welcome fans!

How’s that for a blog topic? Isn’t that so interesting? *sarcastic tone*

Anybody interested, raise your hairs!

HAH! I am currently writing a paper on that, as usual, another late one. I was supposed to pass this last Monday, but I’m submitting it today. Still, I haven’t finish it. Crap, all the luck in the world for me. If my professor accepts it, I’ll treat myself with McShaker Fries at Mcdo. If not, I’ll punish myself by not buying it. So I hope he accepts it coz I’ve been salivating for these fries for a week now.  Whoah!

So what about the state of alternative journalism? Yeah, what about it? Maybe the reason why I can’t seem to finish this paper, aside from my inherent laziness and depression episodes this wee, is that I have nothing to say about it. If my professor reads this, hah, goodbye McShaker Fries.

Do you, my dear fans (journalism students exempted), even know what alternative journalism means? I doubt. I’m even going to bet my McShaker Fries for it.

Alternative journalism is the brand of journalism that’s not mainstream, hence, alternative. HAH! Mga bobo! When you don’t know how to define something, just define it by what it’s not. Juk lang! =)

To elaborate further (nakanang…), alternative journalism is strictly responsible journalism minus the profits. Organizationally speaking, alternative media are not profit-oriented. Content-wise, alternative media provides more hard-hitting, critical, maybe even radical presentation and/or interpretation of news and current events, while still adhering to basic journalistic principles of truth, fairness, objectivity, balance and accuracy (Did I miss out something? Sana wala, or my Journ profs are gonna kill me).

Naliwanagan kayo?

E.g. Bulatlat.com, Pinoy Weekly (kakaibang tabloid ‘to, try niyo), Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Philippine Journalism Review.

Nevah heard? It’s because they’re not mainstream and because they’re not profit-oriented, they’re having a hard time sustaining their operations much more expanding it. So you, my dear fans, are unaware of their wretched, heroic existence.

Now, I realize why I can’t seem to finish my paper. Because this is exactly what I want to shove to my professor’s face who happens to be an alternative media practitioner—that no matter how they work their altruistic asses to death, they will never impact the broader of society because they will remain forever obscure until they learn to do it the mainstream way. 

How can they influence people with their enlightened views when the bulk of the people, including you my fans, don’t even know about them? Davah?!

I-cut and paste ko na lang kaya itong blog entry na ‘to at ilagay sa paper ko? Empty threat. Baka ipakain pa sa ‘kin ng prof ko ang paper ko.

Of course, these words will remain in this blog. And only you, my fans, will delight in their wisdom.

My McShaker Fried matters more.