And not only boring, but also filled with errors. For example, Ruffa said these quotes earlier today during her segment at the Buzz: “ma-intrigang intriga” and “…tough questions with Tough Ten Questions”.

I expect more from TV hosts. Not only should they be able to excite and entertain the audience, they should also speak logically and in a correct manner. Why? Because children watch them and these poor kids can get the bad speaking habits of these hosts, including their glaring grammar errors.

Just because you are good to look at and you can speak in front of a camera, that does not give you the right to be a host. Think of Ryan Seacrest. Think of Ellen DeGeneres. Think of Johnny Carson. Think of Mel Tiangco.

Imagine a dog playing dead right in the arms of its master? You’ve got to see the video for yourself. I’m sure you’ll laugh hard too, just like David Letterman did.

But a day later, the Palace have said that the incident was still unverified. PDEA chief even changed his statement saying that the kidnapping and rape was just the result of the girl’s father and family panicking and had come to such unverified conclusions.

Apparently, the girl was involved in a drinking spree with friends and got too drunk. She soon passed out and it was her friends who took her home.

Could this be a case of the media reporting an incident too soon? I know getting a scoop is the bread-and-butter of every news outfit but with such a sensitive case, would it be too much to ask if the incident was further verified before telling the public about it?

Even if it was true, I can just imagine what the girl’s family would have felt that whenever they go out of the house or turn on their TV or radio, all they would hear and watch are people talking about the horrible situation they were in.

Compassion, in this case, came second to the ‘public’s right to know’. I’m a member of the public and I would rather have not heard about it in the first place.