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News And Cable Networks Will Not Air The Final Presidential Debate, Here’s Why

October 15, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – The Boston Globe has proposed to scrap the third and final U.S. presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. But that’s not going to happen. Something else will.

ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, FOX, and MSNBC have all decided not to broadcast the Las Vegas debate on October 19. The networks were in agreement it was pointless to do so.

The network executives said it is clear Hillary will win the election, Donald will spew more lies, and the Trump fanatics will claim their candidate won the debate no matter what.

But the final straw for the networks in deciding to boycott the debate was the threat from hundreds of former Miss Universe and Miss U.S.A. contestants to stage a protest at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, forming a human chain around the campus to prevent the media from covering the event.

Many of these former beauty contestants have claimed that Trump disrespected them when he owned the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe Organization, making it standard operating procedure for him to barge into the dressing rooms full of naked women.

So if you’re planning to be in the audience or watch Wednesday’s debate on TV, make some alternate plans like renting a movie from Netflix.

Diversity, Entertainment, Film and TV, Race Relations

Asian Americans Protest New TV Series Featuring Daniel Dae Kim As Lead

October 15, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) – When NBC announced a few weeks ago that it has picked up a new sitcom about an American widower who takes in a mail-order bride from the Philippines to help raise his daughters, the Asian American community protested. The rest is history, as NBC had cancelled the show.

Now, CBS is developing a new legal drama that centers around a Korean American lawyer.

“Exhibit A” is the newest series project of Alexi Hawley (Castle co-showrunner), Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-o co-star), and Ben Silverman (Jane The Virgin producer). The series, written by Hawley, is adapted from the South Korean drama hit “My Lawyer, Mr. Jo,” and will feature a Korean-American lawyer as the lead. The premise of the show follows the journey of the Korean-American prosecutor from disgrace to redemption as he works with an idealistic attorney to fight for the underdogs of Los Angeles.

Korean American Daniel Dae Kim will play the lead role, certainly a first in U.S. television history (outside of action drama).

Immediately after the CBS announcement, Asian American community leaders across the U.S. protested and demanded that the network kill the show.

“It’s non-stereotypical and very offensive to the Asian American community,” said one Asian American community leader who requested anonymnity. “Why can’t they come up with a more realistic show that would feature a Korean American owner of a dry cleaning shop or grocery store,” he asked.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Health & Medicine, Politics

Trump, Clinton Will Be Hooked To Polygraph Machine During Final Debate

October 15, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

PORTSMOUTH, New Hamphire (The Adobo Chronicles, Washinton Bureau) – Upping his criticism of Hillary Clinton’s debate performances, Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that his opponent had been on drugs during their second debate.

“I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate,” Mr. Trump told a crowd of thousands gathered at an event in Portsmouth.

“We should take a drug test prior, because I don’t know what’s going on with her. But at the beginning of her last debate — she was all pumped up at the beginning, and at the end it was like, ‘Oh, take me down.’ She could barely reach her car, ” the Republican candidate said.

In an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Clinton said that she had accepted Trump’s challenge and both will undergo a drug test an hour before the start of the third and final presidential debate scheduled for October 19 at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

But Clinton said she had one condition: that throughout the entire televised debate, both candidates will be hooked up to a polygraph machine, otherwise known as a lie-detector machine. Every time a candidate mentions a lie, a buzzer will sound, alerting the moderator as well as the live and television audience about the non-truth. The Trump campaign agreed, albeit hesitantly.

The Commission on Presidential Debates welcomed the proposal and is considering making the polygraph a permanent feature of all future major political debates.