Look at how they stumbled: flat on their faces.
The mediaman who slipped
Rony V. Diaz writes in his article that came out in the Manila Times and ABS-CBN Interactive:
In 1993 Andrew Wiles of Princeton University announced at a lecture in London that he had proved Fermat’s last theorem (FLT). This is a conjecture by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1637 that for any integer n greater than 2, Fermat’s equation that claimed xn + yn = zn has no solution in integers x, y z except 0 which satisfies …

Who said viewers won’t complain?
5,820 signatures vs exploitative, irresponsible TV – INQ7.net

‘Ibong Adarna’ as a time capsule
THERE is nothing like seeing a true classic like Vicente Salumbides’ film, “Ibong Adarna,” restored and screened recently at the UP Film Center for the first time since its release in 1941, to realize just how derelict we have been in preserving the signposts and products of our culture.
The picture was one of around 20 movies LVN Productions managed to produce before Japanese bombs rained down on Manila in December of that year. Sadly, only one other LVN film from that period survives-”Giliw Ko,” which, …

LEADING advertisers have pulled out of show biz TV talk shows, particularly those that have aired stories on sex-video “scandals,” starting this past weekend.
The move was in support of a position letter and signature campaign initiated by award-winning filmmaker and scriptwriter Jose Javier Reyes against scandal-oriented talk shows.
Advertisers pull out of ‘offensive’ talk shows – INQ7.net

If afternoon weekend talk shows are not supported by advertisers, they will mend their ways. This seems to be logical. I hope it will work.
The move of the 27-member artist managers group is a continuation of the drive to curb sensationalist entertainment reportage on TV.
The group earlier sat down with executives of ABS-CBN and GMA 7 to clarify the networks’ “guidelines and standards” regarding entertainment news.
Talent handlers enlist ad men vs talk shows – INQ7.net

“It is true that there is an on-going case regarding the subject,” said the ABS-CBN statement. “The network feels … it is best left for the court to decide on the merits of the case.”
Man claims Kris’ show was his idea – INQ7.net

There is a growing tendency to categorize rather than celebrate eccentricity CNN.com – Age of anxiety
The link no longer works. But the article talks about Jon Winokur’s Encyclopedia Neurotica
This often acerbic dictionary-style guide is an indictment of the self absorption of the affluent West, and the growing tendency to categorize rather than celebrate eccentricity. “In this country, we just have so much of everything and so much time to analyze ourselves. We seem to medicalize oddity and quirkiness. I also wanted to try to make the point that, as actress …

When theCongress website got hacked, will the law makers realize that they have a lot to do make our laws attuned to cybercrime?