HW 17: Desperate House Wives in Trouble with the Philippines

The blog that I decided to look at today was Global Voices Online- Thailand. On this website I found an interesting post that has caused a lot of controversy with the Filipino people. These people are responding to a recently aired episode of “Desperate House Wives”, a popular television show on ABC. In this episode one of the characters uses “racist slurs” against Filipino medical professionals basically knocking their profession. Now ABC issued an apology to this episode which was a whole paragraph long, and these people that are outraged believe they are due a more formal apology. After reading this post I have found that media and what is said even in fictional television shows are taken very seriously and are paid very close attention to. This was not the only response to this incident that had taken place on this primetime hit, there are 499 blog posts responding to this very controversial issue that is starting a fire under the Filipino people. In their eyes they contribute a great amount to the American medical society and are respected in their field. Also, in the Philippines people believe that their medical system is respected and should not be under ridicule and the butt of some jokes in American main stream media. I too believe that this was an uncalled for low blow at the Philippines’ medical society and there should be a more serious apology issued to the Filipino people. I know there would be uproar in America if a television show in the Philippines was taking shots at doctors in America saying that they were not credible. My belief is that treat others as you would yourself. But make your own opinion and check out the blog post at http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/04/philippines-desperate-housewives-apologizes-over-racist-slur/.