Several senators'
statement on the right to reply bill:
Pimentel said the right of reply will deter the aggrieved persons from resorting to violence to get back at media personalities who wrote or uttered the stories or commentaries that are unflattering or defamatory to them.
"Probably, by giving the persons being criticized a chance to reply and get their reply published, according to the strictures of this bill, then hopefully we can reduce the incidence of 'resort-to-the-gun' as a way to even up things with media practitioners," he said.
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Please let's not pretend that we live in a perfect world where journalist killings can be stopped via a "right to reply".
May mga tao kasing sadyang irrational.
KThxBye.