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Jalan-Jalan with Jerwin in Singapore

Jalan-Jalan with Jerwin in Singapore
Photo by Jerwin Allen Malabanan
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Sunday, July 27, 2014

There are many things I am thankful to broadcasters for:

--Being on call 24/7
--Being available night and day, rain or shine
--Performing consistently even whey they are ill or not in the mood
--Making painstaking efforts to look presentable all the time and no matter what
--Remaining calm, steadfast, and amiable in the face of criticism
--Having the courage to expose anomalies in society, no matter who the perpetrators are
--Encouraging the people to be civic-minded
--Stressing the importance of being service-oriented
--Inculcating the urgency of taking action, or being proactively constructive
--Listening as well as talking
--Accommodating everyone who contacts them or responds to them
--Keeping themselves up to speed on a wide range of topics and current events

There are many things I am not thankful to broadcasters for:

--Assuming that everyone is a Christian, and believing that the terms "faith" and "salvation" are exclusive to Christians
--Being heavily opinionated rather than intelligent
--Revealing their personal biases
--Presuming that others are not doing their job well, or are not doing their best
--Clowning around on the air
--Making fun of people on the air
--Discussing their family life and their personal problems on the air
--Thanking people for gifts they receive on the air
--Not recognizing that we are a pluralistic, multicultural society
--Showing off to audiences that they are in dangerous situations, and selecting the riskiest locations to be shot against
--Not distinguishing between journalism and melodrama
--Auditioning for awards

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