The Resilience of the Filipino People
I overwhelmingly concur with the report of Luigene Yanoria of the Yahoo Southeast Asia Newsroom, November 15th, “International media laud Filipino reliance amid ‘worst disaster’ Yolanda”:
“When the world looks at the Philippines, they won’t remember the worst typhoon to hit the earth—they will recall how strong Filipinos are, too.
“Seven days on, the world’s eye remains on the Yolanda-battered nation as international media like CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, NBC, ABC, and CBS—dispatch their topnotch journalists to deliver updates on the record-breaking typhoon.
“Leading the pack of foreign journalists on the ground is CNN’s Anderson Cooper who’s been ironically making headlines of himself due to a report where he mentioned the lack of national government support in the badly-hit Tacloban City.
“But for the veteran journalist who has so far covered the world’s biggest disasters, Filipinos show incredible strength even when aid seems bleak.”
As Anderson Cooper said in the November 15 broadcast of AC360:
“The Filipino people--the people of Tacloban, and Samar and Cebu and all these places where so many have died—they're strong not just to survive the storm; but they are strong to have survived the aftermath of the storm…
“They have survived for a week now often with very little food, with very little water, with very little medical attention…”
Response to President Benigno Aquino III’s comment
The President appealed to the (practically the international) media for them "to use your role to uplift the spirits of the Filipino people — to find stories of resilience, hope and faith, and show the world just how strong the Filipino people are” and to observe accuracy in reporting. Mr. Cooper underscored that that is also what they strive for as well.
As he stated categorically: “Accuracy is what we care most about here at CNN.”
The Question of Accuracy, Credibility and the Truth
Mr. Cooper said in narrating the horrendous aftermath and also highlighting the resilience of the Filipinos:
“They have survived for a week now, often with very little food, with very little water, with very little medical attention.
“Can you imagine the strength it takes to be living in shock, to be living, sleeping on the streets next to the body of your dead children? Can you imagine that strength? I can't. And I've seen that strength day in and day out here in the Philippines. And we honor them with every broadcast that we do…”
The brat prima donna meanwhile has yet to even set foot on Tacloban and smell the stench of death on the air.
Question:
Again, to reiterate the point: who do you believe between these two individuals?
Mr. Cooper is a foreigner, but after what he did, doing a fine job and that is reporting the truth, no matter how painful it is, no matter how inconvenient and uncomfortable it is to the powers that be, I, on behalf of the Filipino people is hereby adopting him, now as a part and as a member of the Filipino people!
Mr. Cooper, maraming-maraming salamat po! Mabuhay po kayo!!!
Jose Mario Dolor De Vega
Philosophy lecturer
College of Arts and Letters
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
I overwhelmingly concur with the report of Luigene Yanoria of the Yahoo Southeast Asia Newsroom, November 15th, “International media laud Filipino reliance amid ‘worst disaster’ Yolanda”:
“When the world looks at the Philippines, they won’t remember the worst typhoon to hit the earth—they will recall how strong Filipinos are, too.
“Seven days on, the world’s eye remains on the Yolanda-battered nation as international media like CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, NBC, ABC, and CBS—dispatch their topnotch journalists to deliver updates on the record-breaking typhoon.
“Leading the pack of foreign journalists on the ground is CNN’s Anderson Cooper who’s been ironically making headlines of himself due to a report where he mentioned the lack of national government support in the badly-hit Tacloban City.
“But for the veteran journalist who has so far covered the world’s biggest disasters, Filipinos show incredible strength even when aid seems bleak.”
As Anderson Cooper said in the November 15 broadcast of AC360:
“The Filipino people--the people of Tacloban, and Samar and Cebu and all these places where so many have died—they're strong not just to survive the storm; but they are strong to have survived the aftermath of the storm…
“They have survived for a week now often with very little food, with very little water, with very little medical attention…”
Response to President Benigno Aquino III’s comment
The President appealed to the (practically the international) media for them "to use your role to uplift the spirits of the Filipino people — to find stories of resilience, hope and faith, and show the world just how strong the Filipino people are” and to observe accuracy in reporting. Mr. Cooper underscored that that is also what they strive for as well.
As he stated categorically: “Accuracy is what we care most about here at CNN.”
The Question of Accuracy, Credibility and the Truth
Mr. Cooper said in narrating the horrendous aftermath and also highlighting the resilience of the Filipinos:
“They have survived for a week now, often with very little food, with very little water, with very little medical attention.
“Can you imagine the strength it takes to be living in shock, to be living, sleeping on the streets next to the body of your dead children? Can you imagine that strength? I can't. And I've seen that strength day in and day out here in the Philippines. And we honor them with every broadcast that we do…”
The brat prima donna meanwhile has yet to even set foot on Tacloban and smell the stench of death on the air.
Question:
Again, to reiterate the point: who do you believe between these two individuals?
Mr. Cooper is a foreigner, but after what he did, doing a fine job and that is reporting the truth, no matter how painful it is, no matter how inconvenient and uncomfortable it is to the powers that be, I, on behalf of the Filipino people is hereby adopting him, now as a part and as a member of the Filipino people!
Mr. Cooper, maraming-maraming salamat po! Mabuhay po kayo!!!
Jose Mario Dolor De Vega
Philosophy lecturer
College of Arts and Letters
Polytechnic University of the Philippines