Award-winning journalist Christian Esguerra headlines the new no-nonsense talk show “After the Fact” on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel.
Every weeknight at 8 p.m. right after “TV Patrol,” Christian will dissect and explain the most important issues of the day and will hold people in power to account through straightforward interviews, just like in “Matters of Fact,” which aired its final episode on May 21.
“If viewers liked and followed ‘Matters of Fact,’ expect the new program to be more comprehensive, incisive, and critical–of course, fair,” said the 2020 Marshall McLuhan fellow and recipient of the 2019 award of distinction from the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.
With more than 20 years of experience in journalism, both as a practitioner and an educator, Christian believes journalists should continue asking the tough questions even with threats to media freedom becoming more common nowadays.
“Asking tough questions allows the public, through journalists, to determine if those they elected into office are doing their jobs and doing them properly. We cannot assume that people in power only have the best interest of the public in mind, especially given our political culture that’s prone to abuse and sycophancy, and institutions that are only getting weaker,” he said.
