year, adding to the 13 killed last year. This has prompted the foreign-based Committee to Project Journalists to call the Philippines the most murderous place in the world for reporters. Beltran said it was alarming that the Arroyo administration "and its allies in the Supreme Court and the other main branches of government are resorting to measures that curtail freedom of the press." Davide asked to explain "Clearly, the controversial, anomalous and even shocking developments in the country's economic and political workings are getting out of hand, and the national government is stepping in to control the flow and dissemination of information and analysis," he said. The leftist lawmaker said Chief Justice Hilario Davide should be made to answer for the high court decision which the MTRCB had used to justify its circular. Nograles said: "Maybe the lawyer advising the MTRCB should review again his (or her) political and constitutional law." >>>---------------------- end of article --------------> >>> >>> >>>" The day we can no longer distinguish reality >>>from propaganda is the day we are irredeemably >>>trapped in lies, with no hope of knowing a >>>better day lies ahead. " >>> >>>http://insidebuzz.tripod.com >>>m.i.b. ============================== [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Priest calls for chief censor's resignation Author: abs.cbnnews.com [Edit] Date Posted: 21:19:11 05/29/05 Sun Author Host/IP: 222.126.7.90 Priest calls for chief censor's resignation http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=6552 Several board members of the Movie, Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) support the call of Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. for chairman Consoliza Laguardia to resign, DZMM reported on Monday. Monsignor Nico Bautista, who claimed to be speaking for other MTRCB members, said that Laguardia is not qualified to head the board. Bautista, who failed to name the other MTRCB members who shared his view, said that they have not thoroughly discussed the plan to screen live television talk show programs. He added that Laguardia has yet to justify the suspension of Brother Eli Soriano�s program, "Ang Dating Daan." Bautista, a Catholic priest, also claimed that Laguardia could not present a copy of the Supreme Court resolution on the MTRCB�s jurisdiction over live television talk shows and instead based the move on Presidential Decree 1986 issued by former President Ferdinand Marcos. This is not the first time Laguardia and Bautista locked horns as he and another MTRCB member asked President Arroyo for her removal as chief censor in 2004. In a letter addressed to the President, Bautista accused Laguardia of "graft, immorality and misuse of funds" as well as "lack of direction and unimaginative leadership". Earlier, Pimentel scored Laguardia following a newspaper report that the MTRCB had banned the airing of TV public affairs shows that had not yet been prescreened by the board. Laguardia was quick to deny the report, branding it as inaccurate. The memorandum said that television networks should submit materials of talk shows for review and approval prior to telecast. Laguardia clarified that TV networks can send a tape of the public affairs program or news documentary before or after it is aired. "The networks can submit the episode before airing or send it afterwards for a post-review," she said. She said MTRCB issued memorandum 07-05 in response to a Supreme Court ruling on January 17, which places such programs under the agency's review. The MTRCB memo also said that the ruling covers all "public affairs programs, news documentaries, sociopolitical editorials, and all other programs of the same category." The MTRCB chief added: " "We respect the right to freedom of expression and the self-regulation of TV networks." The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, however, has branded Laguardia's memo as an unconstitutional exercise of prior restraint of the news media by a government agency. It also accused the President of using the MTRCB to silence her critics and "prettify her sagging image." ---- not an inside supported opinion ---------- > At least one member of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board has described MTRCB Chair Maria Consoliza Laguardia as "a fine, decent lady with no personal or political/sipsip agenda." That may be true, for all we know�or care. Yet, the fact remains that the MTRCB is an adjunct of the Office of the President. Whatever the purportedly fine and decent Laguardia says or orders, she does so as a factotum of Mrs. Arroyo. It was publicized last week that the censors board (it�s about time the government call a spade a spade, and not resort to long-winded euphemisms) required public affairs programs, news documentaries, sociopolitical editorials and all other programs of the same category to submit themselves to prescreening. While Laguardia would subsequently clarify that her order does not cover live talk shows, she did so only after the disclosure of her memorandum had already sparked a media firestorm. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines was quick to score the prescreening requirement as an example of prior restraint on press freedom and the freedom of expression. The NUJP added that the censors board was being used by the increasingly unpopular Arroyo administration to silence its critics and to shore up its sagging image. It�s bad enough that newsmen in this country are vulnerable to criminal libel suits and outright murder. Now, broadcast journalists are constrained to submit their work for approval�even before they are aired�by a government agency headed by a presidential appointee. Meanwhile, Bayan Muna Rep. Teodoro Casi�o has called for the abolition of the MTRCB, a demand that surprised no one coming as it did from a leftwing lawmaker. But even without the administration�s implacable detractors seizing the opportunity to take yet another swipe at the President, Laguardia has succeeded in further eroding Mrs. Arroyo�s popularity even among Filipinos who are not as ideological inclined as the party-list congressman. Laguardia�s memorandum was actually dated May 17, but its existence was made known to public only recently�after the NUJP issued on Thursday an online alert to media workers on this latest contentious issuance from the MTRCB. One of the dailies, the Palace-unfriendly Malaya, turned it into its main story on Friday, and soon Laguardia found herself taking to the air lanes trying to douse the fire that she started in the first place. In an interview with radio DZMM on the same day, Laguardia said the Malaya report was inaccurate because her memo does not prohibit the broadcast of live news programs like ABS-CBN�s TV Patrol World or GMA�s 24 Oras without the MTRCB�s prior approval. She did admit, however, that public affairs programs such as Magandang Gabi Bayan and Imbestigador need to be prescreened by the censors board before they can be aired. Hoping to distance herself from the firestorm she whipped up, Laguardia protested that she issued her Memorandum Circular 07-05 merely in compliance with a Supreme Court resolution. Lost in the chief censor�s explanation was the fact that the high tribunal resolution was issued on January 17, or a full four months before the MTRCB chief released her memo to the networks. Why it took her so long to act on what was supposed to be an edict from no less than the highest tribunal in the land, Laguardia has yet to explain satisfactorily. Moreover, by dragging the Supreme Court into the mess, the MTRCB chief may be inviting judicial rebuke. The Supreme Court�s ruling Laguardia invoked resolved an issue that was brought to the tribunal�s attention years ago. It concerned a dispute between the censors and ABS-CBN over a particular episode of the now defunct Inside Story. A lawyer who claimed to have read "the entire freaking decision" had this to say in an online posting: "I don�t see anything in the decision ordering the MTRCB to henceforth require prior approval of all public affairs programs etc." This controversy may yet need to be submitted once more to the courts for resolution as it involves no less than a fundamental matter�the constitutional guarantees on free speech. But while the legal wrinkles in this matter could be ironed out eventually, the political damage done to the Arroyo administration caused by Laguardia�s imprudent memo has already been done. Thanks to the fine and decent Laguardia, the Philippines has become no better than Singapore where broadcast journalists have to submit their work to government censors for prescreening. So much for our reputation as a bastion of press freedom in Asia. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=6499 ------------------ > " The day we can no longer distinguish reality from propaganda is the day we are irredeemably trapped in lies, with no hope of knowing a better day lies ahead. " http://insidebuzz.tripod.com m.i.b. ============================== :-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Which Shows can be Censored? Author: INS/ mmJun- "the buzz!, the buzz!" lol.. [Edit] Date Posted: 11:31:39 05/30/05 Mon Author Host/IP: 222.126.7.90 Which shows can be censored? ( How about the Buzz? How about just that nasty-thinking host!) Posted 09:18pm (Mla time) May 30, 2005 By Marinel Cruz/Inquirer News Service ================================================== Editor's Note: Published on page A28 of the May 31, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. ================================================== ONLY television programs that "sensationalize and glorify sexual prurience and gratuitous violence" can be sanctioned by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board. MTRCB Chief Marissa Laguardia clarified this two days after the Board took back its order requiring prior state approval for public affairs shows. In a phone interview with Inquirer Entertainment yesterday, Laguardia said an MTRCB committee would determine which programs would thus be monitored. The MTRCB last week issued a memorandum, dated May 17, requiring TV shows to submit materials to the MTRCB "for review and approval prior to telecast." But in a memo dated May 30, a copy of which was sent to Inquirer Entertainment also yesterday, Laguardia said "it was never my intention to prohibit, restrain or disallow the broadcast of any public affairs program. [The previous memo] was intended to check media abuses, specifically programs that appeal to prurient interest or programs that satisfy only the craving for gratuitous sex and/or violence." Laguardia added that the Board would "continuously uphold the constitutional rights of media to freedom of expression." The May 17 memo cited the Supreme Court decision and Presidential Decree 1986 that said all public affairs programs, news documentaries, socio-political editorials and programs of the same category were subject to review by the MTRCB. >------------------ > > >" The day we can no longer distinguish reality >from propaganda is the day we are irredeemably >trapped in lies, with no hope of knowing a >better day lies ahead. " > >http://insidebuzz.tripod.com >m.i.b. > > >============================== :-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Cheche and Karen: Self-regulation, not censorship Author: By Bayani San Diego Jr./ Inquirer News Service [Edit] Date Posted: 11:44:57 05/30/05 Mon Author Host/IP: 222.126.7.90 Cheche and Karen: Self-regulation, not censorship Posted 09:15pm (Mla time) May 30, 2005 By Bayani San Diego Jr./ Inquirer News Service Editor's Note: Published on page A2-4 of the May 31, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. "COMPETITION on television is fierce," said award-winning broadcast journalist Cheche Lazaro. "But beyond competition, there is a higher interest-the public that media serves." Lazaro, founding president of Probe Productions, Inc. and host of "The Probe Team Documentaries" on ABC 5, was commenting on the spate of sex-video scandals being aired on television. Aside from being a respected broadcaster, Lazaro has been a commissioner for Communications in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) National Commission of the Philippines since October 2001. Serious Unesco is the latest of the various organizations to express serious concern over scandal TV. Along with fellow commissioners Vicente Tirol of the Ateneo, Robert "Bob" Garon of the Manila Times and the Nazareth Formation House, and Karen Davila of "TV Patrol," Lazaro attended the recent consultative forum presided by Unesco national commission chair Dr. Florangel Braid and held at the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication. Lazaro said other concerned sectors were invited to the forum, including the Professional Artist Managers, Inc. (Pami) which initiated the campaign against "unethical entertainment journalism" on television. She enumerated: "From the advertising field, Yoly Ong (of Campaigns and Gray) and JJ Calero (of Zenith Optimedia). Fr. James Reuter represented the Catholic Church. There were also representatives from academe, media and NGOs, like Beth Diaz of the Concerned Women of the Philippines and Alice Villadolid, formerly of the Philippine Press Institute." "Unesco is supporting [Pami's] move," Lazaro told Inquirer Entertainment, "because it believes in the power of media to influence and alter behavior, and effect change in society." In a nutshell, Lazaro said the meeting was held to clarify what the Unesco "can do to help." "What can we do to improve media?" Lazaro specified. "Upgrading the levels of competence is very important." Davila, who was appointed as Unesco commissioner last year, agreed. "Among themselves, people in the entertainment industry should set standards and parameters for all the networks." "Our system on television is self-regulation," Lazaro confirmed. Self-regulation is preferred to censorship, a tool of the martial-law dictatorship, she emphasized. Last week, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board was put to task for issuing memorandum circular No. 07-05 which, lawmakers and journalists believe, would effectively muzzle media. The circular requires prior state approval of public affairs programs on television. If self-regulation works on hard news, Lazaro and Davila saw no reason why it couldn't work on so-called light entertainment fare. In the news business, Davila remarked, broadcast journalists came up with a Media Nation seminar, where the stakeholders got together to thresh out issues and institute standards. "Perhaps the entertainment industry should come up with its own Media Nation," Davila said. Guide Lazaro owned up: "We've been repeatedly told that the bottom line for media is revenues-how much the [media outfits] earn. Which is quite understandable because it is a business. You have to pay salaries. You have to compete in the market." But in a landscape where competition is cut-throat, what could guide the average media practitioner? "There is always the temptation," Lazaro acknowledged. "There's a fork in the road and you have to choose." The buck stops with individual conscience, Davila reiterated, "because you are in the industry for something larger than yourself." >>------------------ > >> >>" The day we can no longer distinguish reality >>from propaganda is the day we are irredeemably >>trapped in lies, with no hope of knowing a >>better day lies ahead. " >> >>http://insidebuzz.tripod.com >>m.i.b. >> >> >>============================== :-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: MTRCB�s Laguardia backtracks on memo Author: Relevant news on-line ( 2 articles ) [Edit] Date Posted: 15:11:13 05/31/05 Tue Author Host/IP: 203.213.220.183 MTRCB�s Laguardia backtracks on memo The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board chairman, Conzolisa Laguardia, denied on Tuesday that she ordered the banning of all live talk shows on television. She explained that her memo on May 17 covered only public-affairs programs. The misunderstanding could have been caused by her "insufficiently worded" memo, Laguardia said. She said her memo was not intended as a ban on public-affairs programs, either live or taped. The memo, she explained, only required producers of such shows to submit a tape or materials of their show for review and approval before they can be aired on television. She explained in an interview over DZMM on Friday that she has revised her memo on public-affairs programs. Instead of requiring them to submit a tape before airing, producers are now asked to submit a tape of their show after it aired. She stressed that her memo was never intended to restrain press freedom. However, she defended the MTRCB�s right to review shows, saying that the Supreme Court upheld the MTRCB�s authority to review the contents of public-affairs programs. News programs, she added, are not covered by her memo. "We are monitoring the show-biz-oriented talk shows such as The Buzz and S-Files, especially when it comes to the airing of so-called sex videos," she said, adding that she had earlier ordered show-biz talk shows to submit copies of their episodes in the last two months to determine if they violated any rules. Laguardia explained her order only after it sparked a media firestorm. Among those who criticized her memo was the National Union of Journalist of the Philippines, which described her order as an example of prior restraint on press freedom and freedom of expression. It was the NUJP that broke the story on Laguardia�s memo. 2nd article on topic ------------ > Laguardia�s lapses ( channel 2 web site) Chairman Maria Consoliza Laguardia of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board may rescind, reword or cry over Memorandum Circular 07-05, but the damage is done. The board has sunk lower in public esteem. The public is now more alert than ever to the policies and programs of the board. On May 17 Laguardia issued a memorandum requiring public-affairs programs, documentaries and broadcast editorials, among others, to be reviewed by the board. It was obvious censorship. Free discussions, public debates, interviews and broadcast editorials could not take place if the memo were carried out. Thoughtful Filipinos�journalists, lawmakers and constitutionalists�were quick to denounce the order as an attempt to suppress free speech. A basic foundation of democracy�the right to expression�was in danger of extinction by a group whose function is to review movies and whose leadership is in the habit of exceeding its powers. Reeling from the protest, Laguardia told a group of network executives she wanted only sample episodes of public-affairs programs for review six months after airing. She was more interested, she said, in sanctioning sex and violence on the little screen, not talk shows or political programs. A newspaper reported that she apologized during the meeting. The latest word is that she is preparing a new memorandum to provide guidelines on the way the board will conduct its postreview work. We wonder what the new guidelines will say. Better to scrap Memorandum 07-05. The board can always do postmortem work without such a directive. Free and responsible expression is an integral part of television. Public-affairs programs, including talk shows and interviews, may get low ratings but they provide a forum for debate, a free exchange of ideas and a dialogue with audiences and viewers. More than entertainment, soap opera and slapstick sitcoms, the public deserves education, information and wisdom, if available on the medium. This would have been lost if Memorandum 07-05 were not withdrawn. Earlier, Laguardia had threatened to transfer talk shows from prime time to the graveyard hours. Acting as fashion police, she ordered two distinguished singers to stop wearing tasteful but showy dresses. She scolded the producers and hosts of a show-biz talk show for airing the "wedding" of a lesbian couple. She has also suspended comics for "vulgar" talk and chorines for wearing "inappropriate" costume. Shutting down the program of a televangelist is part of her achievements. Yet the board has not cleaned up profanity, especially in English-language movies and sitcoms. We have no idea what the foreign cable-TV shows are telling their audience. Gory, violent images are a regular part of newscasts. Most local programs start late. Nobody is checking on commercials that exceed allowed limits in number and of propriety. The person to ask is Ms. Laguardia. Reviewing and classifying movies and TV shows, she is at a loss over her priorities. She should be told censorship is not one of them. She should be told that restricting free speech is more dangerous than scissoring steamy sex. >>>------------------ > >>> >>>" The day we can no longer distinguish reality >>>from propaganda is the day we are irredeemably >>>trapped in lies, with no hope of knowing a >>>better day lies ahead. " >>> >>>http://insidebuzz.tripod.com >>>m.i.b. >>> >>> >>>============================== :-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: GMA 7 suspends Goma / Buzz Hosts Cited .. Author: mmJun- bastos ka, Agenda.. [Edit] Date Posted: 10:52:57 06/09/05 Thu Author Host/IP: 202.69.173.45 GMA 7 suspends Goma For using 'vulgar and double-entendre words' First posted 10:53pm (Mla time) June 09, 2005 By Marinel Cruz/ Inquirer News Service Editor's Note: Published on page A2-1 of the June 10, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer IF YOU wondered why actor Richard Gomez was missing last week from GMA 7's Sunday talk show "S Files," which he hosts, it's because he was suspended by the network after the censors board reprimanded him for using "vulgar and double-entendre words." Gomez will not appear on Sunday, either, since the suspension is for two consecutive weeks. A memorandum from "S-Files" program manager Jose Mari Abacan indicated that Gomez would sit it out for the June 5 and June 12 episodes. The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) also warned Boy Abunda and Kris Aquino, hosts of ABS-CBN's "The Buzz," for using "certain language that violated the parental guidance (PG) classification of the program." Gomez is the second "S-Files" host to be suspended. Last year, Joey Marquez was prohibited from appearing on two episodes also after the MTRCB complained of his use of coarse language. Paolo Bediones and Pia Guanio share hosting chores with Gomez and Marquez. A report submitted to MTRCB Chair Marissa Laguardia said Gomez uttered words with "double meaning" on the May 22 episode when he commented about Bediones' "The C Show: The Carter Underwear Fashion Show" at the Araneta Coliseum the previous night. According to the report, Gomez used words like: "Paolo Bediones rumampang naka-underwear ... kumalembang," and "may nakaturo ... pag side-view mo." Another report pointed to Abunda and Aquino as using "objectionable words" on the April 10 episode of "The Buzz." The report claimed Abunda was referring to Aquino's "private parts" when he said "napakalambot at napakaganda." In the show, the report added, Aquino brushed her chest against Abunda and when the latter reacted, Aquino said "Anong malambot? Si Boy nagiging lalaki na." The MTRCB also complained about the "Chona Chikadora" segment on "S-Files" aired April 17 and 24. It said the segment "appeared to be objectionable" on account of some "foul" words used, like "binenta puri," "jowa turned call boy," and "nangungulekta ng pictures, hubo't-hubad." GMA 7 and ABS-CBN executives met with MTRCB Hearing and Adjudication committee members on June 3 to discuss the complaints. Abacan's statement, post-dated June 7 said "the program shall not use footage or videos depicting explicit sex or violence." In her letter to the MTRCB dated June 6, ABS-CBN senior vice president for TV production Socorro Vidanes said the hosts would be "directed" to avoid using suggestive language and to wear clothes appropriate for the time slot. Vidanes also assured the board that the program would no longer air "sex videos," or "any video footage of sensitive matters." >>>>------------------ > >>>> >>>>" The day we can no longer distinguish reality >>>>from propaganda is the day we are irredeemably >>>>trapped in lies, with no hope of knowing a >>>>better day lies ahead. " >>>> >>>>http://insidebuzz.tripod.com >>>>m.i.b. >>>> >>>> >>>>============================== :-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]