The main headline speaks of possible election fraud (Fraud tales grow taller. But PPCRV sees few discrepancies in vote count). The first part of the news shares it as if the allegations are "wild". Later though, it gave ample space to Estrada's complaints. Although the Inquirer surely would have had access to random manual audit performed by the COMELEC and the PPCRV, the paper did not attest to the result of the activity. It just quoted what PPCRV said as if they did not witness it: PPCRV spokesperson Ana de Villa-Singson told reporters that the difference of 0.0006 was less than 1-percentage point, an indication of the accuracy of the electronic countFor me, it looks like the Inquirer would like this controversy to hold and juice it to the fullest, perhaps to sell more paper from the stands. In any case, the news itself gave positive coverage for Estrada whose complaint is given prominence. Estrada +1.
The other news in the front page today are as follows:
Osmeña, Lapid, Guingona take last Senate seats - this news gave some positive spin for Aquino by having Hontiveros (13th placer) and Guingona (now Senator) talked about continuing the fight. It also gave positive space for COMELEC's Melo. Aquino +1, COMELEC +1.
Thai gov’t rejects talks with protesters - this news on the upper left corner of the front page is about the crisis in Thailand and does not talk about any of the political forces in the Philippines.
12,000 watch concert for Maguindanao dead - This news remembering the gruesome massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao expectedly gave negative treatment to President Arroyo. Arroyo -1
BINAY VS ROXAS Veep winner known next week - again, this news seems to be an attempt by mass media to make an issue out of nothing. The mass media has access to COCs and it seems they do not want to analyze them and call the results. Whoever is the real loser in the VP race is the one given favor by this news and of course I cannot make that call. The only thing we know is we, the readers, are being played upon by these kind of news.
Gordon still couldn’t take it he got only 450,000 votes - this one is hard to call if it is positive or negative for Gordon. The title seem to say that Gordon is at least a sour loser or at most losing his mind. The contents of the news itself gave reasonable coverage of him, though. So I say it is neutral.
New Chief Justice goes on media blitz - this one goes positive for Corona as it covers mostly his side. However, while mass media should have done its job by looking at Corona's decisions in the past whether they benefit the Arroyo administration or not, the preferred to ride on the controversy and act as if it is not their job to verify. This news has brief mention of Sen. Escudero, who this early is given credible coverage by the paper. I say, Corona +1, Escudero +1.
Marcelo defends The Firm, denies raps - this gave the "firm" ample space to defend itself but I do not say it benefits any of the national figures.
So the scores seems to show that Arroyo is still the favorite whipping girl of the mass media although not as intense as before the elections:
Estrada: 1
COMELEC: 1
Aquino: 1
Corona: 1
Escudero: 1
Arroyo: -1
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