napocor tower story

one of the dilemmas when you're in tv industry - news gathering in this respect, aside from being the first to know and broadcast it exclusively, is also being able to get good and action-packed video; but what if there's a life at stake? what are we going to do then? that was exactly what abs cbn got for the retarded kid story who went up the napocor tower in san jose, del monte, bulacan. they were the first to know and broadcast it - rich video of the lens waiting for some action to happen, may it be the kid to jump from the tower or fall from there; but then a twist came, some drunk barangay councilor fired a gun pointing to the "pasaway kid" who thinks that the kid should be shot since the kid is an abnormal.

but what really bothered me while i was watching their segment for that, how did even one member of the news team to do something considering the brgy councilor even went to the news team to announce that he's going to shoot the kid, how come he was not prevented from doing so? how come it lasted that long that people around there were not able to devise a way of saving the kid? i can imagine how long the lenses of the cameraman soaked itself long enough taking a video of kid while sitting on the rails, dancing on the tower, etc. does this mean that the scope of social responsibility of media does not include giving utmost importance on individual's?

on one hand, the parent's responsibility also should not be taken for granted here, considering the kid is mentally-challenged; they're also to blame for letting the kid out of their sight when they should have been giving utmost attention to the kids' needs. however, we cannot deny the fact that the coverage was foul.

national anthem of newsdesk...i guess

Bad Day by Daniel Powter
*isn't this the perfect song...for desk?

Where is the moment when we need it the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue sky’s faded to grey
They tell me your passion’s gone away
And I don’t need no carrying on
You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You’re faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life’s been way off line
You’re falling to pieces every time
And I don’t need no carrying on
Cause you had a bad day
You’re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don’t know
You tell me don’t lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don’t lie
You’re coming back down and you really don’t mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don’t need no carrying on
You had a bad day
You’re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don’t know
You tell me don’t lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad dayThe camera don’t lie
You’re coming back down and you really don’t mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
Sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing it turns out
Wrong
You might not make it back and you know that you could be well oh thatStrongWell I’m not wrong
So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
Cause you had a bad day
You’re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don’t know
You tell me don’t lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You see what you like
And how does it feel, one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
You had a bad day