Cebu based Boholano broadcaster Choy Torralba of dyRF-Cebu went on air last Thursday to lambast the city mayor for condoning, instead of repremanding Arlene Karaan, an executive assistant of the mayor who doused liquid of extremely offensive odor to the face of broadcaster Nestor Daarol inside the offices of station dyTR last Feb 28.
He said that the act of Karaan was unbecoming of a public servant especially that she holds a key position in the office of the city mayor.
Since the city mayor defended the act of Karaan, then the public can suspect that she was ordered to do such act to the broadcaster, Torralba asserted.
I can see that "not reprimanding is the issue here?"
From the act, Torralba then led the public to believe, and in fact instigated the public to believe that it was ordered.
And the Chronicle did the trick.
A lousy editor can see the bias here:
Take note of the word "extremely."
For an editor with a 10 cent worth, he would know extremely is a ceiling journalism word. For if you would be asked how extreme was it, i'd guess you would say sooooper filthy.
But was it? There was not even a finding saying it was but the word said was foul. Now its extreme.
Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=18480.0