Why did People Asia decide to publish Malu Fernandez’s story anyway?

University of the Philippines journalism department chair Rachel Khan raised an important question in the still raging Malu Fernandez controversy: Why did the People Asia editors let Malu Fernandez’s article “From Boracay to Greece!” pass through?

While the blogosphere is full of castigating remarks against Fernandez, Khan wrote in her blog last August 25, “(N)o one seems to realize that the editors who decided to publish that piece of trash are equally–if not even more culpable–of insensitivity and bigotry against the hard working Filipino overseas workers. Who made the editorial decision to publish the article in the first place??!!!”

Read Khan’s full post here. Khan also works with the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility as Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) coordinator.

A number of bloggers posted their reactions to Khan’s post, including Schumey07 who wrote in his blog The Philippine Experience that: “It was not just Malu Fernandez who should suffer from this fiasco. Its the editors’ failure which led to this. The ball is now in the owners’ court. If they fail to act on this quickly, closing down could be their only option.”

Read the full post here.

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