By Vittorio Hernandez, International Business Times
Waves crash as Typhoon Vongfong approaches Japan's
main islands while surfers try to ride a wave at Eguchihama Beach in
Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 12,
2014. Typhoon Vongfong battered the southern Japanese
island of Okinawa on Sunday, injuring 31 people and knocking out power
before losing intensity and getting downgraded to a tropical storm.
Mandatory credit. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
Like Super Typhoon Ruby, ABS-CBN news reader Korina Sanchez came on
too strong to many televiewers when she expressed hope that Hagupit
(Ruby) would spare the Philippines and instead hit Japan.
Many netizens didn't like her comment and didn't hide their
disappointment. Some were not surprised because it was the second time
involving the coverage of a super typhoon that Sanchez, the wife of
Philippine Interior Secretary, created controversy because of her
criticism of CNN's Anderson Cooper's coverage of Super Typhoon Haiyan
(Yolanda) in November 2013.
The recent incident led to a hoax report that Japan declared Sanchez a
persona non grata for her comments. However, another Web site, Waffles
at Noon, debunked the report, although a lot of Filipinos thought the
veteran news reader deserved being banned in The Land of the Rising Sun
as well as from national television.
Thus, it was not surprising that another satire news site rode on
that angle and said that ABS-CBN fired Sanchez for her comment. Adobo
Chronicles wrote that Sanchez's remarks embarrassed the country, causing
Japan to file a protest to permanently keep her off from TV, which the
international body allegedly backed 100 percent.
It would be recalled that in 2013, there were speculations that ABS-CBN suspended Sanchez for one week after she spoke against Cooper's coverage, although the "official version" is that she went on leave.
One indicator that Adobo Republic's article was a satire is that it quoted the "fired" news reader as saying in reaction to her receiving the boot, "Well and good! This will give me time to focus on campaigning for my husband in his 2016 bid to become elected as the next president. I'll have the last laugh when I become the First Lady."
For one, Roxas insists that his eyes are not on 2016 (yet), but on helping Ruby victims. But the best proof is that Sanchez is still on TV Patrol, although she would probably be best remembered for her Japan remarks.
It would be recalled that in 2013, there were speculations that ABS-CBN suspended Sanchez for one week after she spoke against Cooper's coverage, although the "official version" is that she went on leave.
One indicator that Adobo Republic's article was a satire is that it quoted the "fired" news reader as saying in reaction to her receiving the boot, "Well and good! This will give me time to focus on campaigning for my husband in his 2016 bid to become elected as the next president. I'll have the last laugh when I become the First Lady."
For one, Roxas insists that his eyes are not on 2016 (yet), but on helping Ruby victims. But the best proof is that Sanchez is still on TV Patrol, although she would probably be best remembered for her Japan remarks.
