March 18, 2010
‘Burlesque King’: Libel Law Dooms Davao Newsman
Published on March 10, 2007
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Lex Adonis, one of Davao City’s hard-hitting radio broadcasters, is behind bars after a court convicted him of the libel case filed by House majority leader Rep. Prospero Nograles. Adonis’s misfortune illustrates what happens when a powerful public official uses the country’s libel laws to get back at a journalist who was too poor to hire a lawyer or attend court hearings.
Related item: ‘No One to Blame But Adonis Himself — Bombo Radyo’
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Why was he in poverty? News organizations and media companies with all their earnings from ads should take care of their people. Just look at all the commercials during news on TV and radio.