Notes

The interview is an eye opener it allow us to learn something new about things that we are not familiar with. And with a Media coverage Interviews are meant to provide information and detail, create interest and build awareness to the public. The Presidential Interview, should provide and show the covered topics from the Philippine political issues and to be prioritized, the problems that needed to be addressed and up to the controversies each candidate has been involved with and should attack by facts.

The different set of questions divided into segments gave us not just the political facade of the aspiring candidates but also allowed us to assess their personalities on. Who knows what they are talking? Who is rehearsed and insincere? And, like in a school requirement or a job interview, who came unprepared? Because our standards on choosing our leaders should never be high as well as on questioning them and if The questions are tough it is because the job of the presidency is tough.”

In almost an hrs, the show offered an informative, insightful, and thought-provoking look at the candidates and the Internet, of course, at some point it did not come without things that needed questioning and improving on. But not everyone was given a fair chance, particularly, one of the presidential aspirants, Leody de Guzman, who is also a labor leader, because only the top five names in the surveys were invited. It is the thing that Im not satisfied with because every presidential aspirant regardless of whether they have topped the surveys or have the biggest names in the political sphere, they should be belong in the circle because the citizens should also need to hear the platforms of each every candidates.

Furthermore, The presence of panelists during the interview should working together with experts from different sectors would help us dig deeper into issues that needed to be addressed in particular sectors. Enlisting the help of economists, political scientists, health experts, labor leaders, agriculture experts, human rights specialists, because it these sectors are part of system that should be considered and prioritized.

In addition, the journalists credibility and reliability despite of the emergence of fake news and trolls in social media, Soho and her team show and served a television moment to tell us that “This is journalism, this is what it looks like.”

With National Elections 2022 drawing near, maybe some of us have already been eyeing a candidate they want to campaign for, and others might still be in the undecided route, but one thing for sure, it is our duty as citizens to utilize our votes and our voices to assess whoever is deserving to become the next leaders to govern the country for the following 6 years. Some may say that the presidential interview benefits candidates to campaign for themselves, but for me it is wrong. more than that, it is for the benefit of the citizens.

What we get from this presidential interview is deep information and knowledge on the presidential candidates on where they stand, what they prioritize, and how concrete their ideals for the country. It gives us the option to critically think and synchronize their stance to point us to the direction of the rightful candidate for us.

The Filipino people have gone through a lot, and now we have the opportunity to turn the tables and seek a better country governed by competent leaders. Through media programs, social media and many platforms, may we realize about the difficulties we had in the past years as a consequence of failed leadership, and may we not repeat the same mistakes again.