December 15, 2014

How about Charice, Lani and Erik?

ABS-CBN has this title for an article posted on December 14, 2014 on their website: “WATCH: Sarah, Lea, Martin in hair-raising performances”

Hmmm... but...BUT! There are 6 talents, not only 3, in the video! Is it intentional or unintentional to disregard the names of the other half on the ABS-CBN Christmas Special stage? Professional or unprofessional?

ABS-CBN, when you feature a video of the acts of your 6 established artists but mention only 3 names in the title which connotes that only half of them have delivered hair-raising performances, something is very wrong. No, nothing is wrong with the performances. Nothing is wrong with the artists. Nothing is wrong with the audience and those who have commented in your Facebook page. There's definitely something wrong with the idea that the title wants to convey and it has sparked the long list of comments. There's definitely something wrong with the network's way of highlighting and promoting its seemingly favored artists. Why not uplift, in an honest and non-downgrading-others way, all of your Kapamilya artists? I believe that's the best and ethical way to go, especially for the benefit of all of your talents and of your own network as an influential institution.

I admire the talents of all of the 6 artists. I appreciate what all of them have accomplished and what they do to continue improving their craft. I respect their talents and reading the said title just gives me a good reason to voice out what I think and feel towards the idea that the writer, editor and ABS-CBN have allowed to be posted for the public to read.

Well... I don’t know about you, but for me, if you can’t even spell the name of your own artist correctly, something must be really, really wrong. It should be Erik with a K!