This media monitor is also tackling about the occult, given the Halloween 'specials' that TV shows prepare and broadcast.
This is the link to the video of a segment of ABS-CBN's morning show Umagang Kay Ganda, featuring horror stories, in line with Halloween. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/lifestyle/10/28/14/engkantong-itim-nanliligaw-umano-sa-isang-dalaga
The video is about a lady who was allegedly courted by a 'maligno.' Of course, the only source of the story is the lady herself and no one else. Even if the segment is not considered as news, it is still in violation of the KBP's Broadcast Code, particularly Article 13, which deals with Superstitions and the Occult. This is a violation that ABS-CBN and other stations grossly violate during this time of the year. The treatment of the lady's story is as if her narrative is ultimately true, albeit the lack of any corroborative statements from those who know or live with her. Furthermore, the segment was, in a way, promoting belief in the spirits and occult by trying to explain the phenomenon by getting the 'expert opinion' of a pastor, and not even a member of the medical profession, or even of the academe to explain such and provide credible insights to avoid falling into the impression that spirits and such creatures exist.
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Monday, 20 October 2014
Here Comes Undas: ABS-CBN's Umagang Kay Ganda delivered a news story about a street of ghosts in Pangasinan
Link to the report: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/regions/10/13/14/kalsada-ng-multo-sa-pangasinan
It's that time of the year again when news organizations try to become entertaining by featuring news stories about the occult and superstitions. Magandang Gabi, Bayan has been off the airwaves for a long time now, but it seems like its Halloween special 'tradition' has transcended Noli de Castro's program, to the point that it looked like ABS-CBN's policy to broadcast news items about the occult, as if it were totally true.
In this case, ABS-CBN, through its morning show Umagang Kay Ganda, featured a street allegedly infested by ghosts that even show up on broad daylight, just like the criminal elements in the metro. The report featured the interviews of the residents who either live or are usual passersby.
The said report is in direct violation of KBP Code of Ethics for the Broadcast Media, specifically Article 13, Superstition and the Occult. The program is not totally devoted for superstitions and occult, but the way the story was presented, it was as if the infestation and existence of the ghosts is ultimately true. Furthermore, the said report is also in violation of Article 1 of the same code, given that the report is about unconfirmed reports of ghost sightings, and that it is not something that should concern the whole nation and that it seemed like there was no attempt to verify, through interviewing persons like scientists, who greatly study the composition of this world. Meanwhile, under the PPI Expanded Code of Ethics, this report greatly violated the rule that news should be fair, accurate, and balanced. The report was not balanced because it only featured the residents who are amenable to the idea that ghosts live in the said street and no scientific expert to either prove or debunk the 'phenomenon' was interviewed.
It's that time of the year again when news organizations try to become entertaining by featuring news stories about the occult and superstitions. Magandang Gabi, Bayan has been off the airwaves for a long time now, but it seems like its Halloween special 'tradition' has transcended Noli de Castro's program, to the point that it looked like ABS-CBN's policy to broadcast news items about the occult, as if it were totally true.
In this case, ABS-CBN, through its morning show Umagang Kay Ganda, featured a street allegedly infested by ghosts that even show up on broad daylight, just like the criminal elements in the metro. The report featured the interviews of the residents who either live or are usual passersby.
The said report is in direct violation of KBP Code of Ethics for the Broadcast Media, specifically Article 13, Superstition and the Occult. The program is not totally devoted for superstitions and occult, but the way the story was presented, it was as if the infestation and existence of the ghosts is ultimately true. Furthermore, the said report is also in violation of Article 1 of the same code, given that the report is about unconfirmed reports of ghost sightings, and that it is not something that should concern the whole nation and that it seemed like there was no attempt to verify, through interviewing persons like scientists, who greatly study the composition of this world. Meanwhile, under the PPI Expanded Code of Ethics, this report greatly violated the rule that news should be fair, accurate, and balanced. The report was not balanced because it only featured the residents who are amenable to the idea that ghosts live in the said street and no scientific expert to either prove or debunk the 'phenomenon' was interviewed.
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