August has been one crazy month. Prior to this month, all my appearances on TV have been due to coincidence - the camera panning during a PBA game, having a camera crew covering a debate event I was in etc. This month, I’ve been invited to deliberately appear on shows not once, not twice, not thrice… but four times! But then again, I’m sure you’ve taped them all and I’m still waiting for you (all 24,992 of you), to upload it to Youtube.

August is not yet over and neither is my string of TV appearances. *fingers crossed*

I’ve been invited to be at the ABS-CBN studios this Thursday to talk about the Malu Fernandez issue. Why? Well, for one, I asked Ederic Eder of Tinig.com-fame to start a writing project. Ederic, being the nice and obedient person that he is decided to honor my request and formalize the commencement of a writing project about the now-controversial journalist. Due to the obvious conflict of interest - one look at Ederic’s personal blog will expose you to tons of hearty material - THE Ederic cannot guest on Media In Focus. Hopefully, Nick of Tingog.com can make it. To be fair to Nick, he has been an outspoken and passionate pundit for this issue and he has every right to be in a show that aims to discuss the crooks of the matter.

 I also need to find an OFW who will be willing to show up on TV. Given that criteria, make that former OFW. It would help if he’s/she’s a blogger as well. Haha, good luck to me!

Here are some notes that I have in my head:

• Mainstream media (well, at least the ABS-CBN News Network) is now paying attention to what bloggers have to say. Hopefully, this would enlighten other media outfits that the opinions in the blog community is also as valid as those found in newspapers and magazines. I think this bodes well as far as the objectives of the Blog and Soul Movement is concerned. For those who want to make blogging a prevalent and relevant facet of Philippine media, I think we should embrace every chance to get the word out with open arms. Lets all be TV-appearance whores and take one (or two) for the team.
• I will try to speak for myself. I will not speak for other people in this interview. I’ll bring cue cards to remind me of those things. You never know, I might slip and spin stuff like any debater would. Haha. I’m also trying to anticipate the questions that I will probably be asked… Hmmm…
• I don’t know the schedule yet! The taping will be on Thursday afternoon, but I don’t know when it will be shown.

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10 Comments

• At 2007.08.26 23:48, noemi said:
  

  that’s good news Benj. I know you are quite articulate . Hopefully Nick can be in the show.

  Anyway, I have been searching through the list of bloggers who could be ex-OFW from this list of blog entries:
  http://pedestrianobserver.blogspot.com/2007/08/more-on-diva-or-was-it-di-na-bale-never.html

  Will let you know if I see something.

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• At 2007.08.27 01:21, yatot said:
  

  ei… busy nga ang skeds mo ha! i saw you nga pala last saturday din sa youthvoice sa nbn channel 4! pero hindi ko napanood… tapos na nung nalipat ko!

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• At 2007.08.27 07:42, Janette Toral said:
  

  Wow Benj. This is great. Good luck and have fun!

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• At 2007.08.27 08:18, JM said:
  

  Wow natuloy din ang TV guesting mo! hehe. Sayang di kasama si Kuya Ederic due to “conflict of interest” hehehe. Sige go Kuya Benj ichee-cheer ka namehn! =P

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• At 2007.08.27 11:46, noemi said:
  

  too bad nick is US based. As to OFW bloggers like Anton de Leon, I am sure ANC through TFC channel can do a taped interview with an OFW in Dubai.

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• At 2007.08.27 13:52, SexyMom said:
  

  good Benj! is the interview live? if not, it might be useful to see JAngelo’s thoughts on making interviews:
  http://racoma.com.ph/archives/a-thought-on-making-interviews

  good luck!

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• At 2007.08.27 17:29, Mainstream Media Picks Up The Malu Fernandez Issue | Tingog.com | The Voice of The Filipino said:
  

  [...] Note: benj has been invited to the ABS-CBN studios on Thursday to talk about the Malu Fernandez issue. They included me in the [...]

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• At 2007.08.27 23:48, Earl said:
  

  Benj, pakitanong sa Media In Focus staff kung ano yung schedule ng weekend replays ng show. I might not be able to see you this Thursday (or whenever that Thursday will be). May your guesting enlighten educate those that will be able to watch the show.

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• At 2007.08.28 16:05, Joni said:
  

  Cool! Let us know na lang kung kelan papalabas to, hehe.

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• At 2007.08.29 00:43, the jester-in-exile said:
  

  well done, benj!

  here’s some material: was there really a victory after this ( http://cmfr-phil.blogspot.com/2007/08/malus-back.html )?

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