Articles Archive for 1 February 2008

Sex, Death and Gambling in GenSan’s Print Media
Posted in GenSan News on 1 February 2008

The past two days since the Gensan bomb blast, I had a chance to compare how the different mini-tabloids (size: 8.5 x 11 inches) of the city reported it. It also gave me an opportunity to examine and rate their contents and features, an activity which made me realize that even at the advent of radio and TV’s tabloid-like reporting, community-based newspapers still hold the hearts and the few hard-earned pesos of the ordinary pinoy. And to top it all, just like their Manila counterparts, they also peddle 3 things which sell: SEX, DEATH & GAMBLING in GenSan.