MEN OF CONVICTION /FIRM BELIEF

Woke up this morning with a throbbing headache after partying with balikbayan friends from Canada. Twas a productive party having gathered several opinions of Canada based Pinoys who shared their observations on where this country is heading to. Some were downright stupid but funny. Some were quite visceral I didn't believe it was spontaneous.
I will share some of these in our next blogs.
What I am going to share with you now is this group on TV that I am watching at the moment. They are hitting columnist,journalists who are supposed to be MEN OF DIGNITY AND TRUTH.
I share the same opinion that a lot of these journalists are swayed (bought?) coz the contents of their articles move like an unstable yacht. I remember ex-President Ramos said kung galit ka sa Gobyerno basahin mo ito(name of newspaper) pero kung pro ka eto!.
So what is the cornerstone of real and responsible journalism? Isn't it supposed to be TRUTH!!!!?
Is it now TRUTH based on how much money one gets. If I am a drug smuggler who is now enjoying the clout of my influential friends I only have to pay millions and journalists can make me look good? So what are journalists nowadays? Are they just plain PR machines? Don't they adhere to some ETHICS anymore?
I guess these 3 people on TV are right coz they are hitting on an editor of a widely read newspaper we used to send articles to- to hit the ills of the Marcos era. Thought of him as tough and his belief solid. We had coffee with him one time and he mentioned "compromise over his dead body"as we were telling him how our group are willing to lose our lives for the truth and this country. Our motto being " FOR GOD AND COUNTRY". (A politician running for the Senate,is using this cry of ours-he is not one of us(disclaimer).:)
Now he firmly believes that this politician is good and we should admire him. When I told him that I am close to the politician's son and he said that YOU(the journalist) are on their payroll,he became more tisoy than Redford White.Wag mo ko bolahin! As the old cliche goes "THE truth will always come out!"
Anyway these 3 journalists? on TV are preaching the Gospel of Truth. This government staff is immaculate,the government is this etc.OK There is nothing wrong with that and I kept on listening till I saw the commercials. Their program is being powered by ads from this administration- that is why lahat ng nangyayari sa Gobyerno tama. Scratch my back!!!!!so to speak!
Please I beg you! Don't go to Church and pray with your eyes closed. Don't buy your children food or send them to school with BLOOD MONEY. And don't preach when you know it is not the complete TRUTH. We call that "HYPOCRISY". Konting pera lang yan.
If you know the truth I report mo! Kung may katiwalian isulat mo!
I am quite close to some of the Marcoses but we were in EDSA fighting for the ills of his administration.One night in Louie Y"s at Hyatt I told the President's son " You are in a position to affect change-just do it!"Bulok na ang gobyerno ninyo. He made some moves but powerless to the cabal surrounding his Dad.
When I saw him in Makiki a few months after we talked about it and I still believe that these kids of Ferdinand will still make good polticians. And they don't have to pay me for it. Remember how Jinggoy got so mad at his friends for telling the truth?But things would have turned out to be better if they were not blind. I firmly believe that Estrada could have changed this country(he won by a landscsape,remember?) If he followed his heart"walang kaibigan etc.)All that this country needs is someone who has REAL LOVE for this country.
But everyone campaigns like that "Mahal kong Pilipinas! and gets corrupted by the system?Ewan ko lang ha!
So,If you are a journalist and in a position to change this country for the better-just do it!
Wag ka ng magpabayad pa!