NEWS personality Ed Lingao took a little of his time para sagutin ang patutsada sa kanya ng laos na broadcaster na si Jay Sonza.
“SAD NOTE: Karamihan ng mga bagong sibol na mga reporter/anchor sa radyo at telebisyon ay walang mga modo (walay Batasan/ala lang asin) bastos at may pinag-aralang nasabi pero walang breeding at mababaw o walang depth o hindi aral sa mga isyu.
“Illustrative example (i.e) JOSEPH MORONG/kara david/ joel zobel/Arnold clavio (gma)ALVIN ELCHICO/zen Hernandez/KAREN DAVILA at isa pang lady host sa anc (abs-cbn) ed lingao, LOURD DE VEYRA/at isa hindi kilalang news reader na babae (tv5) at marami pang iba.”
“4. Ed Lingao – probably the most dedicated contemporary investigative journalist in the country. He got the scoops and depth for abs-cbn current affairs, had to leave because of compelling reasons.
“He had no choice but to leave abs-cbn and join TV 5. For his best journalism efforts and stories for them, abs-cbn instead sued him. I will defer to his own personal account which he published in his FB page yesterday.”
Agad-agad naman ang reply ni Ed kay Jay.
“Surprisingly kind words from Jay Sonza – although it does get a little confusing.
“Barely two years ago, I was branded by Sonza as bagong sibol, mababaw, walang depth, at hindi aral sa isyu.
“Now, I’m ‘the most dedicated contemporary investigative journalist in the country.’ Hmmm. Twilight zone. Bakit kaya?
Thing is, I disagree.
“Mas marami pa ang talagang magagaling, lalo na sa probinsya (Carolyn Arguillas comes to mind kaagad, as well as my friends in Cebu, CDO, Iligan, Zambo, Iloilo, Palawan, and Samar, among MANY others. They’re really all over the place), pero hindi lang napapansin. Ako naman, makulit lang.”
Somebody reacted and said, “Kawawa naman tong si Sonza no? Ginawa na ang lahat pero wapakels sa kanya si Duts. Mag-isa ‘tong matetegi, ‘yung tipong mamamaho na lang tsaka malalaman ng kapitbahay na tegi na pala.
“Walang nagmamahal sa kanya, kahit siguro mga kamag-anak n’ya itinakwil na s’ya. Kaya siguro nagpapakitang gilas para ampunin s’ya ni Andanar. Kaso tagal na n’ya nageeffort pero ‘di s’ya feel ng PCOO. How sad.”