We cannot deny the emerging trend of
Internet use today, especially in our generation. With it, the rise of citizen
journalism is gaining ground: You Scoop, I-Patrol, etc. There are advantages:
less expenses for media companies since news is handed to them by citizens,
more awareness brought by citizen journalism and others. There are also
disadvantages which include the assumed degradation of the quality of
journalistic reporting and professionalism, reliance on the quantity of news
item over quality, and many others.
I came across a Youtube user named TomoNews Philippines, its user
description was ‘ang iyong one-stop source
ng pinaka-nakaka-entertain na news sa Internet, animation-style! Panoorin ang
aming mga animated videos, na nagmumula sa mga viral headlines sa bawat sulok
ng mundo, mula celebrity news at politics, mga eskandalo at katangahan ng mga
kriminal - at marami pang iba!’ As a journalist, I am insulted by how the
user treated news lightly. I will not judge the way the user gives news but I
will provide a constructive criticisms of one of its playlists titled ‘What The
Freak’ which supposedly included some kind of ‘news’ around the world.
TomoNews Philippines, I researched had counterparts in other
countries, so I realized they must be some kind of organization of YouTube
users providing entertainment news using animation. There should be no problem
about how they presented the news but the content of the supposedly ‘news’ was rated
X enough that it should not be freely accessible to anyone. I am not merely
talking about my opinion but the accepted moral values of Filipinos. I will
show more of that later.
The playlists I was talking contained the list of following news
(not complete):
Lalaking teacher, nag-alok ng magandang
grade kapalit ng sex!
Doktor sa New Mexico, naglalasing at
nakikipag-sex sa oras ng trabaho!
Abugado, gumamit ng hypnosis para maka-sex
ang mga babaeng kliyente!
Grand Theft Auto V: may kontrobersiyal na
violence at sex scenes!
Russian na lalake, ginawang 'human platypus'
ang kanyang sarili!
Mag-syota, naaresto para sa pag-sex sa kotse
sa harap ng jail!
Police officer, pinakita ang kanyang private
parts sa mga traffic stops!
Aussie na kolehiyala, nahuling gumagawa ng
porn sa university library!
Lasing na estudyante, nahuling nakikipag-sex
sa tupa!
British na lalake, ginamitan ng super glue
ang vajayjay ng girlfriend!
Porn website, ginamit ang Facebook photos ng
isang estudyante sa UK!
Lalaking nurse, hinipuan ang isang
naka-sedate na lalaking pasyente!
VIDEO: Mga doktor, humugot ng vibrator mula
sa puwit ng isang lalake!
VIDEO: Threesome sa loob ng isang hatchback,
napahinto dahil sa fireworks!
Beteranong firefighter, nakipag-sex sa
walong babae sa firehouse!
Pervert, naglalagay ng dildo sa kalsada,
para sa mga batang babae!
Mag-lola sa UK, nahuling nagse-sex sa public
toilet si Tigger!
VIDEO: Lungfish, tinanggal ng mga doktor
mula sa puwit ng Brazilian na lalake!
German na babae, ginamit ang breast milk
para nakawan ang pharmacy!
VIDEO: Chinese na mag-syota, nagsagawa ng
oral sex sa public bus!
Pulis, inalok na amuyin at dilaan ang paa ng
isang traffic offender!
VIDEO: Chinese na mag-syota, nag-sex sa
harap ng mga tao!
Lalake sa UK, maaaring makulong dahil sa
Lolita manga at anime!
Porn star Rebecca More, magsasagawa ng
"sex tour" sa UK!
Mag-BF, nag-sex sa dagat; na-stuck ang penis
sa loob ng vagina!
Lalake, nakipag-sex sa isang stuffed toy
horse sa Wal-Mart!
Lalake sa Washington, nakipag-sex daw sa
700+ na sasakyan!
Unfortunately whatever way you want to look at it, this is a classic
example of a sensationalized and exaggerated information-giving and all the
superlatives of ethical lapses.
Yes, Filipinos are now on the verge of liberating young minds but we
still have our conservative beliefs in mind. Though they are not covered by the
ethics of television (parens patriae)
as a supplementary device for education purposes and development of children,
they should keep in mind that anyone can access Internet. As communicators we
should always uphold accepted moral values in the society, not degrading it by offering
sensationalize news.
The social responsibility among others is more important than merely
providing entertainment for the viewers. I will also used freedom in a
different context. Freedom is freedom from government and other restrictions,
but in this critique we can see that there was an abuse of the freedom offered.
It involved the corruption of young minds who will view the presented news and
it also involved the irresponsible practice of journalists/communicators in providing
news.
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