The news blackout would have helped. But we chose to be ‘tsismosas’ and ‘tsismosos’
“Aquino said the news media may have worsened the situation by giving the shooter “a bird’s-eye view of the entire situation,” but said he had little choice but to let it play out the way it did. “If we ordered a news blackout, you would tell us we were guilty of censoring news a priori,” he said. “We did vow transparency.”
- Excerpt from an article on www.cnn.com
By the way P-Noy, you are the PRESIDENT, you had the opportunity to order and stop the media from broadcasting all the Police and SWAT tactics. But you were afraid, ‘you let it play out the way it did’.
We would have understood that the news blackout is not censorship, it’s one way of saving the poor victims.
We would have wanted no news for 10 hours and in the end, all the hostages are freed. We would have understood. Why did you think the people were as close-minded as that. We’re not.
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