Monday, September 12, 2016

UNFAIR, INHUMAN INQUIRER STORY ON VELOSO!

Sept. 12, 2016

I hate to do this, being a former media man myself. But the inquirer.net story quoting Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as allegedly having said that President Duterte has okayed the execution of Mary Jane Veloso is TOTALLY UNFAIR, ILLOGICAL AND INHUMAN!.

UNFAIR because media ethics require that BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY STORY before it comes out. If the other side could not be obtained until deadline, efforts to secure it must be indicated like whom did the media company call, what time and what was the reply. The inquirer.net story ONLY HAD THE SUPPOSED WIDODO statement.  IT DID NOT HAVE Malacnanang\s clarification that what Duterte told Widodo was ‘follow your own laws.’  There was NO EXPLANATION why/ They came out with Malacanang’s clarification in a SEPARATE story.

SIRA NA MUNA AGAD si Digong bago maliwanagan ng babasa ang issue. Kaya paano kung UNANG NABASA O NALAMAN ng mga magulang, anak at kapamilya ni Veloso ang pagpayag diumano ni Digong sa pagbitay kay Mary Jane sa halip na yung paliwanag ng Malacanang? Halu-halong desperasyon, takot, depresyon at galit ang tiyak na iiral sa kanila sa Pangulo, kahit na hindi naman dapat. At kung nataong may inatake sa puso, nerbiyos, o ng anumang sakit, sasagutin ba ng inquirer ang gastusin sa pagpapagamot?

Nothing could be more INHUMAN, both to Digong and to the Velosos. Neither can I imagine and I will not speculate) why a story as sensitive but ILLOGICAL as this must come out ONE-SIDED.  Why ILLOGICAL?  Digong IS NOT the president of Indonesia.  Neither Is Indonesia under the Philippines. So Widodo DOES NOT NEED Duterte’s go-signal for anything. And Digong is SURELY FULLY AWARE of this. MOST OF ALL, Foreign Affairs Sec. Perfecto Yasay had earlier reported that Veloso has been INDEFINITELY taken out of death row.  So it’s nothing less than an INSULT TO BOTH LOGIC AND COMMON SENSE to think that Digong would okay the execution of Mary Jane.

Kaya habang luimilipas ang panahon, bumababa ang tingin ng taumbayan sa mga taga-media. 30


1 comment:

  1. First and foremost, a question to be answered; Who bring those drugs to Indonesia? Second question: Is she a documented OFW to Indonesia? Third question: Why should the government be blamed for her fate? No valid alibi could cover up her case. She violated the law of that country, that is clear.

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