Veteran journalist and magazine show host Korina Sanchez has been facing her bashers and DDS trolls and cutting them down with her sharp wit and scathing words.
Take for example this netizen who was apparently referring to the ABS-CBN shutdown which many views as an attack on press freedom.
The netizen said, “Press freedom? Pero nakakapagbalita.”
Korina responded by saying, “Idiot ka pala eh. Sinarado nga nang walang dahilan ang network diba. Kaya nagbabalita sa ibang plataporma. Pero bakit ba kita sinasagot eh 88 followers na lang. magsarado ka na sis ng tindahan. WALANG BUMIBILI.”
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To the one who commented “press freedom pa rin ang kanyang isinisigaw,” Korina sarcastically answered, “Makisigaw ka na rin beh. Baka magka pag asawa na madagdagan ang followers mo na iilan lang. Wawa ka naman.”
#korinasanchezroxas, The DDS Slayer is at it again! Wooh! Burn! pic.twitter.com/G6wGMYhNVq
— Just Carol (@callmecae) May 29, 2020
To the troll who said, “baka si Korina ang hopeless,” Korina answered, “You have 399 followers. Pagbutihin mo pa para man lang makasampa ka ng 400? Ikaw ang hopeless. You cant even see it.”
Korina also took on a basher who commented, “Funny how this network is protecting as the only icon of press freedom in the Philippines! Hahahahah!” In defense, Korina said, “Hindi namen sinasabi yan. The ONLY ICON? Saan, kelan? IKAW nagsabe nyan engot. Such a loser. Burn in hell idiot.”
This user compiled a Korina Sanchez VS Troll thread.
This is how you answer trolls! #korinasanchezroxas queen of dragons pic.twitter.com/zn5oKhlK96
— Chimchim18 (@Chimchim184) May 29, 2020
Because of Korins’s savage take on bashers, she was tagged as “DDS Slayer”. Korina shared that she is aware of the comments of the public following her “savage” remark.
“Maybe the netizens and the millennial today have not been very exposed to that because that was my persona prior to their birth,” Sanchez said.
“Alam mo naman na ang job description ko for 25 years. My mandate really was to slay, sister. Alam mo ‘yan,” she added.
However, the broadcast journalist and TV host said that it doesn’t capture her whole identity.
“It’s not like that’s the entire me,” Sanchez said, adding that she laid low when she got married and had kids.
“I kinda bowed out on front-line news in ABS-CBN. I kinda put that persona to past and medyo binaon ko na siya sa lupa because decidedly I’ve wanted my social media to be all about just my best life,” the TV host said.
“I made it very clear to my team that I just want to be positive. I want peace in my life. Alam mo naman ‘pag medyo palaban ka marami kang kaaway,” she added.
Sanchez said that her followers might just be surprised of that persona. She said she felt the need to speak up and stand up for ABS-CBN.
She also said she still feels “at a loss” over the shutdown of her home network although she was not very surprised.
“I think its because I just finally decided in a second when ABS closed. It did not have to be closed. There’s no reason to be closed, that’s my opinion. We have to speak we have to tell it as it is. There are no bones about it… You can’t be quiet,” she said.
Sanchez said that the network’s sudden shutdown, the first time since martial law in September 1972, is a “big deal.” She said that it’s a “defining moment in history where it cannot be grey.”
The broadcast journalist said that she only answers the online users in the same manner they reach out to her.
“Why do I answer? E papaano ganon din ang lenggwahe nila. Alam mo kung katapat ko ay Chinese— Kung marunong ako mag-Chinese, mag-Chinese din ako,” Sanchez said.
“‘Pag kausap ko ‘yung mga anak ko, si Pepe and Pilar, I will talk to them in a manner they can grasp,” she added.
Asked if she gets annoyed by the online users’ remarks, Sanchez said she’s not and said that she is entertained.
“‘Yung mga sagot ko sakanila gusto ko lang din silang aliwin,” Sanchez said.
