Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says traditional or mainstream media should remain "on top of the food chain" even if vloggers get accredited by the incoming Marcos administration.
Barbers, who won a fresh mandate following the May 9 elections, said that he doesn't see the prospective accreditation of vloggers as a bad thing.
"There's nothing wrong with it in my opinion. Vloggers can vlog anything they want," the veteran solon said on Monday, June 6.
However, he noted that "logs, I think, should not be the source of serious national news."
"I think traditional media should on top of the food chain, ika nga (so to speak). Siguro (Maybe) vlogs can just puppet or replicate or replay traditional media news pero (but) they should not be the source," Barbers stressed.
Asked what kind of news vloggers should be the source of, Barbers mentioned "sports" and "showbiz".
Accreditation would give vloggers access or entry to events that are normally covered by mainstream media or journalists.
Vloggers carried out extensive coverage of Marcos's 90-day presidential campaign.