Saturday being the special elections day in Lanao del Sur, I opened the TV for news.

Channel 2: Regular programming.
Channel 7: Regular programming.
ANC: Regular programming.

After the two big TV stations’ marathon coverage of May 14 (2 days almost), they did not even bother having live points at Lanao del Sur and hourly updates (except on ANC). Heck, even DZMM TeleRadyo did not have live updates. I was very much disappointed.

The thirteen towns of Lanao del Sur is said to be worth 90,000 votes, so the special elections are crucial for the last three positions in the Senate race. View the Comelec tally this lunch time and see what I mean.

Yet the TV news organizations only paid lip service in their coverage of the special elections. Yes, ANC had live updates, but at best their coverage was a mess (via MLQ3). Was it so much for ABS-CBN to have a live news van at Lanao del Sur? It was jarring to view those video showing confusion and riot while Ricky Carandang was reporting on something else.

Panig sa bayan. Serbisyong totoo. Words that a true traditional politician would say in a campaign sortie. Disappointment to people who wanted information.

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MLQ3’s column for today is again, wacky. And I hope he has a good lawyer. Zooberry might sue him for libel.