Reports have been circulating online that TV Patrol news anchor Korina Sanchez was suspended for one week for the remarks she threw to CNN journalist Anderson Cooper\u2019s story on the striking absence of Philippine government in Tacloban City.<\/p>\n
The news behind Sanchez\u2019s alleged suspension first came out on the news portal of the Philippine Star. According to the report, the network would like to make it appear that the seasoned news anchor was gone for a vacation. The network, however, is yet to confirm the news.<\/p>\n
Sanchez\u2019s comments on Cooper\u2019s report on Wednesday, November 13 became a hot topic on social media.<\/p>\n
Through her radio program, \u201cRated Korina,\u201d she remarked, \u201cItong si Anderson Cooper, sabi wala daw government presence sa Tacloban. Mukhang hindi niya alam\u00a0 ang sinasabi niya<\/em>. (This Anderson Cooper. He said there was no government presence in Tacloban. It seems he doesn\u2019t know what he is saying).<\/p>\n This was immediately answered by Cooper through his CNN\u00a0report, \u201cA radio broadcaster named Korina Sanchez has taken issue with some of my reporting.\u00a0 She also is not just a radio broadcaster; she also happens to be the wife of the Interior Minister (Secretary Manuel Roxas II) who is overseeing the relief effort on the ground. Miss Sanchez seems to be under the mistaken impression that I said I saw no presence of Philippine government on the ground in Tacloban. I never said that.\u201d<\/p>\n He added, \u201cHere\u2019s what I actually said: As for who exactly is in charge of the Philippine side of operation, that is not really clear. I am just surprised. I expected on this Day Five, I thought I may have gotten here very late, that things will be well in hand; it does not seem like that. People are desperate, they do not have any place for shelter. It\u2019s very difficult for people to get food, neighbors are helping out neighbors, water is in short supply, it is a very very bad situation here.\u201d<\/p>\n Cooper then urged Sanchez to go to Tacloban so she can see the real situation there.<\/p>\n With this virtual catfight between Cooper and Sanchez, netizens have also shared their thoughts through Twitter.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing for Filipinos that the wife of a high govt official is the source of so much division at a time when we should be united,\u201d said netizen @Article8Jester.<\/p>\n \u201cKorina Sanchez should have the guts to go to tacloban and see the disaster for herself. Because saying something without the proof is BS,\u201d said netizen\u00a0 @LanceLim27.<\/p>\n \u201cShe reported in ormoc not in tacloban. She should do her reporting in tacloban without a face mask and smell the stench like Mr. Cooper.,\u201d said netizen Jay Labayo.<\/p>\n \u201cBashing Korina Sanchez doesn\u2019t make you a better person. Helping \u201cYolanda\u201d victims does. Move on, people,\u201d\u00a0 netizen @albacharlyn posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n \u201c@andersoncooper gets all emotional as he talks about how strong Filipinos are. Just wanna go to him right now and hug him,\u201d said\u00a0 netizen\u00a0 @NickeyyDees.<\/p>\n Even Sanchez\u2019s fellow anchor Karen Davila expressed her take on this issue, \u201cI believe, Anderson Copper was reporting exactly what he saw and got news first hand from those waiting for relief.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reports have been circulating online that TV Patrol news anchor Korina Sanchez was suspended for one week for the remarks …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news-ph","mauthors-katherine-marfal-teves","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Netizens speak<\/h6>\n