In 2013, Korina Sanchez drew flak among netizens due to her remarks on her now-defunct DZMM radio show Rated Korina on Anderson Cooper's reporting for Tacloban.
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 newscast of ABS-CBN's TV Patrol, Korina Sanches said she hoped Typhoon Ruby (international name for Typhoon Hagupit) would hit Japan instead of the Philippines: "Can't they just get all of it?"[REF] .