Saturday, May 16, 2009

Support Cheche Lazaro

Posted below is the statement coming from respected journalist Cheche Lazaro regarding her alleged wiretapping crime:

Cheche Lazaro's Statement
May 8, 2009

It is mind-boggling why I am being singled out for prosecution for following the tenets of responsible journalism. If raising the concerns of underpaid public school teachers deprived of their benefits by a publicly accountable government institution and giving my accuser the airtime to explain her boss's side of the story are now considered crimes under our laws, then I plead guilty.

This is a small price to pay for bringing a perfectly legitimate public interest issue out in the open. Probe will not be intimidated into submission. I just wish my accuser will play fair and hire private lawyers instead of using government lawyers (from the GSIS), whose salaries are incidentally paid for by, among others, the teachers shortchanged by the questionable policy of the GSIS and private citizens like me who pay taxes.

In the last 22 years, Probe has carved a niche in the industry and won recognition here and abroad for consistently adhering to time-honored journalistic values of accuracy, fairness and objectivity. My team and I have no plans of changing the way we work just to accommodate the personal agenda of people in power.


I suggest all of us delve deeper into this subject. I'm freaking tired of everything. Corruption, harrassment, what-have-you. Support Madame Cheche Lazaro.

2 Responses to “Support Cheche Lazaro”

Raft3r said...
May 16, 2009 at 2:54 PM

i liked her better when she was with gma 7
di sya bagay sa news and public affairs ng abscbn
masyadong bias ang mga yon, eh
but i do understand her predicament
idol ko sya
although i wish she finds a better news station for her program/s


The Pope said...
May 17, 2009 at 2:37 AM

One of the respected newscaster in investigative journalism and the latest victim of government harassment.

May God perform another miracle on 2010.


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