Giant. Calls often to stay separate usually to sign off. On. President reagan or ted to ask. Never an opposition groups accuse him of targeting and media. Hello im Richard Geres burton youre watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that were looking at this week in the philippines the New Territory government decides a pandemic is a good time to shut down the countrys biggest news outlet donald trump is that it again im saying it to anybody that knows the question its not a nasty please go ahead confrontations with journalists by day tweet storms by night the corona virus has wiped out hong kongs prodemocracy street protests at least for now the media there wonder whats next and the covert 19 commercial template. The Advertising Industry adapts to the time yes. Politicians of different ideologies do not agree on much but covert 19 has changed things the consensus of president s and prime ministers just about everywhere has been that getting accurate news and information out is vital since it can save lives so one of the authorities in the philippines done the new terror tape government has ordered the countrys biggest broadcaster a. B. S. E b. N. Off the airwaves 65. 00 television and radio stations effectively silenced in the midst of a pandemic the government says the networks franchise had expired and so had its right to broadcast thats nowhere near the full story president rodriguez has persistently attacked a b s c b n for its critical journalism including its coverage of his socalled war on drugs he had long threatened to take the network down now that hes got his wish other Media Outlets in detail crosshairs are wondering if and when hell be coming for them our starting point this week is the capitol. Tuesday may 5th abs c. B. S. And the largest broadcast network in the philippines covers its own demands. It must. Be done. With much of the country under lock down the networks free to air services 42 Television Channels 23 radio stations are ordered off the air by the deter to govern. Itself. Well. Earlier that day a. B. s c. B. S. Head of news. Had to organize the coverage of the story. My reporter said they would issue a say. Seize and desist order and its on its way mom. And so i said. Can they really do this. It just breaks my heart whenever i see the images of our people and you know fighting back tears or are just plain speechless and shop because they couldnt believe that it could happen this is a video c. B. S. Corporation channel to the service of the people. Signing off its very sad that. This happened during this time when riyadh up and damaged people needs information sadly the government has spared the deliberate information. Sent daily briefings even to be bombarded with a lot of the propaganda but be a. B. C. Bin gives you an accurate picture of what is happening. But when it comes to attacking the media roderigo do tear tain makes leaders like Donald Trumps and show your boss and not look like masters of something not new look you really dont really. Know that. Hes gone after various news outlets his issues with a. B. S. C. B. S. And go back to 2060 when the network refused to air his election its its the kind of thing most politicians move on from not to tear it down to be this leads by and that they knew. They knew. I would. Make. Deal with. This. But. A. B. S. C b n did not let up by its critical reporting on details war on drugs and its impact on impoverished filipinos has pulled no punches. And the Networks Coverage of the governments brutal siege against an islamic insurgency in the southern philippines has Won International accolades to territory who loves to talk tough and appear macho didnt send police or Security Forces in to shut down a. B. s c. B. S. He relied on a compliant congress which simply allowed the deadline for the new in the networks license to pass death by legislative defect. This is really the problem we all. Democracy here in the media isnt all. We are supposed to have 3 independent bodies of government but more often than not our congress failed us for that but all that it was an independent bunch of men its no surprise to anybody in this country that call risky move chorused all risk have there and stretch out for every funds the executive will give their districts have always taken period not one time the nice theyre in even more to do less Insurance Congress has become an appendage of the treatment nobody can deny that the country. E. B. s e. B. M. Has been forced off the air before in 1972 back then it had plenty of company but the mission of martial law is not an military takeover president Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law and shut down the majority of news that b. B. S. C. D. N. Was transformed into a pro marcos media empire its president and he lopez was imprisoned for 5 years without trial many filipino journalists which are some tortured and killed when marcos was overthrown in 1906 rebel soldiers took back abs c. B. S. The story of lopez families on the show. I. Began working for a. B. S. C. B. And in 1986 just when b. B. S. C. B. S. Opened after the revolution. Everyone wanted to be a journalist because of our newfound freedom. Filipinos thought hard for. Those freedoms to be restored. And i get to see this. Happen again. Its its just very very sad and its impossible to or cite as completely a. B. S. E when the u. S. Imagines have it though there was no social media there was no internet so it was easy to go national the press. Now the social Media Presence of a. B. C. Ben is also big but now the only problem is the beneficial rate is still very low in the p. D. P. Ins and our Internet Service is very poor chest. One half of the few that he knows have act want access to Digital Media too many are worried. Every new Digital Media you know costs for the filipina even if there werent these for the most social media crazy lesion its not enough especially for the poor who need every cranny vetted information that can be given to them so that theyre better in a year of their lives under the time just. Half a century ago Ferdinand Marcos wiped out the filipino media with the stroke of a pen when he declared martial law but rico to tear to has taken a more gradual approach with the outlets he doesnt like in 2017 he threaten the countrys biggest newspaper the inquirer with tax evasion charges the paper was subsequently bought by one of his supporters to deter take government has tried to take down a rap or a critical online news site over ownership rules and again allegations of tax evasion but silencing a network of more than 7000 employees is not a nice new legislation was proposed to congress this past week which would put a. B. S. E b. N. Back on the air while lawmakers reach a decision on its license the final say on that however lies with the president who seems content to see filipinos go without a vital news source in the middle of a pandemic. On a daily basis about 70 or so 1000000 filipinos tune into a b a c b s there are a number of areas that only a via c. B. And can reach places like an island parts of the eagle meadows and mini others its not just our loss its also the loss of those people in those areas i dont know how lol. Be tippin press get withstand these attacks. And i hope that all journalists in the philippines really good night to push back and desist because if. The government can do it on the countless imagist but dressed that word who else is saying. Yes while we protest to while we push against these efforts decides who can. We also want to show that. Youve been here before. These people in arms are trying over the world to turn. Were not going to allow another. To kill democracy and sweet expression again. Were discussing other coronavirus related media stories that are on our radar now with one of our producers flo philips flow President Trump has been tweeting at all hours of the night going after his critics and the American Media then hes been confronting journalists face to face by day walk us through this latest incident with a reporter from c. B. S. News it was this past monday which which are jang whos a correspondent for c. B. S. News asked the president a pretty fact question she said why do you need to go on and on about the number of coronavirus tests that the u. S. Is conducting compared to other countries when quote Everyday Americans still losing their lives and were still seeing more cases this is what trump came back with well theyre losing their lives everywhere in the world and maybe thats a question you should ask china. Dont ask me has china that question ok what he didnt give jang whos of chinese descent an opportunity to respond what about the other journalists at that press conference how did they handle this when trump trying to move on he opened up the floor to 2 other reporters you me shall send all of p. B. S. And kagan cullens of c. N. N. Who held back effectively yielding to jennings so trump just walked out last ladies and gentlemen thank you very much appreciate it thank you very much now he did actually take to twitter later that day sharing a video of the entire episode along with this comment the lame stream media is truly out of control look how they work conspired together that the enemy of the people i guess it was his attempt to have the last word but it seems that americans have grown numb to this kind of behavior from their president grow numb to those late night tweet storms of his as well and some in a way if we look we could report on trump and his treatment in the us media every week there was so much material that take the night before the episode with jon trump took to twitter that he started and 126. 00 tweet rant 126. 00 for the most part attacking the a bomb administration and eventually turning to Joe Scarborough host of m s n b c who trump accused of killing him in 10 years ago now is that breaking news or just another day or night of the oval office ok thanks love. Remember hong kong before the pandemic hit hundreds of thousands of people on the streets protesting the erosion of their freedoms and demanding independence from china the months of demonstrations led to changes in hong kongs media ecosystem Nascent Digital news outlets reporting from the front lines saw a huge jump in their numbers it was a reflection of the protestors growing distrust in their Mainstream Media and Mainland China is growing influence when covert 19 emptied hong kongs streets depriving those outlets of that editorial content the question became what will become of hong kong is now slowly returning to normal meanwhile both the beijing and hong kong authorities appear to be using the virus as a cover to crack down on voices they dont like including the citys only prodemocracy newspaper the apple daily the listening posts johannah whos now reporting from home on hong kongs changing media landscape covert 19 and the use of a pandemic to silence dissent. Saturday april 18th 2020 the hong kong authorities arrest 15 prominent prodemocracy figures the poor to flee on borders from beijing. Chief among them to me like one of the citys riches businessmen and the founder of apple daily own country 2nd largest newspaper and the citys only open the prodemocracy mainstream outlets. Before a covert 19 brought mass demonstrations in an cong to hold the arrest of a figure like gil boss jimmy lie would have likely let the thousands of hong kong is pouring into the streets in protest is the timing of his arrest a little suspicious. Theyve been remarkable at the price of the way the wind out of the program side up. Of great government were precisely that around 99 that i read. That was a year that they could get away with just because of the coronavirus simple fact. Or d just group because you are mentally prodemocracy. Bracing for. That pressure is going to start junior high as topic asians have consistently taken to trade schools. The chinese communists. And this has gone down and hes also in a very high profile going to solicit as the case will support. A national particularly in washington and thats another reason aging. And especially coming as it was joined this time of heightened tensions screened beijing and washington i think is very hawgs and sampras and all the while. That is making a concerted effort. Is hong kong. As hong kong has changed apple daily has become the odd one out in hong kongs Mainstream Media scene over the last decade or so the majority of major news outlets in the city have gradually come under the direct control of Chinas Communist Party or ended up in the hands of businessmen with significant ties to the mainland. Of a day was a bit of an outlier and the only mainstream outlet championing the Democracy Movement but it didnt just cover the protests it accept to encourage people to take to the straits so that the coverage perhaps at times cross the line between activism and journalism. Well the prodemocracy up will daley is the last go to my office the newspaper in hong kong is still very much a tabloid its advocacy journalism if you will and its very much on the side of protesters so its no coincidence that the proprietor of the daily has been demonized and coming to fox in many years from beijing directly on the ties of international to withdraw their ads from that theres been a commercial boycott for many years but you know a lot of the local media and the International Media rely on the uncle daily in little bits original with the old and because they have the big stuff and they do still provide a very Important Role in the uncle media landscape the role that we played was as a liar. But we basically started having trouble really. A person who where the 1st year you come from beijing quite obviously very happy with the not quite right the 2nd crack coming right. Certainly within the last year has been from the Hong Kong Government. And thats an issue that has been at the very heart of hong kongs Democracy Movements. Following decades of colonial rule britain handed the city back to china in 1997 under the socalled one country 2 systems arrangement. Hong kong was granted a level of autonomy but that independence is quickly eroding with beijing increasingly calling the shots in the city that concern has formed the basis of apple day coverage and in a way the 29000 protests can have come at a better time for the paper which had long been losing money on protest days it saw its page fees double and its stocks skyrocketed. The same could be said for a number of hong kongs Nascent Digital outlets for which the protest movement presented a new story and even a financial. Like no other outlets like stand News International and Hong Kong Free press were some of the go to new Media Outlets that protesters turn to for news last year so what was it about your output that appealed to so many on the streets. Malveaux we are famous for bloggers blocks written by ordinary citizens or columns by opinion makers even more important in 2900 we really saw the emergence of online journalists and reporters brokaws through life videos online is not a new trend but a feature on you tube and facebook was especially useful for us were broadcasting the Democracy Movement live rather than 000000000000000 reader. Really allowed us to film hong kong policeman to document their actions and behaviors on the front line as stand news we explicitly stated our support for the freedom of democracy those who cared about the movement felt stand news share the same values there was a sense of collective empathy although the. People really sold the independent a new house to be. Showing what was really happening on the frontlines and they didnt feel they were compromised in the same way that like to see the Mainstream Media the. Real support for these outlets people would follow them live streams these messages arent individual john is mending them encouraging and this also translates into a lot of financial. Journalist whos held me the height of the protests they were receiving you know 100. Well wishes and. Cash. Counted 19 empty streets once jammed with demonstrators. Manifold this past week there were signs protesters are keen to return despite the pen demick restrictions but for now the numbers are nowhere near what they were in 2019 and projects like stand news which found its voice perhaps it has own data in movement months of empty streets spent fewer clicks and fewer contributions. For stan news the entire movement presented such a change we had a significant increase in donations so we were able to buy so many more resources more advanced equipment and our team grew from 10 to 30 but depend amec has affected the economy a lot of our readers who previously sponsored us are newly unemployed plus we have seen fewer conflicts on the streets fewer demonstrations so we have fewer life pro cost and people have less interests in our platform we continue to focus on reporting politics the pentameter police abuse and the pressure from beijing and the Hong Kong Government and the public are still interested but of course all resources have been affected. So to you. I would not wish upon a city and a thing like what happened last year but at the same time it has given some of the genesis to media and i readership went from about 1000000. 00 a month to 5000000 page views and a monthly donors increase about 100 of the 700 that really gave us some security and stability and a bit of a war chest to survive into now the cove in 1000 crisis and things getting tough of the media. Coverage restrictions. Beginning to ease my view noncom is slowly returning to normal. But the protesters in a dearness no beijing and homecoming thirtys saw an opportunity in this pandemic to kids. And their suit on hong kongs autonomy and freedoms may in the end proof or more directly to the press and violence. And finally the pandemic its impact on commerce and the advertisers that are trying to adapt with so many consumers locked down and a recession looming all kinds of companies are scrambling to get your attention the devices that theyre using in their commercials the soft piano chords the images of families the pithy messages of solidarity are remarkably similar in ad after ad after ad the following compilation captures that it lays the formula bare you get the feeling that a lot of Big Companies have all hired the same Advertising Agency its a clear case of buyer beware well see you next time here at the listening post. The fish bowl the fair. Breaks things with a 1000000 ways of being together that would sting a party that brings us closer than ever. Since 1026 nationwide has been on your side today being on your side staying home nation why dont. You why dont you tell me where you can be heroes who are we. January was close but our consumer time and we loaded the trucks with orders. 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