BIASES
it's friday and i'm alone here in the press room. it's cold and my insides are jumping around somewhere deep down in my gut. i fear there's something afoot and it would call for the postponement of my homecoming to the province after three weeks.
it always happens. glorietta blast, trillanes, etc. when my friends ask when am i coming home, i always reply "depende sa pangyayari sa pilipinas" and i am half-serious about that. it would be difficult to extricate myself from my hibernation in elbi if and when the office would call and say i have to go somewhere in connection with the recent events blah blah.
so back to the events, there are text messages circulating yesterday that by monday we would have a new president (who? gringo? noli? OMG!) and the airforce would withdraw their support for the gremlin-in-chief a.k.a. the lucky biatch (as salceda said).
it's surprising, Other Half is now chanting "GMA Resign!" BWAHAHAHAHA! he is now FINALLY convinced that GMA is "pure evil" (et tu Neri?)
as much as i want to join the protests and the many fora on the subject (and related subjects), the fact is i don't know if i can. as a journalist, can i exercise my freedom to express outrage or just keep my objectivity intact (if there's such a thing as 100% objectivity)? i'm not scared for my job (pwede ko na siya iwan, goodbye paper!) but i don't know if it would be good for me to show my political colors publicly. would that lessen my credibility as a journalist? i remember being taught in journalism school that journalists should inhibit themselves from reporting on causes close to their hearts.
but in this case i am not a political reporter, therefore, i should not keep myself from going to the rallies (if it would not keep me from doing my work, that is). a colleague from another paper said he would join one of those rallies (probably on monday since it's a holiday) and he doesn't care if the paper would care. hahaha.
it always happens. glorietta blast, trillanes, etc. when my friends ask when am i coming home, i always reply "depende sa pangyayari sa pilipinas" and i am half-serious about that. it would be difficult to extricate myself from my hibernation in elbi if and when the office would call and say i have to go somewhere in connection with the recent events blah blah.
so back to the events, there are text messages circulating yesterday that by monday we would have a new president (who? gringo? noli? OMG!) and the airforce would withdraw their support for the gremlin-in-chief a.k.a. the lucky biatch (as salceda said).
it's surprising, Other Half is now chanting "GMA Resign!" BWAHAHAHAHA! he is now FINALLY convinced that GMA is "pure evil" (et tu Neri?)
as much as i want to join the protests and the many fora on the subject (and related subjects), the fact is i don't know if i can. as a journalist, can i exercise my freedom to express outrage or just keep my objectivity intact (if there's such a thing as 100% objectivity)? i'm not scared for my job (pwede ko na siya iwan, goodbye paper!) but i don't know if it would be good for me to show my political colors publicly. would that lessen my credibility as a journalist? i remember being taught in journalism school that journalists should inhibit themselves from reporting on causes close to their hearts.
but in this case i am not a political reporter, therefore, i should not keep myself from going to the rallies (if it would not keep me from doing my work, that is). a colleague from another paper said he would join one of those rallies (probably on monday since it's a holiday) and he doesn't care if the paper would care. hahaha.
