FIRST PERSON – Alex Magno – The Philippine Star February 5, 2022 | 12:00am This time, I cleared my schedules and found a comfortable chair to watch the KBP’s joint interview with the presidential candidates. I am not sure it was worth it. There is a reason why television is nicknamed the boob tube. The medium is constantly time-constrained and therefore tends to be glib. Speaking time is tightly budgeted and adjusted to the shortest attention span. It is not a medium for detail and follow-throughs. This is a medium for sound bites. The characteristics of the medium are compounded by the fact t…