Poor Olympic Coverage
Ating penandit a nung kapilan mu kaylangan misip maratna kanita ka e makaisip masalese uling dakal ka laman a isip. Mibuknul-buknul anting pisi o sinulad. Inya pin, ala kang agagawa karing dapat mung gawan. Gatogato ka pamisip at daig me pa ing maglakbe king kalawakan ning sikluban uli ning pamanggato ning isip mu. Iti ing panaun a dakal ka daralanang miyayaliwang karanasan a maplas king pilubluban. Inya sa’t e mu balu nung nanu ing arapan mu karing sukat daptan.
Daig me pa ing malasing uling ma’p ya pa ing malasing atin yang sangkan gumato isip?ika ala. Mipayntagun mu pin a gato-gato ka utak uling dakal agnan-agnan a mangapalyari keng bye mu king kasalungsungan. E mu agyung ampatan. E ka mipayndatun uling daig da pa ring dinalang matsin a salasalambitin keng isip mu at e la bisang tuknang, e la bisang mako agyang nanan mu lang bulyon at itabi.
Bala mamumurit na ka. Ay, ali naman. Deng kasi kanung mamumurit e da balu ing ila mamumurit la. Isip da matinu la pa isip. Inya nung migaganaka ka a mekad mamumurit na ka?e ka pa kanu tutwanang mamumurit. Uyta mu pin, gato-gato ka pin panimanman inya pin bala daig mo pa reng murit.
Makanyan man, anting pinanari kaybat ning uran king munag kaybat mung ginato isip king makabang penandit, kabud misubli na king katinwan ing isip mu, salese nang pasibayu at daig me pa ing mipalitan pusu anti kareng pepa-triple bypass. Daig ne pa ing bayu ning isip mu. Kikintab, malinatnat at alang nanu mang dusing king kasanting. Salese na!
Ating kasebyan keng English a linto king arapan ku king kasalungsungang penandit at uyni ing sasabyan na: “The moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment right before a miracle happens. Don’t give up.”
Uyni ing pamilikas king amanu tamu: “Ing penandit a makadya na kang sumuku ya keraklan ing penandit bayu malilyari ing mala. E ka susuku.”
Nanu ka man kagutgut isip at ditak mu mang kasalpantayanan ala nang mitagan–e ka pa mu rin sukat kagisanan pagasa o kasalpantayanan uling atin parating pinanaring makadya a pagkalub ning Apung Ginu bang sabatan na ing sigwang paratang. E ka kabud susuku, abe.
Pamu, pamu! Pamu, o’t miyaliwa ya ata ing paksa keng babo, ne? O pota naman ining keng lalam ing minaliwa keng babo? Aru… bala lata yang alang laman ing isip mu na naman. Ay, mibalik ing pamanggato ata!
It is a so-so coverage, definitely.
People are not just confused, they are also disappointed at the TV broadcast coverage and schedule of the on-going Tokyo Olympics.
I have read comments in social media like “please go live” or have posted more daring questions like “which is more important? local commercial volleyball league or the quadrennial global sporting meet?”
The morning after Hidilyn Diaz won Olympic gold which has eluded the country for 100 years, people were hoping that either any of the Philippine TV networks/ channels that were given broadcast rights, especially TV5, would keep playing the actual performance or even come up with a more impactful special coverage on the historical feat.
But boy, how people got so disappointed. For example, when I tuned in to TV5 between 7am to 8am on Tuesday, guess what was being shown? That animated cartoon Powerpuff girls. As of this writing, the TV network was still showing “Flapjack” and “44 Cats”which should have given way to a more extensive Olympic coverage. That slogan “Iba sa 5” is indeed living it up to its name kakaiba, kakainis, kaka disappoint.
Fo most Filipinos who rely on free tv as they cannot afford to get cable or satellite TV subscription (much more pay-per-view), TV 5 should have been the best service, the best offering to them. But alas, hundreds of thousands if not millions of Filipinos are now unhappy as they missed the historical sports feat of Hidylin – whether live or replay. For Tuesday or a day after the Diaz’s astonishing triumph, TV5 would only air “regular programming” from 12 AM until primetime viewing. It will not air Olympic events, not until 1030 PM as the schedule posted on Cignal show. Sorry guys, no replays on TV5 of Diaz's record-setting, history-making lift a day after. How sad. How utterly disappointing. Another “official broadcaster” (too) One Sports, which is said to be the sports network of TV 5, is either unknown to many especially the masa even if it is free tv. The schedule on One Sports as posted on Cignal also does not match with what is actually being shown on TV.
Well, of course that one is safely covered by the automatic disclaimer “subject
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