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  1. tin on May 19th, 2008 10:52 am

    o yeah, i’ve got something to say! itong website ba ay para sa buong USC o propaganda website ng stand-up?!

    i think, elected officers of the USC should wear their party colors proud even after elected. The electors may have voted them because of their political affiliation pero it doesn’t mean that they should use their office to promote their respective parties so glaringly. context: this is in reaction to the photos on the first page of USC’s participation in the transport strike.

    even granting that it was an official USC activity, why post photo’s of yourself (yes that’s you bikoy) holding a stand-up placard?! was the USC so inutile not to have made their own. don’t let your party use you.

    i’ve seen unethical practices of stand-up in media activities where they rush to the cameras even if they did not sponsor an activity, sana hindi yun i-allow ng elected USC officers of stand-up na gawin ng stand-up sa USC.

    maraming solidarity activities with other sectors pero sana lang kung hindi USC ang nag-initiate, wag nang ilagay sa website. or at least kung ilalagay, ipakita na USC activity talaga ito.

  2. Bikoy Villanueva on May 19th, 2008 12:11 pm

    The USC may not have had their own placards but it released, through the People’s Struggle Committee, an article about the oil crisis on the eve of the transport strike, as its manifestation of solidarity aside from the USC’s actual presence.

    Indeed, this was an official USC activity, that’s why the Mass Media Committee (MMC) covered it. It was also a solidarity activity with the transport groups and other organizations who joined, which was why there were pictures of the placards of organizations, not just STAND-UP, which were displayed in the pictures. I don’t see why the MMC should censor such formations from appearing in its coverage where their presence is seen and felt. As to why I was holding a placard, you said it yourself, that “elected officers of the USC should wear their party colors proud even after elected. The electors may have voted them because of their political affiliation” Being a USC member does not absolve me of the right to hold support statements of participating organizations, which I am a member of, in solidarity activities.

    I disagree with this, too, “maraming solidarity activities with other sectors pero sana lang kung hindi USC ang nag-initiate, wag nang ilagay sa website.” for the reason na solidarity activity nga siya in the first place.

    Also, I think it’s pretty premature to accuse the website of being a propaganda tool for just one party. For the past weeks, we’ve been posting articles and photos from the USC’s activities, regardless of which individual member initiated it. It also considers various requests of individual members on various matters in the site, even screening comments against some individuals when they think it’s too offensive already, regardless if they’re the web admin’s affiliates in a political party or not. In fact, the MMC provided all USC members, regardless of affiliations, with access to post their own materials in the website.

    Anyway, thanks for raising your concerns!

  3. isa pa on May 19th, 2008 1:08 pm

    and why is the USC website in red??

  4. Bikoy Villanueva on May 19th, 2008 1:11 pm

    it’s maroon. you may check the CSS stylesheet of the site, and the hex number used for the bars’ color is #800000. that’s the hex code for maroon. the code for red is #FF0000. i hope no one has a problem with maroon. :)

  5. tin on May 19th, 2008 11:07 pm

    i do hope i’m proven wrong with the use of of this site as propaganda.

    i’m not saying that you strip yourself of your party. but you hold a special position as mass media head of the USC and not of stand-up. you above all should be sensitive to present the USC above and beyond party affiliations of its members.

  6. 06-98233 on May 27th, 2008 9:03 pm

    i think kuya bikoy knows naman his task as a mass media committee head and as a usc councilor, nakikita naman yun sa website eh. and about the placards (though i was not present at that time), if ever other parties such as Kaisa or Alyansa were present, i think kuya bikoy will still document it, the question is kung nandoon ba sila?

    Kuya Bikoy, this is a great site, 3 days pa lang since nagbobrowse ako and andami ko na pong natututunan. =) will there be a chance na hindi mapost ang comment ko? kasi subject siya for approval eh.

  7. 05-21830 on May 28th, 2008 12:15 pm

    ^Agreed. If the documentation shows STAND UP and no other party, then perhaps it means it’s only STAND UP who’se present there. If you’re asking for unethical media-hugging practices, wanting to be seen in photos when you’re not actually present is saying something about it.

    Here’s a comment: Bikoy, natatabunan yung recent posts minsan. Is there any way for the site to have a section where one can check all posting activities’ history? :D

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