tinig.com & Malu Fernandez

Support “tinig.com”: a Malu Fernandez project. I thought that the word speaks for itself as a true blue Pilipino which aim is founded in a long line of tradition that keeps alive our sense of nationalism, which might have been true. I do not know Malu personally nor read her columns. Hence, I went over blogrolls and look at other pages like what I did before joining blogsites like the ones developed by Señor Eric, the authors of pinoyblogosphere and other sites where Pilipinos expresses their views, sentiments and advocacies. I usually go over related pages in reference to the authors of the site as it is reflective the kind of format we shall expect. I was, however, dismayed by the negative feedbacks I gathered from tinig.com about  Malu Fernandez, who, I realized was actually the subject of the project.

 My attention was caught by the negative comments about her as I came across Marko’s site. The comment of this innocent, young, talented Cebuano writer, like his father who hails from Cebu where Secretary Serge Remonde started his career in the media and where my Great Grandfather fought his greatest war against foreign dominations, deserves to be noticed. Malu and her publishers should have looked into the matter and addressed the issue presented by Marko and Tingog.com. I adhere to Marko’s view that the attention of the editors which published the article mentioned in his site should be called. Malu’s article, if the information given were true (which I believe was factual), is a direct affront to a class of Pilipinos, the OFWs, who are considered unsung heroes by this nation that keeps our economy afloat through all these years.

 The editor of the paper where Malu’s article was published should accordingly address the issues presented by Tingog.com concerning the subject. Matters of this nature should be resolved at the earliest opportune time to put to rest issues that tends to divide our quest for a sense of patriotism and hounds the OFWs. It must be underscored that the present technology has far more damaging effect than perceived. At present, it has been observed that anonymous sites are beginning to sprout dealing with above subject specifically pointing towards Miss Fernandez.

Soon, the issue, I’m afraid, shall penetrate OFW’s sites whose members numbers to hundreds of thousand. I’m afraid the publication house and the publishers themselves which published Malu’s article shall soon be affected should the matter be not address immediately. Media companies should take into consideration that in today’s world, technology plays a vital role in shaping public opinion because of its far ranging effects. While the newspaper or magazine issue where the said article was published may have already ended in trash cans – criticism of this nature stays in the net, which maybe emailed, republish, re-sent, copy furnished with pictures, effects and graphics design, etc., etc., . . . over and over again. In the long run, it will surely damage not only the personality of the writer but also the publishing house which published the article as well. Hence, I think that the issue should not be taken sitting down by Malu and the publishers of her article. I don’t think that those with a deep sense of patriotism criticizing Malu’s article, especially the younger generations, will take the matter sitting down too.

This is what I like with blog sites like pinoyblogosphere, people may express their views without restraints. I just did express my view on the above subject in the hope that contending parties may come into a common resolved to put their acts together towards a sense of patriotism . After all, we are all Pilipinos irregardless of the class where we belong.