'' 24 Oras '' became instrumental and controversial on covering the Manila hostage crisis , the authorities ordered a media blackout , but failed , when covering live the arrest of the brother of the hostage-taker , the hostage-taker was apparently monitoring GMA-7 and found out about it ; the situation became worse when gunshots were heard inside the bus assuming that the hostage taker was watching , it monitored the SWAT 's movement of the rescue , the massacre ended at least one hour , when the hostage taker was shot dead on live TV , due to teargas that choked the bus . The coverage ate up its primetime block , from 6:30-9:30 pm , giving 19.7 % of its audience share from AGB Nielsen
Manila hostage crisis
Manila hostage crisis
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