Bandila slightly different from top of the hour news
I am not one who stays up late; not especially if I would do it to watch news. But since it is required of us, I relent, hoping it would be worth my while. Is Bandila any different from the rest of the news that I can watch at 7pm? Not quite. Is it worth the effort of trying to keep my eyes open till the end of the show? Nope. But I guess that as different shows cater to different people, I am not the target audience of the news show Bandila. It may be especially designed for those folks who settle only in their homes at the wee hours of the night (11pm onwards).
Sure, news hotshots like Korina Sanchez, Ces Oreta- Drilon and Henry Omaga- Diaz are its anchors (but why not make use of their talents to further explain the news that they report?) For one, most of what they report in their show are the same ones which are being reported at the 7 o'clock news. So basically, save for the different time of telecast, content is much the same. So I ask, if I were to choose between watching Bandila and a news show that I could watch at 7pm, I'll choose the latter. I could find nothing special in Bandila that would make me choose to stay up late and watch it. Also, since what they do is a sort of "re-run" of the earlier news shows, I think that it would be better and more beneficial to those who have enough sense to watch Bandila if the cast have placed more effort in giving new angles to the stories, or different people to interview- those that were not previously aired in order to have a "fresh" air to it. Might as well make use of the long minutes spent to interviews- use their different statements for the sake of not being repetitive of the earlier news shows.
But then, there are some good points to the show also. For one, it is short and "chikka news" are not included. I bet that for the older generation, and for the executives, they are thankful that chismis about celebrities and other such people (who some of us really don't give a rat's ass) is not included in the genre of 'news story'. It is good that given the short time that is alloted to them, they are able to weed the news- worthy out of the dozens of available stories, thus making their short news show a bit more worthwhile. You do not have to sit through the whole show wondering why celebrity break-ups and misunderstadings are included in the news. Also, for the Friday news issue about the alleged waste of money at the dike at CaMaNaVa, they were able to devote some time to UP geological experts who explained in detail why they are led to believe that the billions of pesos spent for the dike is just being put to waste. Bandila went to the extent of giving proof to their claim that the dike is useless; they did not just make a claim and leave the people to decide on the pros and cons of it. If only Bandila does this kind of in-depth reporting to all of their news, then Bandila would become a must-see news show. But sadly, a couple more news issues down, and they already committed the mistake of leaving essential points hanging in the air. It is common knowledge that flocks of students choose nursing as their future vocation that is why Bandila should have known better than to spend such a short time regarding this issue. Bandila should have devoted more time in answering why UK plans to be stricter in issuing nursing permits; they should have answered essential points like what the effects of this news are; what made UK stricter; when is this policy going to ensue...these are some of the integral points that Bandila should have devoted their time in answering.
All in all, Bandila is not what I expected it to be- I expected a lot more from a news show who have 3 anchors who are at the "top of their league"; a news show this late should at least have made more effort in delivering news attempting to give a fresh view to each of their stories (and not just for a few)- to make it worth the peoples' time. Well, it could be that I am being more critical than required; but then again, having critical minds are what makes a good report.
Sure, news hotshots like Korina Sanchez, Ces Oreta- Drilon and Henry Omaga- Diaz are its anchors (but why not make use of their talents to further explain the news that they report?) For one, most of what they report in their show are the same ones which are being reported at the 7 o'clock news. So basically, save for the different time of telecast, content is much the same. So I ask, if I were to choose between watching Bandila and a news show that I could watch at 7pm, I'll choose the latter. I could find nothing special in Bandila that would make me choose to stay up late and watch it. Also, since what they do is a sort of "re-run" of the earlier news shows, I think that it would be better and more beneficial to those who have enough sense to watch Bandila if the cast have placed more effort in giving new angles to the stories, or different people to interview- those that were not previously aired in order to have a "fresh" air to it. Might as well make use of the long minutes spent to interviews- use their different statements for the sake of not being repetitive of the earlier news shows.
But then, there are some good points to the show also. For one, it is short and "chikka news" are not included. I bet that for the older generation, and for the executives, they are thankful that chismis about celebrities and other such people (who some of us really don't give a rat's ass) is not included in the genre of 'news story'. It is good that given the short time that is alloted to them, they are able to weed the news- worthy out of the dozens of available stories, thus making their short news show a bit more worthwhile. You do not have to sit through the whole show wondering why celebrity break-ups and misunderstadings are included in the news. Also, for the Friday news issue about the alleged waste of money at the dike at CaMaNaVa, they were able to devote some time to UP geological experts who explained in detail why they are led to believe that the billions of pesos spent for the dike is just being put to waste. Bandila went to the extent of giving proof to their claim that the dike is useless; they did not just make a claim and leave the people to decide on the pros and cons of it. If only Bandila does this kind of in-depth reporting to all of their news, then Bandila would become a must-see news show. But sadly, a couple more news issues down, and they already committed the mistake of leaving essential points hanging in the air. It is common knowledge that flocks of students choose nursing as their future vocation that is why Bandila should have known better than to spend such a short time regarding this issue. Bandila should have devoted more time in answering why UK plans to be stricter in issuing nursing permits; they should have answered essential points like what the effects of this news are; what made UK stricter; when is this policy going to ensue...these are some of the integral points that Bandila should have devoted their time in answering.
All in all, Bandila is not what I expected it to be- I expected a lot more from a news show who have 3 anchors who are at the "top of their league"; a news show this late should at least have made more effort in delivering news attempting to give a fresh view to each of their stories (and not just for a few)- to make it worth the peoples' time. Well, it could be that I am being more critical than required; but then again, having critical minds are what makes a good report.
posted by shine queri @ 7/17/2006 05:41:00 AM
1 Comments:
At 6:37 PM, July 20, 2006,
amer r. amor said…
during it's first week of airing, Bandila was actually very promising. the three anchors were made to scout, work on their own news reports and the materials presented were actually different from abs-cbn's early news program. it could have been their strength only that it appears to both of us that they'll need some real hard work to sustain that.
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