BY CZARINA ONG KI
Media giant ABS-CBN and its owners, the Lopez family, continue to trend on Twitterverse as news of its shutdown and employees retrenchment are still the talk of the town.
On Wednesday, the company announced that some big name personalities like Korina Sanchez-Roxas and Ces Drilon would be losing their jobs by the end of August.
Majority of netizens sympathized with the company and its employees and urged them to keep up the fight even if all hope seems lost. They used the hashtag #IbalikAngPrangkisaNgABSCBN.
@MarianNonatura tweeted to the employees, “You are strong. You are capable of going through anything. All you really have to do is believe, that is the key. TULOY ANG LABAN KAPAMILYA.”
“Ang ABS-CBN ay isang halimbawa ng isang pakay na pamilya. Dumaraan sa matitinding pagsubok, ngunit patuloy na lumalaban” added @kp_nation2.
Some gave advice to the Lopezes, such as Twitter user @ynallim: “To the Lopezes. Please don’t sell, just park it, stay afloat, lalaban tayo sa 2022, Let them get the frequency they want, it’s nothing without the equipment and content. Mas magiging powerful sila. if you give them everything and you’ll lose the network forever.. Laban lang!”
However, @virgo_05 was not of the same mind as the Lopezes were blamed for the shutdown of ABS-CBN: “Blame the Lopezes, not the government.
They are doing their jobs. When they’re not doing their jobs, you rant and bash them. The Lopezes are greedy of money and their employees are now paying the [price]. Sad but they need to get on with their lives.”
The statement was then refuted by @hellobells19 who credited the Lopezes for making ABS-CBN what it is today. “ABS-CBN will never be ABS-CBN if not for the Lopezes. ABS-CBN is Lopez. The Lopezes created the content of ABS-CBN. The Lopezes love to listen to their viewers. Employees work with them because they love working with them. People, it is not just a network,” she said.
@DiamondStarNews also tweeted, “It took so many decades for ABS-CBN to develop its content, develop talents, hone on the skills and develop people. It’s strength are the people that worked and partnered with them. That takes years to build. Respect.” (Czarina Ong Ki)
