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Friday, January 25, 2008

UA&P I AM S.T.R.O.N.G. : The Truth Will Prevail


Ruther Chan shares..

Last December 2007, ABS-CBN filed a case against AGB Nielsen, a research firm that specializes on the study of TV consumption. ABS-CBN’s allegation was about the result of the ratings that the AGB-Nielsen provided. The network claimed that the result of the ratings have something to do with some bribery of other networks in Bacolod. ABS-CBN believed that the other network provided groceries, and cash to those houses with meter-boxes, which is a tool where the research firm can trace which network is being watched in the household.

In one of the episodes of The Buzz, ABS-CBN claimed that the network that bribed AGB-Nielsen was GMA. The network had a witness that testified that GMA was behind those bribing. However, when the court asked for IDs, or some form of proof to check if he was actually affiliated to GMA, he couldn’t show any.

GMA network filed a libel case against ABS-CBN because of the statement of malice against them. GMA network argued that they didn’t bribe anyone from Bacolod since they do not have any promotional activities in that area. They presented this during the press conference that was held this January 2008.





Until now, this case has not been resolved. ABS-CBN is appealing for motion to consideration in the court. And ABS-CBN and GMA are continuously showing proofs about the issue. They have done a lot of corporate advertising telling the viewers how they are against such unethical practice. And ultimately, both networks claim that the fight is not about business but about the search for the truth.

Who do you think is telling the truth? Who do you think is behind the bribery? Feel free to voice out your comments!


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152 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't know who to believe anymore. Both networks are always trying to prove their better than the other. The competition is getting annoying!

Anonymous said...

does that mean that you don't care? Don't you think that this issue may affect you and the other business industries in the future, especially the ad industries and other related media industries?.. I think you can still share your thoughts on who do you think tells more truth... though we all know that behind their public service announcements and evidences in the court, part of those are lies.
:)

Anonymous said...

What's the motivation of ABS-CBN for creating this issue? As of know,they did not win the case...

Anonymous said...

I enjoy shows in ABS-CBN but unfortunately, I'd go for GMA! ABS-CBN can't even show real evidence to prove their point!

Anonymous said...

Mr. comment, what do you think are the evidences GMA showed in the public? Do you really believe in what they actually said or showed?

:)

Anonymous said...

i think ABS over exaggerated things a bit. no wonder they lost the case..

Anonymous said...

ABS-CBN sensationalized the issue...

Anonymous said...

Haaay naku! Let the court settle this issue please.Nakakasawa na!!!!

Anonymous said...

GRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Anonymous said...

Ano ba yan??? Kaya tuloy mabagal umasenso ang PInas.... always finding faults! Parating CRAB MENTALITY...

Anonymous said...

nakaka discouraged talaga, how these two Stations fight each other.Nawawalan ka tuloy ng Faith sa mga owners & Staff.

Anonymous said...

Mga kababayan! Manood na lang tayo ng CNN, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet,Lifestyle...Educational pa.

Anonymous said...

uhmmm... in a nutshell please... i dont get it.

Anonymous said...

i just hate this issue, it's so over rated.

Anonymous said...

i agree with MANANG.. haha.. this is issue is out of our hands. Let the court handle it lawfully

Anonymous said...

What the hell? this is boring:( sorry

Anonymous said...

wow, this is serious stuff.

Anonymous said...

i think what ABS currently does is unethical. They're making too much fuzz on the issue. I know their credibility is at stake, but they shouldn't influence the people in their own decisions and perceptions about the case by showing too much advertorials against GMA

Anonymous said...

thanks for sharing this to us I am STRONG

Anonymous said...

numb..

Anonymous said...

i need a break from these kind of issues

UA&P- I AM S.T.R.O.N.G. said...

I personally believe with what oranges is saying. I think ABS should start keeping their mouth shut (figuratively) :) for the reason that the case is currently on TRIAL. so it's unethical to be showing advertorials against GMA because that could jeopardize the case itself, and the people's judgements.


--- JOHN of I am STRONG

Anonymous said...

oh god. im tired of these stories. give us some entertainment guys!

UA&P- I AM S.T.R.O.N.G. said...

yup we'll post some! watch out for it!

Anonymous said...

i want some human tetris again! haha. kiddin

Anonymous said...

hi

Anonymous said...

ABS

Anonymous said...

STRONG

Anonymous said...

kisses to GMA

Anonymous said...

love the networks!

Anonymous said...

kapuso

Anonymous said...

kapamilya

Anonymous said...

or both?

Anonymous said...

:)

Anonymous said...

love the networks

Anonymous said...

nice post

Anonymous said...

nice post

Anonymous said...

great!

Anonymous said...

imagine

Anonymous said...

nice post! go kapuso

Anonymous said...

hot! fight

Anonymous said...

nice shows in GMA

Anonymous said...

great!

Anonymous said...

kapuso

Anonymous said...

kapamilya

Anonymous said...

great post!

Anonymous said...

will this issue improve our life?

None of them will admit their mistakes

Anonymous said...

ginagawa na lang nilang over mga issues para lag sumikat 2 station

Anonymous said...

I agree that they just sentionalized the issue

Anonymous said...

Para lang may maibalita

Anonymous said...

I think GMA is telling the truth

Anonymous said...

With that issue, may bago nanamang pag aawayan ang mga chismosa

Anonymous said...

Whatever the truth is, it wont help me

Anonymous said...

Why is ABS silenced now?

Anonymous said...

The question is, kahit matalo ang isa, are they willing to tell the truth why they lost the case?

Anonymous said...

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

Anonymous said...

False history gets made all day, any day,
the truth of the new is never on the news.

Anonymous said...

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.

Anonymous said...

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Anonymous said...

There are truths on this side of the Pyranees, which are falsehoods on the other.

Anonymous said...

Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

Anonymous said...

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.

Anonymous said...

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Anonymous said...

are they friends???

Anonymous said...

Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.

Anonymous said...

ABS is more successful than GMA but it doesn't mean they are telling the truth

Anonymous said...

I agree that ABS leads the ratings

Anonymous said...

What happened to ABS Nielsen witness?

Anonymous said...

what if one of them proved the other is guilty?

Anonymous said...

guilty or not guilty im sure both station hinaluan na ng lies and mga details

Anonymous said...

both would do anything just to gain public patronage

Anonymous said...

ewan ko sa kanila

Anonymous said...

i think instead of fighting kung sino ang nagsasabi ng truth, tumulong na lang sila sa iba

Anonymous said...

the country has more issues na kailangan harapin

Anonymous said...

poverty, crime and other social concerns are more important than issues of ratings and the truth behind it

Anonymous said...

Kung lumabas ang truth sa issue na yan, mapapakain ba nyan ang mga nagugutom na family?

Anonymous said...

Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.

Anonymous said...

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Anonymous said...

The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.

Anonymous said...

hahaha.. like with this issue

Anonymous said...

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Anonymous said...

ay ang gulo na nga ng pilipinas, may extrang issue pa ang mga tagapag balita

Anonymous said...

it's time for them to be like celebrities

Anonymous said...

mahirap na malaman truth about that issue

Anonymous said...

if they are really for the filipino service, itulong na lang nila sa mga needy people yung ginagastos nila sa laban na yan

Anonymous said...

pagiging bayani?

Anonymous said...

baka lahat ng klase ng evidence lumabas nmanalo lang sila hehehe

Anonymous said...

kapuso man o kapamilya iba talaga ang pinoy

Anonymous said...

as time goes by pahirap nang pahirap silang paniwalaan

Anonymous said...

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Anonymous said...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic

Anonymous said...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

Anonymous said...

A historian who would convey the truth must lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it.

Anonymous said...

If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.

Anonymous said...

media will always sensationalize issues to make them more attractive

Anonymous said...

There are many more wrong answers than right ones, and they are easier to find.

Anonymous said...

it's funny na pareho silang may pang tapat na sagot sa isa't isa

Anonymous said...

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

Anonymous said...

both are intellectuals kaya

Anonymous said...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.

Anonymous said...

i hope this will end soon

Anonymous said...

will they gain more viewers with this issue?

Anonymous said...

i like the quotes...

Anonymous said...

i don't care about the issue

Anonymous said...

may kanya kanyang baho din sila

Anonymous said...

eh ano naman kung mapatunayang guilty abs or gma? they will still continue with the business

Anonymous said...

its a waste of time and money

Anonymous said...

i agree with the comment that they should rather help those in need

Anonymous said...

they shouldn't aired the issue

Anonymous said...

sana they just settle it quitely

Anonymous said...

you know media, you can't keep their mouth shut

Anonymous said...

bakit ganun na lang kalakas ang loob ng ABS to air those allegations?

Anonymous said...

maybe they really want to monopolize the media industry

Anonymous said...

if that is so, they can't put GMA down, it's a big network

Anonymous said...

maybe they are really hiding the truth

Anonymous said...

pareho kasi silang lagot sa tao hhehe

Anonymous said...

i think they should focus more on improving their shows

Anonymous said...

They should think of something that will have a good influence on their viewers

Anonymous said...

media is also responsible for promoting immorality

Anonymous said...

i think they should think of better ways to help not to destroy people

Anonymous said...

here are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics

Anonymous said...

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

Anonymous said...

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Anonymous said...

Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

Anonymous said...

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual.

Anonymous said...

none of them will admit that they are guilty, just like any religion that none of them will say they are not the truth

Anonymous said...

To rationalize their lies, people -- and the governments, churches, or terrorist cells they compose -- are apt to regard their private interests and desires as just.

Anonymous said...

im not surprised with what is happening

Anonymous said...

none of them has told plain truth in their entire existence

Anonymous said...

both of them are used to lying

Anonymous said...

both networks is doing good

Anonymous said...

doing good in hiding the truth

Anonymous said...

tapos sumabay pa ang ZTE issue...

Anonymous said...

hahaha, its AGb Nielsen not ABS

Anonymous said...

aasenso nang mabilis ang pinoy nyan! hehehe ;P

Anonymous said...

I don't care about their issue, as long as they have good shows ok lang ako

Anonymous said...

magkikita kita din sila sa hell

Anonymous said...

hahaha... dun sila mag hatid ng news

Anonymous said...

maraming balita duon, daming demons eh, mataas crime rate

Anonymous said...

who will show humility kaya sa dalawang network?

Anonymous said...

i don't think that they will do that, it's their reputation at stake

Anonymous said...

truth ano un, nakakain ba yun?

Anonymous said...

konti na lang ang honest people and i don't know if my honest industry pa

Anonymous said...

most people today don’t think it makes sense to tell the truth all the time.

Anonymous said...

Many businessmen claim they could not compete successfully without some dishonesty

Anonymous said...

Advertisements come into our view daily that exaggerate or misrepresent.

Anonymous said...

Though political leaders are supposed to be watching over the public’s welfare, many people view them as untrustworthy.

Anonymous said...

Seeing so much dishonesty among adults, young people often adopt the same course.

Anonymous said...

kawawang JUAN DELA CRUZ!!!

Anonymous said...

what benefit will bring to those stations if they tell the plain truth?

Anonymous said...

honesty is it really the best policy?

Anonymous said...

noon yes, now, ewan ko lang