In a radio interview by Bobby Nalzaro of GMA 7 Cebu last Saturday, the anchor asked me a question about my contentious relationship with the media, my blog about Cebu media (www.onion-skinned.com), then segued on to Senate Bill No. 2150, more popularly known as the “Right to Reply Bill”.
I answered that I cannot support the bill, and half-jokingly said that congressmen offended by the media should just have their own blogs.
This came out in SunStar Cebu today.
3 responses so far ↓
johnny mercado // October 5, 2008 at 11:11 am |
good to hear you’re opposed to the senate — and therefore also the house — bills on right to reply.
will you be delivering a “contra” speech when the bill comes up on the floor?
if so, i’d welcome the full text
pablojohn // October 6, 2008 at 11:35 am |
when it comes up, i’ll speak against it. thanks, sir, i’ll send you a copy then.
Global Voices Online » Politician bloggers in the Philippines // December 14, 2008 at 10:19 pm |
[...] Congressman Pablo John Garcia of Cebu province advises politicians to blog their replies against offensive media reports. Councilor Peter Lavina of Davao City (southern Philippines) is disappointed that only few politicians are blogging: “Last week, I reiterated my frustrations over the lack of interest among public officials to blog and use this new tool to reach out to their constituents. For the past year and a half, I have been promoting blogging as tool for participatory governance but I got little support. [...]