Hindi tungkol sa pag-ibig ang post na ito.

For the 8 p.m. news bulletin, one of the stories I chose to air was all about the damage caused by Typhoon Pablo to the banana industry. To set the facts straight: 10,000 hectares of land planted to banana was destroyed. Exporters say they lost $318 million. The Philippines is the third largest banana exporter in the world.

But my program manager didn't approve airing the story saying it doesn't seem proper to talk about business in a time people are still looking for their dead. But I told her it's just one of the many aspects of disaster reportage: you show the extent of damages. How could the massive loss of livelihood be not a valid story?

May mali ba sa editorial judgment ko?
O sadyang callous lang akong tao?