Right to Reply *bow

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At first glance -- there seem not any sense on the "Right to Reply", right to reply? Ibig ba sabihin nun pag meron akong tinanong, dapat meron akong sagot? E di dapat "Right to be Replied" yun. What is the fuzz over the said bill?

Senator Nene Pimentel authored the said bill -- in a nut shell ang gusto nitong mangyari eh, kung ang isang form ng media ay may binatikos or tinukoy, binastos or may pinagusapan, ang tao o mga tao na nabanggit ay maaaring sumagot sa parehas na media ng libre.

Libre?! Kung ibinalita na ang isang contractor, kung sino mang private person ay kasali sa anumang anomalya, or scandal -- makakatulong ang "right to reply" sa kanya. Automatically may fighting chance sya kasi magiging karapatan nya na sumagot sa mga alegasyon sa kanya. Hehe ang kulit lang isipin pero diba un mismo ang trabaho ng media? Yung malaman ang kwento ng magkabilang panig?

Imagine the conundrum kung isang politiko ang ibalita... Wow all the drama for free... Sagutang walang hanggan, sa media sila magtitirahan, when supposedly their forum must be a court of law or something more official. Where the findings can be used to them or serve them innocent.

For all its worth, may pro and cons ang right to reply, yun lang ung pro na part eh nakalatag na sana sa free at unbiased media. On the otherhand cons side would self serve figures that would spam our media with their self-cleansing thoughts.

On the first place, those we would like them to hear from are keeping their silence, like the fertilizer scam, the euro generals, the ZTE scam, yung north rail project. Etc etc -- the media i'm sure is more than willing to hear from them as well. But they are i guess they rather use their right against self-incrimination =)

Geez...