Undoubtedly, the main headline has Villar is a black propagandist (Aquino tags Villar volunteers) all over it, they could have replaced the headline with it and it would have been consistent with the report. In the news report though which says that it was the wife of a NP supporter who sent the first Psychiatric email, a critical reader would see that it seems to show that it is not so. For how can a source receive it from someone else? And why would the source of the black op ask for confirmation?
The e-mail of Delgado’s wife, forwarded by Lacierda to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, showed that she received it from someone. She asked if the signature of Fr. Tito Caluag, who signed the first report, was genuine.
“I got this in the e-mail, just now. I have never been one to forward destructive e-mails unless verified. But looking at Fr. Tito’s signature, as far as I can recall, it does look authentic. Unless of course, somebody did a copy-paste. Can you verify this with him please? I seem to have lost his mobile number,” her e-mail said.
An attachment to the mail was the fake evaluation of Aquino by Caluag.
However, the news report, far from clearing things up left it at that.
Meanwhile, the Inquirer preempts the COMELEC ruling on the manual count of votes (Unanimous Comelec decision out Thursday and Namfrel now to tally, count, canvass votes ). The reports includes comments from the COMELEC and from the NAMFREL. If a report is meant to propagate the LP line of media topics, it does benefit Noynoy whichever way the report goes, although we won't count them as such.
The news report on the Villar side about black propaganda is obviously against Villar and of course does benefit Noynoy (Villar: I’m swimming in sea of black prop). It is so obvious by the way the news is written. For example, the writer agreed with the LP line that the two fake reports came from a Villar supporter, even if there is no confirmation of such:
It was the second such report in as many weeks released by Delgado on the purported mental state of the Liberal Party standard-bearer, who is leading Villar in the surveys.
In fairness though, the above report gave ample space to Tamano but from the angle that the NP spokesperson is creating a crack within the NP.
For the first time since we monitored the Inquirer front page though, there is a news today about Villar (and JC Delos Reyes) that is purely positive for him. This come in the form of an endorsement from hairdressers which Ricky Reyes leads, and from the Couples for Christ (Ricky Reyes, Couples faction back Villar). Is this news enough though to offset the negative treatment of Villar in today's issue? I don't think so.
Still, there are other news but it seems they do not endorse nor benefit any of the candidates.
I say today's issue benefits Noynoy Aquino, is very negative to slightly positive for Villar, a bit positive for delos Reyes, and quite ignored all the other candidates.
So, who is the Inquirer tilted for? The score goes:
Aquino: 11
Estrada: 1
All the rest: 0
No comments:
Post a Comment
Spam comments and comments using foul language will be deleted. Comments by readers does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the owners of this blog.