ABS-CBN’s 12-foot icepick

ABS-CBN booboo

I know it’s tragic enough that Charice’s estranged father had to catch up with the November 1 memorials to the dead, lying inside a coffin with an ice-pick stab. But it’s doubly tragic that an ABS-CBN news item early this morning had him killed “with a 12-foot icepick.” What did the writer have in mind, a bamboo skewer for lechon vaca?

And it’s triply tragic for media showbiz reports to spread vile rumors about Charice’s alleged reactions about his father’s death. What do showbiz reporters wear for Halloween night anyway, a repulsive bat’s face? Or do they simply come to the party as they are? What is it with Metro Manila media these days anyway?

ABS-CBN booboo
I know it's tragic enough that Charice's estranged father had to catch up with the November 1 memorials to the dead, lying inside a coffin with an ice-pick stab. But it's doubly tragic that an ABS-CBN news item early this morning had him killed "with a 12-foot icepick." And it's triply tragic for media showbiz reports to spread vile rumors about Charice's reactions about his father's death. What is it with Metro Manila media these days anyway?

Inquirer booboo, for the nth time

PDI booboo
PDI booboo
Yet another booboo (note I didn't say "bobo") of the Phil Daily Inquirer. If the reporter had only read carefully the CPP's press release, he would have promptly noted the reasons given for the delay. I give this particular reporter the benefit of the doubt, seeing as the competition is brutally fierce among online news sites on who's the first to out a story. But I personally know one particular reporter who really writes distortions on purpose, and nonchalantly at that.