Afraid of the media?

In the country where the media practitioners are butchered, why be afraid of the media?

During the first day of the P-Noy Administration, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda had a negative encounter with the media. This was followed cabinet secretaries like DOH's Ona, etcetera, etcetera. The latest is Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo who got irked in his encounter with the press especially with veteran journalist, Ellen Tordesillas, on the issue of extending the term of the envoys.

Such press encounters are not rare -- the very reason why GMA was always evasive of the media. Though, allegedly, she also showed concern for the members of the press during her last few days in office. That was when the GMA was showcasing her PNR project south of Manila. But in general, GMA "hated" the media for the negative reports she herself did. As such, during the height of the "Hello Garci!" controversy, a number of media outfits were even raided, and only seven cases of media killings were solved out of 104. According to NUJP, a total of 137 media practitioners were killed since 1986 and 104 of these are committed during the nine years of Arroyo Administration.

Grabeehhh!!!!

Pero teka, kung puwedeng katayin ang mga miyembro ng media na parang manok, bakit kailangang matakot sa kanila? O may itinatago dahil takot? May nais itago? Numbers na kailangang taasan? 200 million ba? Hello?... Garci?

Siguro nga ganun. Sabi ng tatay ni Tikboy, "Kung wala kang ginagawang masama, makikipag eyes-to-eyes ka. Maliban na lang kung isa kang aswang".

Kung sabagay, puwede nga. Si P-Noy nga kahapon nakipag-biruan pa sa press. Casual lang. Hindi takot at walang "ismid". Minsan siya pa nga ang nagtatanong sa media imbes na ito ang magtanong ng magtanong sa kanya.

Kaya lang, hindi pa rin maubos maisip: Bakit nga ba talaga ang iba takot sa media? Aminin.....