BRINGING NEWS ON PRIME-TIME: WHY IS NOT POSSIBLE?

When it comes to journalism, the journalist in our country was in two way has big threat in their lives. Aside from killing the media, people’s view when it comes to TV programmed always disregard the news programmed. Tele-serye and variety shows always hit the ratings were product sponsors always support. People don’t care about recent development in the society we’ll in fact they are the one who will benefit from it.

The recent low pressure area if you will monitored its movement through news update or cable 24 hours, you will notice that the LPA is very slow in the Pacific Ocean were she can get water from it does weighting heavy rains on the following days. It will give you a conclusion for raining day therefore when you leave your house you will definitely bring an umbrella.

Aside from this very important information, you can be aware of everything around you. When you ride a jeep, you can listen to those passengers who talking about some political issues, you will notice that most of their information were wrong for they only relate from what they called chismis. Some, amazingly react exaggerated, we’ll in fact, they don’t even watch a news or read a broadsheet.

This attitude were adopted from the Spanish Colonial System in which we are not allowed to verify information. Were just accepting the fact easily and verify it to our friends since we are not allowed to question the Spanish authority or the friars. The big proof of this can reflect in Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere Chapter XXXV were after Ibarra attempted to kill Father Damaso, the people of the San Diego assumed all the possible scenario of the last scene. This is already a culture, but we can do change.

In this time were update and recent event is very important in our daily lives, news the only truthful source of information. Remember that in the new civil code, ignorance of the law excuses no one. If you are a teacher, you can no longer shout to your student like they are to moron for not answering your question because verbal abused is now penalized by special law. Although smoking is allowed, we have to follow the Tobacco Regulation Act. Are you aware that anytime, China bullied our government for the sake of territory?

We should not continue this backwardness since we’re no longer colony of Spain. We are now in the world intelligence, more complicated and in advance. News should be on primetime since we need it, as part of this changing world. The Tele-Serye and Korea novella cannot answer if tomorrow will rain or shine, or if crime is rampant in the area were you want to work. If your father is an OFW, you should know the exchange rate per dollar?

News is very important, it should be on prime time.