Kaban ni D_BystandeR: GIPAKAUWAWAN NI KAREN SI ALMA MORENO???

There are only two sides of the arguments and it's either we praise and defend Karen Davila in her way of propounding questions to Alma Moreno or we have to condemn her in her kind of "Alma-bashing" interview. But with the explanation made by the author, Dolly Carvajal, who is also, herself, a talk-show host, one can easily see that Karen has overstepped in her prerogative as a program host interviewer because she was only concerned of how she appears to her TV viewers nationwide but was negligent of how the interview will affect Alma to embarrass her endlessly. And Alma was not supposed to get a beating herself by submitting to that kind of interview. She ought to deserve a little sense of respect from the interviewer. Just because Karen finds Alma running for senator does not entitle her  to insult and embarrass Alma before the public. And Vandolph was right to express his disgust, indignation and repugnance to Karen's way of humiliating his mom. And I don't think Karen is that dumb not to have imagined a backlash she creates on the person of Alma with the way she carried out the interview. Sensing that Alma is not that good and articulate in answering her questions, Karen should have made some necessary adjustment to her mode of questioning so as not to project an image of her subject interviewee in an embarrassing situation. But  Karen appeared clueless. All she did was to slam Alma with those complicated  questions obviously trying to embarrass Alma by letting her explain even to the minutest detail the answer to her question. All in all, Karen was a failure as a talented interviewer; she should have known better!

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a news item in PDI, entitled, "Vandolph: Karen humiliated my mom." It came out on Nov. 28, 2015.