Is ABS-CBN Interactive a legitimate media group?

Philippines - What kind of media outfit is ABS-CBN Interactive? Who is responsible for the news production of this group? What kind of training did they have? Why do they have for their “news,” Eli Soriano facing rape charges as their perpetual feed?

Is news supposed to be like that – that day in day out, the so-called rape case is THE NEWS? As far as readership is concerned – Internet or not - the date attached to the news is part of the news – not foreign to it.

Isn't this an advertisement against Eli Soriano? If it's not, why is it treated as daily fare that never goes away and it is only the date that changes?

Why is the name of Daniel Veridiano, aka Puto, changed to Daniel Pedriano this time, and his alias dropped? Were there second thoughts that perhaps putting the name of this former Ang Dating Daan member, excommunicated for cause by Eli Soriano, will also subject him to public humiliation? Is there hope that finally he knows how to be ashamed?

Despite these changes, and the nature of this piece of “news,” why does Wikipedia attach much credibility to this polluted source? This so-called rape news has become the second paragraph - inserted months ago- in the biopage of Eli Soriano in Wikipedia, if you didn’t know. Puto or Daniel Veridiano used to chair the Happy Christians gay group in Ang Dating Daan before he was excommunicated and afterwards left for the Iglesia ni Cristo, a powerful religious group in the Philippines, and an arc enemy of Eli Soriano's group. Click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliseo_Soriano

If there is a case filed, does it mean the one charged is guilty? How much of it is truth already that it merits to be placed in an encyclopedia page? Unless proven guilty, one is presumed innocent; therefore a case being filed against somebody is not pertinent to one's story. An enemy can file against you, case after case, but it doesn’t make you already guilty with each case. But why, of all sources, did an encyclopedia honor this? According to Moriori of Wikipedia, it is because Soriano is a controversial figure. Granted, because this man carries with him great understanding of the Bible incomparable to no other man today, the very reason why he gathers enemies from those he tries to correct.

If this is news however, where is the reporter's name that he or she could stand by what was written there? How responsible was the data collection? Was Soriano ever asked about his side? Did the reporter find out about the rape cases filed earlier against Daniel Veridiano by members of Soriano’s group?

How much effort did the reporter exert in knowing about the background of this case, such as that this case was dismissed but re-filed by the Department of Justice through Sec. Raul M. Gonzalez?

Again, if a case is filed, is it open for discussion?
And why are Globe, Touch Mobile, Smart, Talk n' Text, Sun and Addict involved here? How powerful can one get!

If you are a trained writer and you know your structure principles and how news should be treated, you would know right away that this piece of "news" was only intended to ruin somebody. Foremost, it lacks pertinent information and plays with its data.

To add insult to injury, the notice, after the “news” says –
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Watch this site – and see how the dark forces of evil do their tricks!
Jane Abao

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10/17/2006 04:34

Today, ABS-CBN Interactive deleted their page about Soriano. It is not there anymore. Wikipedia was duly notified through Moriori about this. However, Wikipedia placed another reference. That shall be treated in another forum.

Soriano, the Great Communicator, Will Not Budge

Left: Bro. Eliseo Soriano preaching in one International Thanksgiving at the Ang Dating Daan Convention Center in Pampanga, Philippines.

NOW THIS GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG is at it again – hounding one who would be of more use to society than most others would.

The watchdog coming in the name of a censors board is after this man, hot copy for fearless preaching, he doesn’t spare anyone

"Most others" including those who sell their votes for influence in the government cannot silence him.

Vote buying in the Philippines is not news. Isn’t this an open secret? National candidates up to presidential positions court a so-called church group that promises the votes of its congregation. After elections, you find their members in the most lucrative positions in the government, including law enforcement agencies like those of investigation and justice! The most lamentable consequence is that the enemies of this group are being hounded for every minute thing said against them. But why doesn’t government look into this vote-buying thing? Because no one in government is interested in stopping it.

If it is any measure at all, Eliseo Soriano, Presiding Minister of the Church of God, International, heads a congregation of over a million Filipinos in the Philippines and abroad. Because of his teachings, those who would have been liabilities to society have been reformed and are now being taught how to live properly. You can listen to the testimonies of these people. One was a thief, another one a murderer, another a swindler, another a good-for nothing bum who was good at scams, another one a godless creature worshipping a stone or a piece of wood, yet another one looking educated and well-off to the eyes of this world, but with a soul so corrupt he wouldn’t acknowledge there is a creator. The stories can go on and on. Aren't other churches peopled with these kinds? Of course, there are those you could call good, but they, themselves, acknowledge that they are not – by God’s standards. All of these stereotypes of people in the Church of God have changed and still are changing – thanks to this man who is loving at the same time fearless.

In teaching his members, Soriano uses what most people nowadays, desecrate: the Bible. And he uses it totally – not selecting just the verses to apply. If it is God who says them, he uses those words properly – from one end of the spectrum to the other. Meaning, there are words for agreeing and there words for disagreeing. When you disagree because it is sin you are talking about, you use words to that effect. You get angry. Doesn’t the bible have words to express anger? This is where people who don't like to be told of their sins would hound Soriano, even to the extent of suggesting that the Abu Sayyaf go hunt for him. This is where they suggest that when he comes home from his foreign missions he will be met with a casket free for him.

For speaking out the truth, which is part of his commission, Soriano gets the flak. What did Soriano say this time that made the watchdog suspend his Ang Dating Daan program for 20 days lately? For being suspended again and again from airing his Program, Soriano may make it to Guinness as the most suspended communicator for all times.

But Soriano will not budge. He will not omit one word from God’s words. That is apparent - judging from the 43 years he had been handling God’s words. Indeed, his mind is fixed on fulfilling a commission. So how is that now? The width and breadth of his speaking is covered in the Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 26, Verse 2 where a preacher of God is required not to omit a word – as instructed by the owner of those words.

Judge him then from there .

Justice is for Everyone, Vote or no Vote

Manila, Philippines - Followers of Preacher Soriano protesting before the Commission on Human Rights.




A church that sells the votes of its members is able
influence government - resulting in the persecution
of others like Bro. Eli Soriano of Ang Dating Daan.