Locsin on bloggers: ‘There is no journalism on social media’

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. shares his remarks to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during the meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on May 10, 2021. Joey Dalumpines, Presidential Photo" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/09/16/20210510-duterte-cabinet-12.jpg"/><figcaption>Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. shares his remarks to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during the meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on May 10, 2021. <em>Joey Dalumpines, Presidential Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Outgoing Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said news were still best consumed on traditional platforms, saying “there is no journalism on social media.”</p><p>Locsin’s comments came at the heels of plans by the next administration to grant bloggers media access to Malacañang, a privilege that used to belong only to conventional-media members.</p><p>&quot;You guys used bloggers to do what bloggers do—when it was convenient and the targets were helpless to respond,&quot; Locsin wrote on Twitter, responding to a separate televised interview with Vergel Santos, a trustee at the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.</p><p>&quot;There is no journalism on social media. News must be in print and on the air to make it so expensive you make sure it is the truth before running or airing it.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yeah but you guys used bloggers to do what bloggers do—when it was convenient and the targets were helpless to respond. There is no journalism on social media. News must be in print and on the air to make it so expensive you make sure it is the truth before running or airing it. <a href="https://t.co/xvg0dAYoOG">https://t.co/xvg0dAYoOG</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1532504057453363200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/01/22/palace-will-accredit-bloggers-under-marcos-jr-aide-says">Incoming PCOO secretary &#x27;pushing for&#x27; accreditation of bloggers in Malacanang</a></li></ul><p>In an interview on &quot;Dateline Philippines&quot;, Santos said of the blogger access: &quot;A blogger decides for himself or for herself. A journalist does not.&quot;</p><p>&quot;A journalist, apart from being put through a rigorous training in the discipline and skills ... [their] works are put through a system of checks to ensure that the information disseminated is truthful, well contextualized and not malicious,&quot; Vergel added. </p><p>&quot;Bloggers don&#x27;t understand those things.&quot;</p><p>Incoming Press Secretary Trixie Angeles-Cruz, a pro-administration blogger, this week revealed plans to prioritize accrediting bloggers for Palace events and presidential briefings. </p><p>Coverage for these events have only been limited to broadcast, print, and mainstream-online journalists.</p><p>But Locsin – whose highlights in his journalism career included being the publisher of Today and Globe newspapers and hosting TV news programs – said social media reporting is just different.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Press freedom on social media does not involve the steep price of printing or broadcast, editors and reporters on regular pay and is cost-free self-indulgence with one hand—masturbation, I told NSA Jake Sullivan. His family owns a newspaper. “Mine did too and it was seized.” <a href="https://t.co/xvg0dAYoOG">https://t.co/xvg0dAYoOG</a></p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1532507305987969026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Press freedom on social media does not involve the steep price of printing or broadcast, editors and reporters on regular pay and is cost-free self-indulgence with one hand—masturbation,&quot; the official said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/21/18/rappler-reporter-now-banned-from-entire-malacaang-complex">Rappler reporter now banned from entire Malacañang complex</a></li></ul><p>Deputy Presidential spokesperson Kris Ablan, however, noted that the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/17/presidential-comms-to-accredit-netizens-who-meet-criteria">2017 directive</a> that allows social media personalities to get accredited in Malacañang remained.</p><p>These individuals must be at least 18 years old and must have at least 5,000 social media followers. </p><p>Bloggers and influencers played a critical role in the campaign of President-elect Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr. </p><p>The Malacañang Press Corps deferred comment on the matter until details became clearer.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2063619" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Locsin on bloggers: ‘There is no journalism on social media’

Locsin on bloggers: ‘There is no journalism on social media’

Job Manahan,

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Published Jun 04, 2022 03:48 PM PHT

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Updated Jun 04, 2022 10:37 PM PHT

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