Whistleblower to the whistleblower

Just before Erwin Santos confessed about Jun Lozada's shady practices in the Philippine Forest Corporation, he called Jun his friend. His eyes flickered. He paused for a second. His tears began to fall.

The camera slowly zoomed in, close enough to capture that one drop, crossing Erwin's cheek. If it weren't for the words etched at the corner of the screen (LIVE NEWS), I would have thought I was watching another soap opera.

The show is called Boses (The Voice). It aired amidst normal TV programming and was bannered as an important announcement. It aired, (Surprise! Surprise!), only on the government-controlled TV stations.

Erwin said he had nothing to gain. He simply wanted to tell the truth. What was his information? It took him almost an hour to share his story. At the end of it all, it all boiled down to this --- that Jun as PhilForest head practiced nepotism (Jun assigned a younger brother a supervisory post in the company), and defied procurement regulations (Jun arbitrarily awarded hectares of government land for farming to allegedly 20-30 friends or relatives).

Erwin admitted that he was hurt when Jun called him Judas for allegedly turning over critical documents to the National Bureau of Investigation. But he was not doing this confession to get back at Jun. He was doing this for the truth.

Erwin was interrogated by "Kuya Mario". I do not know anything about this Mario guy but if the government hopes to make Erwin the whistleblower to the whistleblower, the TV set up should have been different. Sure, Kuya Mario has the broadcast voice but his questioning was aggressive. He sounded that he was ready to pounce on Erwin, and pulverize him to smitherins.

A TV screen was in the background, showing the title card of "Boses". A series of silhouttes acts as the title card's branding. The use of silhouttes evokes anonymity. It appears shady to say the least. Which is what Erwin's whistleblowing sends accross --- simply shady. Close-up please.