Sex, golf and eating binges--these are the stuff that Pinoys talked about all year over the Net. I've been reviewing these scandals that happened in the Internet and this is, for me the top 10 scandals to hit the Philippine internet.
10. Pangandaman golf incident
Agriculture secretary Pangandaman's son was playing golf when he got into an altercation with another golfer. Pangandaman and his boydguards reportedly manhandled the father of the golfer. The daughter of the golfer reported the matter to the police and posted an entry in her blog. The blog caught fire. Local media got wind of it. No Malacanang investigation. Pangandaman remained in the Cabinet and now looking for a way to win a Congressional seat.
9. Pacquiao-Krista Ranillo tryst
The first hint of a romance came when a Filipino online journalist reportedly exposed the illicit affair between boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao and starlet Krista Ranillo. Both camps denied it although there were reports about Jinkee and Manny's alleged confrontation in the States. Now, reports are rife that Manny Pacquiao wants to "hook up" with another starlet by the name of Michelle Madrigal.
8. Belo sues Facebook user
Dr. Vicki Belo, owner of Belo Medical Group, sued Atty. Argee Guevarra for his alleged "libelous remarks" over Facebook. This is the first case filed in the Philippines against "libelous or scurry" remarks of a Facebook user. The case is pending in the courts.
7. Cory Aquino funeral
It was not a scandal , but it enjoyed scandalous coverage over the net. People from all walks of life joined in to cover the most celebrated funeral cortege in Philippine history. Crowd estimates were between 200-600,000 people, not counting the millions watching the scene online.
6. Hayden Kho-Maricar Reyes sex scandal
This video was reportedly taken by Hayden at the time when he and Maricar Reyes were "sweethearts". During the scandal, Maricar was tight-lipped and survived the public flogging. Hayden, meanwhile, was charged in court and his license as a doctor revoked.
5. Hayden Kho-Brazilian model sex scandal
After the release of the initial video of Dr. Hayden Kho having sex with Katrina Halili, another video showed up in the net, this time, between the horny doctor and a Brazilian model (reportedly the model in the Argentina corned beef TV ad). The model reportedly left the country after the leak.
4. AkoMismo campaign
AkoMismo campaign, an initiative to promote the candidacy of Nacionalista party presidential bet Manny Villar was creamed online for acting and being a phishing site. A phishing site is a place where people register their information online. The campaign got a lot of flak from people, accusing it of being pretentious and obviously
3. DSWD mishandling Typhoon Ondoy relief goods
An online journalist volunteered to help DSWD in its relief efforts after the devastation wrought by Ondoy and Pepeng. What she saw was shocking---piles upon piles of relief goods from donors abroad rotting inside the DSWD warehouses. The DSWD denied it. But photos don't lie.
2. Mrs. Arroyo's expensive dinners
Mrs. Arroyo, together with her Cabinet members and some hangers-on, went on an eating binge in New York and Washington. They spent close to 5 million pesos. A US-based newspaper reported the incident and it caught fire in the Philippines. Mrs. Arroyo's entourage was
1. Katrina Halili-Hayden Kho sex scandals
The most scandalous thing to hit the Internet. Katrina Halili, a GMA 7 talent was caught on tape having sex with Hayden Kho. At that time, Kho was having an affair with Vicki Belo. The tape was reportedly released by one of Kho's friends. It spread like a virus in the Internet. Halili came out and filed charges against Kho and Belo. Hayden lost his license as a doctor while Belo took the time off to heal her wounded heart.
Latest is, Kho and Belo have been seen together in Bohol, again, as lovers (?). Hayden Kho is on the PR offensive, trying to get back his license and trying hard to project that he already reformed from his deeds. There was one Inquirer interview which quoted him as saying that people will eventually forget what happened.
Hayden, you wish! The cases are still in court and until now, Halili is still suffering from the traumatic experience.
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Naming the UnNamed
Brian Brotarlo made a very interesting point--perhaps I'm becoming too idealistic, that the blogosphere here cannot be or probably nearly impossible to police, given the fact that the Internet is nobody's property and it's too "rascal-istic" to have a body that would police our ranks.
I agree. And what I said was "policing" was writen metaphorically. Police our own ranks, means exercising self-regulation, self-editing and self-analyzing. The "our" here and the "us" here refers to individuals who consider themselves bloggers. If you're a blogger, you'll self-regulate, you'll self-edit yourself.
Also, I have nothing against corporate bloggers. They may write whatever they want to write for as long as it is TRUTHFUL. That's my point. Like in advertising, there must be self-realization that the thing they are writing about are really the attributes or the real brand equity of the product they are carrying. Period. Now, if they are writing falsely, Rom is right, they'll eventually disappear from the face of the earth. Look at what happened to the breast-beating TheHighPriestofSmokes, for one.
For those who misread what I said, the simple appeal is SELF-POLICING.
Now, on the real issue....
Let me tell you a side story. Before I wrote this piece " The Genesis of Every Blogger Byte", I consulted a lot of friends whether I'll write about it or not. Coming from the traditional media field myself (I started working as a journalist some 14 years ago), it pains me to realize that the Pinoy blogosphere is slowly turning traditional. I mean, the only thing "new" about "New Media" is the medium.
For a young blogger like me, New Media embodies everything "new", even in practising online journalism. We all know what happened to practitioners of MSM. And some colleagues of mine is making it their personal crusade to cleanse the MSM ranks.
Before writing the post, I poured my heart out to Juned and the Jester-In-Exile. Hey, we must alert everyone that this is happening. We need to so that we caution them that we need to stamp out this conscious profit-making activity at the root before it engulfs the entire blogsophere and corrupts it. This is my take---I hate to see the blogosphere corrupted by the wrongful (even tortuous act) of just one blogger. Naming him will not do anything good. He knows what he did and he must be given the time and the chance to reform.
How many bloggers wrote posts lambasting MSM? How many bloggers wrote that the mainstream media is dirty, being influenced and outright compromised? Some bloggers even wrote that we must not believe in what MSM writes because most of their articles were paid by politicos?
Question---do we want to go to that direction? Obviously, that's foolish. The only thing going for bloggers happens to be their integrity. If, say, you exchange your integrity for a few thousands, are you saying that you are still different from those who practise journalism as a living?
Like other bloggers, I don't care if you make blogging a living. No one, especially me, would try to convince you otherwise. I am also NOT an Indie. My view that blogging is pure is mine and mine alone. My concept of blogging is as a pure expression of writing (as Marck said) or expanding the Idea, the expression of "Self". Now, if you will accept that this expression of "Self" can be a profit-making enterprise, you are free to do so. Just one request though--make the writing truthful. The problem right now is we don't have a PANA or a KBP who'll probably advise us that what we wrote was plain and simple stupid or outright lie.
I read some comments about this post over at Filipinovoices.com, and they are asking me to name names. Why would I? Will it benefit us here at the blogosphere? No.
Now, if you think that you are being alluded to, the point is simple--REFORM. Here's my suggested guidelines, if you may:
1. If you're a corporate blogger, say so. Tell your readers that you are made to blog about this and that and you are making a living out of it. Period.
2. If you're a blogger who is being paid by a politico, be forthwith about it. Tell it to the world. It's best that way so that your readers will know that what you are writing is about this politico and whether they agree or not is entirely different.
3. If you're a blogger who wants to foray into the world of online PR, again, be forthwith about it. Tell it straight in your blog. Don't go around town convincing everyone that you're influential with this and that blogger and use their names to earn money. That's the most stupid thing to do. Make online PR a "clean" industry. In a time where people are calling for change, we, in the blogosphere must spearhead the movement and try to change the ways things are being done.
I agree. And what I said was "policing" was writen metaphorically. Police our own ranks, means exercising self-regulation, self-editing and self-analyzing. The "our" here and the "us" here refers to individuals who consider themselves bloggers. If you're a blogger, you'll self-regulate, you'll self-edit yourself.
Also, I have nothing against corporate bloggers. They may write whatever they want to write for as long as it is TRUTHFUL. That's my point. Like in advertising, there must be self-realization that the thing they are writing about are really the attributes or the real brand equity of the product they are carrying. Period. Now, if they are writing falsely, Rom is right, they'll eventually disappear from the face of the earth. Look at what happened to the breast-beating TheHighPriestofSmokes, for one.
For those who misread what I said, the simple appeal is SELF-POLICING.
Now, on the real issue....
Let me tell you a side story. Before I wrote this piece " The Genesis of Every Blogger Byte", I consulted a lot of friends whether I'll write about it or not. Coming from the traditional media field myself (I started working as a journalist some 14 years ago), it pains me to realize that the Pinoy blogosphere is slowly turning traditional. I mean, the only thing "new" about "New Media" is the medium.
For a young blogger like me, New Media embodies everything "new", even in practising online journalism. We all know what happened to practitioners of MSM. And some colleagues of mine is making it their personal crusade to cleanse the MSM ranks.
Before writing the post, I poured my heart out to Juned and the Jester-In-Exile. Hey, we must alert everyone that this is happening. We need to so that we caution them that we need to stamp out this conscious profit-making activity at the root before it engulfs the entire blogsophere and corrupts it. This is my take---I hate to see the blogosphere corrupted by the wrongful (even tortuous act) of just one blogger. Naming him will not do anything good. He knows what he did and he must be given the time and the chance to reform.
How many bloggers wrote posts lambasting MSM? How many bloggers wrote that the mainstream media is dirty, being influenced and outright compromised? Some bloggers even wrote that we must not believe in what MSM writes because most of their articles were paid by politicos?
Question---do we want to go to that direction? Obviously, that's foolish. The only thing going for bloggers happens to be their integrity. If, say, you exchange your integrity for a few thousands, are you saying that you are still different from those who practise journalism as a living?
Like other bloggers, I don't care if you make blogging a living. No one, especially me, would try to convince you otherwise. I am also NOT an Indie. My view that blogging is pure is mine and mine alone. My concept of blogging is as a pure expression of writing (as Marck said) or expanding the Idea, the expression of "Self". Now, if you will accept that this expression of "Self" can be a profit-making enterprise, you are free to do so. Just one request though--make the writing truthful. The problem right now is we don't have a PANA or a KBP who'll probably advise us that what we wrote was plain and simple stupid or outright lie.
I read some comments about this post over at Filipinovoices.com, and they are asking me to name names. Why would I? Will it benefit us here at the blogosphere? No.
Now, if you think that you are being alluded to, the point is simple--REFORM. Here's my suggested guidelines, if you may:
1. If you're a corporate blogger, say so. Tell your readers that you are made to blog about this and that and you are making a living out of it. Period.
2. If you're a blogger who is being paid by a politico, be forthwith about it. Tell it to the world. It's best that way so that your readers will know that what you are writing is about this politico and whether they agree or not is entirely different.
3. If you're a blogger who wants to foray into the world of online PR, again, be forthwith about it. Tell it straight in your blog. Don't go around town convincing everyone that you're influential with this and that blogger and use their names to earn money. That's the most stupid thing to do. Make online PR a "clean" industry. In a time where people are calling for change, we, in the blogosphere must spearhead the movement and try to change the ways things are being done.
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