CNN Philippines journalist David Santos defended their use of improvised mic stick to cover the news.
In a passionate Facebook post, Santos slammed those who are making fun of their equipment saying it doesn’t diminish their roles in bringing news to the people in whatever capacity they have.
“Team ko po ito. Ako po ang reporter nila. Sa Baguio City po yan. At yes, amin po yang ‘low budget, galing kalakal, panungkit ng sampayan’ na mic stick. Hehe
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Santos’ team was covering Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque in Baguio where the photo of their improvised mic stick was captured.
As the country is still in the pandemic, health protocols are strictly implemented. And one of those health protocols is social distancing of about 1 meter thus the need to use a mic stick to maintain physical distance by the reporter from their subject.
Meanwhile, Santos also defended his network CNN for doing their best to keep the company afloat and avoid retrenching employees as much as possible.
