Photo Journalist With Bad English

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

This is not about a stupid photo journalist who took a picture of a mayor for a feature in a give - away calendar in 1985 where the latter stood near a coconut tree where his right hand touched the trunk of the tall tree. 

After the negative or film was developed at “Fred Photo Shop” , the hizzoner (brevity for His Honor the Mayor)  as seen on the shoot no longer stood near the tree, but was already sitting on a wood with a  grater (kudkuran) profusely grating the kernel or copra of the shell for gata' (coconut milk) . 

Damn !

This is another story of a  broadcaster, who asked for anonymity, about a presumptuous photo journalist pretending to be an elite in the opinion industry.

To become a prominent and respected radio commentator, columnist, or political blogger one has to invest years in  voraciously reading topics relevant to the craft one espouses to the 

public.

This swell head, despite his atrocious English grammar and stupid analysis, feels he is part of the elite of the trade. 

He has the delusions of grandeur as seen on the propensity of his  posts at the social media's Facebook after posing with politicians for a photo-op.

Nakapag pa picture lang akala mo naman political adviser na.

Son of a gun, one has to wait for the experts to say how excellent you are and not resort to self-praise.

How can  this photographer masquerading as wannabe pundit when some mayors avoid him like the plague because he could not to be trusted thanks to his penchant to post in public their confidential conversations?

How can fellow reporters earn his trust when he loved to sow intrigue between them and those politicians? 

“He  was even badmouthed by a congressman when he barged inside the solon’ restaurant strutting his stuffs with a woman he brought,” the same broadcaster friend told me.

“Nahalata ko lagi ka na lang pumupunta dito!” the congressman, who sensed he was there for money, chided him even he was in front of the woman he probably told how big shot he was.

My advice to this stupid trying- hard political spectator with wrong English grammar: You should know how to put yourself in the proper place because you’re nobody!

Marami ka pang asin na kakainin in the next three hundred years to be in the league of the best in those professions I mentioned.

 To those media men you denigrated with those politicians, do you think you can deliver what they can do since they have a radio, column, and blog while you have an old 
cheap camera and a Facebook account to put your unpleasant, my foot, English where you bragged how great you are.

Those people can damage the corrupt of our society while your camera and bad English lack that capability.

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(You can read my selected columns at http://mortzortigoza.blogspot.com and articles at Pangasinan News Aro. You can send comments too at totomortzmarcelo@gmail.com)