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Philippine Media Coverage Helps Bus Hostage-taker
« on: August 25, 2010, 10:12:48 AM »
By GENALYN KABILING
Manila Bulletin

President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III is seeking further refinements in the parameters of media coverage during crisis situations following the dramatic hostage crisis that ended in a bloody carnage last Monday.

President Noynoy Aquino said he plans to meet with media organizations to forward his agenda after he lamented that full media coverage of the hostage crisis apparently gave the hostage-taker a “bird's eye view” of the situation while hampered government actions to resolve the problem.

In a press conference early Tuesday morning at the Palace, President Noynoy Aquino explained that the government did not impose any news blackout during the 12-hour standoff since it violates the freedom of the press. But he later recognized the need for “a redefinition of the limitations” set for the media to allow the government to do its job during a crisis situation.

“If we ordered the news blackout, you’d tell us that we were guilty of censoring you which is frowned upon by the Constitution. We cannot censor you for things you have yet to do. We did vow transparency. But that actually points out to the possibility of further refining the rules after the Peninsula incident,”  President Aquino said.

“We will be talking to you. We’ll come up with terms and conditions that will help each of us achieve our objectives,” added the President, who has expressed condolences to the families of the eight tourists killed in the hostage crisis that unfolded live on television.

In 2007, dozens of journalists who covered the siege of the Manila Peninsula hotel by rebel soldiers were arrested for supposed obstruction of justice. Journalists reportedly ignored calls by law enforcers to leave the hotel premises and allow the police to handle the situation. To prevent a repeat of the incident, rules of engagement were eventually forged that defines media’s freedom and the duty of the police to protect the public during emergency situations.

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