ABS-CBN's Showtime was suspended by the MTRCB for 20 days for so called "insults" by Rosanna Roces about teachers.
Watch.
My question is, is it really an insult or was she just voicing her opinion? From what I saw, she merely mentioned that the student should also do their own work and not just rely on teachers which is true. Since if you are lazy and just rely on the teacher, how do you know what you're being taught is correct?
Also, she could have been voicing her opinion about teachers that she's had personal experience with. I'm sure every one of us has experienced dealing with teachers who only "repeat" what the book says. I've had that in college and he was the assistant dean!
She was also right about the books since a lot of the books being printed for public schools are full of errors.
So my question is, why is the MTRCB suspending the show? I thought that the Philippines is a democracy and one has freedom of speech. So why is she being censored?
In any case, the comment was only made by Rosanna Roces and not the whole cast, so I don't get why the whole show was suspended and the other cast members penalized. This kind of things where everyone is punished for one person is getting out of hand. Seems like everyone is taking a page out of the current government's handbook on how to deal with things they don't like.
Personally, I'm all for censorship, but they have got to get someone on the MTRCB who has an open mind. If they can suspend "Osang" for a comment like that, why don't they suspend Willie Revillame or Wowowee for the stuff they do? He's said a lot more insulting stuff than that.
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