Except for a one time use of the word "midnight" (referring to the last few weeks of the Arroyo administration, a word used also for negative reference such as in "midnight deals and appointments") (RP economy grows 7.3%. ‘Glorious ending’ for Arroyo presidency) the headline news today is positive to the president. Arroyo +1.
The other news on the Inquirer Front Page are as follows:
Aquino receives Sino, Japan envoys - is a positive news for Aquino. Aquino +1.
Aquino raps Ombudsman for clearing President, husband - is not so much about Aquino but about Arroyo. The President and the First Gentleman is treated negatively in the entire news. Arroyo -1.
NBI arrests 5 persons ‘selling’ party-list seats - at least this one is something, people getting arrested. This news is a bit negative to President Arroyo, though, her son being mentioned with the bastardization of the partylist system. Arroyo -1.
Finally, Congress starts count by hand - is a coverage of what we can call a saga happening in Congress, the canvass of votes for President and Vice President. The news actually shows that our congress is not qualified to do anything. However, the fact that it is being covered means that it is important perhaps more important than the random manual audits that the COMELEC is doing right now to validate the count. There is no one benefiting from the kind of importance being given to Congress at this point, but it really is wasting the time energy of people following the news.
‘It’s a sin’: June 12 not holiday, June 14 is - After many years of implementing a sort of Holiday economics, Arroyo was hit by the presumptive President-elect for it. It is the first time I hear Aquino hit the policy though and I wonder why he waited years to comment on it. Also, can't he wait for a few more weeks to abolish the said policy? The Inquirer did not did not analyze though if the holiday economics made any impact at all in the local tourism industry or in any other local industry, so there is no way we can say whether it is good or not. In any case, the Inquirer just gave Aquino space to say his piece, basically unchallenged. Arroyo -1. Aquino +1.
Arroyo stops auction of Imelda Marcos jewelry - a news that surprisingly gave space again to Aquino, however late his stated opinion is. Aquino +1.
Store clerk gets big break: He’s ‘American Idol’ - is a coverage by AP of the American Idol.
Netizens score lawmakers over delay, hit ‘stupid’ questions - could be the Inquirer's safe way of telling lawmakers they are stupid, this by getting "netizens" to tell them. Congress -1.
Glossary: Know your IT vocabulary - is the accompanying definition of terms for the earlier news.
The scores:
Aquino: 3
Arroyo: -2
Congress: -1
The Inquirer rebounded and gave some sort of free space to Aquino today. I wonder why? Meanwhile, Arroyo still gets the whips.
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.