Mahirap isipin ang panganib na sinusuong ng bawat mamamahayag upang maihatid ang balita sa publiko.

Ngunit ang panganib na ito ang siya rin nagbibigay ng pag-asa sa bawat isa na malaman ang katotohanan, sa ngalan ng malayang pamamahayag.

Ngunit ang naging desisyon ng ABS-CBN na embarguhin ang balitang dapat sana ay agad malaman ng publiko ay nakalulungkot isipin.

Interest kasi ng ABS-CBN ang nakataya dito. Sa dami ng mga insidente ng kidnapping na inilabas ng ABS-CBN ay hindi nito nagawang embargohin ang balita dahil sa interest ng publiko.

Kaming mga mamamahayag ay may kanya-kanyang pananagutan sa aming sarili. Pananagutan ko ang aking sariling kaligtasan at ang kaligtasan na rin ng aking mga kasahamahan.

At ang pinakamahalaga sa lahat ay ang masiguradong hindi ako o ang king mga kasamahan ang malalagay sa panganib.

May responsibilidad ang bawat mamamahayag sa kanilang sarili at ito ay ang matiyak na ligtas ang lahat sa anumang lugar na sinusuungan.

Mabuhay!

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The Abu Sayyaf in the past several years since the death of Sabaya had been silent, not to mention the few encounters with the Government troops and few bombings, but no more kidnapping until the group of media practitioners went to their lair for an interview, just like entering into a lions den, lions who havent eaten for days. I’m very sorry for them, but I think it was very irresponsible, knowing what they (the Abus) do with media people in the past. Knowing what they do with their hostages, especially female hostages, lets hope and pray that they are safe from all danger, be freed soon.

i just hope that this “kidnapping” is not one of the publicity stunts of this network to gain back some of its popularity taken by their rival network…the manner by which this supposed kidnapping is being played up, to me, is like a telenovela that would eventually end happily ever after….i just hope that we are not just taken for a ride…safe return to all those who were supposed to be kidnapped.

[...] summarized its reaction to the kidnapping of broadcast journalist Ces Drilon, her crew and guide. There are mixed reactions to the kidnapping of Ms. Ces Drilon, her crew and a guide but I believe the response of the police [...]

Hey ..Ella Jean Rose, if you cannot contribute some soothing words to the families of the persons concern to alleviate their sufferings, just keep your mouth shut. I suspect you have a problem with yourself and your family, you have a bitter attitude of life ..tsk tsk.

This is a paradigm of corporate media power. At least ABS-CBN Network has shown the world how they can control news even for a short period of time.

hey, marta, there are some things in life that should not be taken as is….otherwise everybody will be so gullible to accept news as they are without understanding the real facts about it…if you only see the other facts about the so called kidnapping you will realize that those who kidnapped them were actually given that opportunity of a lifetime… good thing that these supposedly Abu Sayaff kidnappers did not practice what the abu sayaff that we previously knew of did to their victims… remember how they beheaded and raped their victims before?….i’m not being arrogant or something…just want to see the other side of the story…

Re: “Very irresponsible kasi, dapat laging may kasamang security or any provincial police pag pumupunta sa mga liblilb na lugar sa Pilipinas… Yan ang advice ng government sa mga journalist, pero hindi nakikinig ang ABS [CBN]…”

Advice ng govt? Bakit talaga bang lawless na sa Pilipinas that you cannot practice your profession without the risk of being kidnapped?

No wonder there are permanent travel advisories agains Pinas. But what can a toothless PNP and a cowardly-led AFP do? There’s not more than 125000 officers and men in the AFP.

I am of the opinion that some military and police officers were involved in the planning of the kidnapping.

Won’t be surprised that MGen Dolforino is in on it. The guy is a leech.

That is so insensitive of you to say that, Ella Del Rosario!!! so how do you feel now?

The drama that unfolded during the 9 days of captivity of Drilon, et. al., brings us to realize certain truths about this event.

1. That freedom of the press, as strong as it may seem, is conveniently being used and misused, for a network’s own intentions. Remember that during the Manila Pen siege, it was the same Ces Drilon who stood up against authorities claiming that they are trouncing up on media’s right to INFORM the public of what is really happening. Now, it is the same Ces Drilon, who admitted, because of this humiliating experience, that she has been careless and irresponsible in what she did, that in her obsession to get a news item, she has put her life, and the lives of several people at risk! Didn’t she think of the lives of the innocent civilians who were caught up in the crossfire during the manila pen mutiny at that time?

2. ABS CBN stresses the value of press freedom as a primordial end in maintaing transparency and democracy and yet, during the time that their staff was captured, the same station called for an embargo in news reporting, just so as not to jeopardize negotiations. Who is now being inconsistent?

3. ABS CBN as well as the government took a hardline stance on not wilting to the bandits’ pressure and give ransom money. After Ces’ release, it was noted that a good 5 million was given to the kidnappers (tongpats included). Where is fairness and truth in reporting here?

4. On the Sulu Governor’s call that ABS CBN issue a formal apology for creating such a big headache to the people of Sulu, the station retorted that it only did what it was supposed to do and went as far as saying that it was the governor and not the station who embarassed its province and therefore, should be the one giving the apology. One cannot perceive how arrogant this station is. Breaching a protocol in reporting in the light of possible security threats is not only IRRESPONSIBLE but outright STUPID. Yet, the station has the temerity to condemn the governor who is just doing his job of maintaing peace and order in his part of town

Sa DZRH ko narinig ang kidnapping at I was surprised that ABS-CBN tried to “suppress” it where in fact, their journalists (Maria Ressa and etc.) are at the forefront of press freedom ha! Remember when that mutinous senator of ours walked out of the Makati courtroom towards the Makati hotel? Ces Drilon emphatically said that had she had known, she won’t be wearing high heels! Maria Ressa lambasted the government for preventing journalists to cover the event.

ABS-CBN usually sends their attack dogs, but when it comes to their own, mukhang very tame ang mga reporters nila.

Sa susunod, ask what Arlene de la cruz(?) learned from her kidnapping!

At saka, marunong din palang mag-Tagalog si Ces at ngayon ko lang nakita na walang make-up

Ms. Lorna Enriquez, I was vindicated having read some of the comments…don’t bend your ire to me alone…read also others comments and you will realize that I am not alone in expressing my disturbing ideas on what happened in Sulu….grow up people….be accepting of the truth so we’ll all be free…

My last thoughts on this issue….

In a cloak-and-dagger world of competing network companies here and abroad, it has become customary already to focus on a more controversial issue that hardly makes sense than concentrating on hard hitting issues and commentaries that may help to finally awaken the minds of all of us and decide on the next election to vote for the right person…..what is happening right now is that the many faces of poverty only appear as embellishments to featured stories on some known terrorists or corruptors….

Terrorists just like serial killers thrive on public attention…they use the media to gain public sympathy hiding from some made up stories on life’s ups and downs…this is precisely what Ces Drilon and company intend to do in Sulu, to be a useful instrument for these evil creatures to send their evil messages to the whole world…

Now that it is over and done with, what’s next? I strongly recommend to Ces Drilon and company to go to Sulu, of course this time with security, to hunt down those who kidnapped them not to prosecute but to know what they have done with their ransom money…what the hell am I talking about?…..

You see they justified kidnapping people due to poverty, correct?…..then maybe after a month or so, with their substantial ransom money, they should have started cultivating farm lands, or have a poulrty or hogs to raise, or fishing boat to fish or maybe just starting to build a decent house with a small sari-sari store on the side…just a small hint of these activities being undertaken by these supposedly kidnappers could really prove that they meant to overcome poverty by involving in kidnapping….in the sense what happened to Ces Drilon and company will not prove futile at all….

But the probability of this from happening is almost nil….kidnapping offers easy money than tilling a piece of land from dawn to sun-down or cleaning animal manure….what is so sad about this kidnapping story is that this bunch of bird-brain criminals is supposed to represent the face of poverty in the whole of Mindanao…..how so insulting?….

I believe that our Muslim brothers are as poor as the rest of us but they too believe on honest to goodness hardwork as the only way to success and good life….if only they could have that P20M…not as a ransom.. but as a financial grant…P20M could have helped them buy seedlings and fertilizers….P20M can be used to finance an alternative livelihood programs to the poor families until the government can implement a more sustainable solution to the problems in the agriculture and fishing sectors…….

Think while feeling….it’s the only way to truly comprehend what is happening around us…..adieu…..