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Rodriguez: All 6 factors would therefore deny the allegation of biased reporting of ABS-CBN nor that they did not act if there are certain contents that are objectionable and they have done their duty.
#ABSCBNfranchise

Rep. Rodante Marcoleta now recounting the incident where he was allegedly denied the opportunity to respond to the report that he authored franchise bills

Marcoleta says ABS-CBN reporter could have gone to the House index division to get the initiatory copy of the bill which has signatures of authors instead of just relying on the official website of the House of Representative

Marcoleta hits ABS-CBN headline on the death of ex-DFA chief Perfecto Yasay: Bakit nilalagyan niyo pa ng flavor?

ABS-CBN News Head Ging Reyes: There was nothing malicious in that headline
#ABSCBNfranchise

Marcoleta after citing alleged violations of ABS-CBN: Paano kami maniniwala na kayo ay may code of ethics at kung mayroon kayong namamatnugot... Yun po ba ay kasiguruhan na nagagawa natin nang maayos at nasusunod natin ang itinatakda ng code of ethics?

Reyes on the Office of the Network Ombudsman: Your Honor, yun po ay isang epektibong paraan na kami ay maging accountable at maging tapat sa aming guidelines at code of ethics

Marcoleta: Paano na ang mga hinanakit ating mga kasama. Sa makatwid, hindi tayo nakakasiguro kahit ilan pang retired justice ang ilagay natin diyan. Dahil code of ethics lang ito. It is a self-imposed regulation na kayo lang naman ang pwedeng sumunod

Reyes: Yun naman pong ibang narinig kong hinaing ngayong araw ay hindi naman po nakarating sa aming Ombudsman. I assure you that we will still act on these complaints even if they happened years ago

Reyes to Rep. Marcoleta: Yung istorya tungkol sa inyo, ang nangyari po doon, hindi nakuha ang panig ninyo dahil bawal po sa aming mga journalists na sila ang mag-arrange ng press conference

Marcoleta: Nandito po ang certification na ginawa ng Bills and Index Division para patunayan na yung 5 franchise bills, wala po akong iniakda doon

Reyes: If that is a new development on this matter, we would gladly air and publish it

Marcoleta: Tapos na po e. Pinatawad ko na po ang reporter niyo. Ang sinasabi ko lang, the chief casualty of this exercise is the viewing public

Marcoleta: Hindi po ba ang mga balita ay mga pangyayareng naganap sa isang araw? Yun po ba ay dadagdagan pa ng mga komento? Are you free to comment on the news or you are supposed to be speaking with the news itself?

Reyes: News is separate from commentary.

Marcoleta: Sa isyu po tayo dapat bumase, hindi sa tao. Ang ginagawa niyo po ngayon ay ad hominems. Kami po ay mga ahente lang ng pamahalaan. Kami ay representatives lang. Kami po ay messengers lang, message ang importante

Reyes: Wala po kaming personal attacks sa inyo, Your Honor. Hindi naman po kami nag-a-ad hominem attacks, Your Honor

Marcoleta on Right of Reply bill which was proposed in the past: Sa lakas ng media, partikular ang ABS-CBN, it died a natural death

Marcoleta: Mayroon ba kayong mapagtitibayang dokumento na lahat ng political ads na binayaran ng candidates ay isinumite sa isang ahensiya para makita natin na yung panahon na ibibigay sa kanila ay garantisadong walang pagkakaungusan at pare-parehas,sang-ayon sa Fair Election Act

Katigbak: Sa pagkakaalam ko po, Comelec po ang nagbabantay ng appearances ng bawat kandidato during the campaign period dahil may limitasyon ang number of minutes allowed per candidate. Lahat po ng election spending per candidate ay isinubmit namin sa Comelec.

Rep. Lawrence Fortun: The allegations of biased reporting and meddling in elections appear to have all been refuted. We have now come to the last stage of our marathon hearing.

Fortun: The concerned agencies that have testified all attest to ABS-CBN's compliance with laws, rules, and regulations. #ABSCBNfranchise

Fortun: I think we have all come to the common conclusion that there are reforms we need to institute in the industry, that there are laws and deficiencies in our laws that Congress needs to address.

Fortun: Shutting down a mass media corporation is certainly not the right thing to do. #ABSCBNfranchise

Rep. Ron Salo reads proposed parameters for ABS-CBN to address in order to be granted franchise #ABSCBNfranchise

Salo: Ang mga nailatag na ebidensya ay mas pumapabor sa mga hindi pumapayag na mabigyan muli ng bagong prangkisa ang ABS-CBN. #ABSCBNfranchise

Katigbak: We have aired close to 800-M worth of spots for various government agencies. This is on top of the channel that is dedicated to education, Knowledge Channel available on TVplus, that is in partnership with the DepEd.

Rep. Edcel Lagman: Absence of bias is not absolutely required otherwise the freedom of the press will be curtailed.

Rep. Carlos Zarate: Ang usapin ng renewal ng prangkisa ng ABS-CBN ay isang malaking usapin ng kalayaan sa pamamahayag. #ABSCBNfranchise

Zarate: Sa panahon ito ngayon, nasa gitna tayo ng krisis na pinalala pa ng pandemiya ng COVID, ang mga tao ay talagang naghahanap ng sources of information, lalong-lalo na sa mga liblib na lugar sa iba't ibang bahagi ng Pilipinas.

Zarate: Bagamat Kostitusyonal na papel ng Kongreso ang pagbigay o hindi pagbigay ng bagong prangkisa sa ABS-CBN, hindi papel ng Kongreso ang pagtatakda kung ano at paano ang pag-uulat ng mga mamamahayag o miyembro ng media.

Joint House panel hearing on #ABSCBNfranchise application suspended.

Next hearing will be on July 9, Thursday, 1 p.m.