Saturday, June 12, 2010

June 12, 2010

It is the 112th anniversary of our declaration of independence. There may be a huge flag in the main Photo in the front page today, but it has no reference whatsoever on the celebrations.


Rather than the event marking the farewell ceremonies of the military to President Arroyo, or the preparations for the anniversary of the declaration of Independence, unconfirmed details from unknown sources made it to the main headline of the Inquirer today Aquino listing top brass. Nolcom commander David eyed to replace Bangit. It is a waste of time to this as all those reported developments in Aquino's choice for military top brass may easily be proved later to be wrong. The report continues to be negative for Bangit though. Bangit -1.

The other news in the front page today are as follows:

DOTC post offered to Veep Binay - is a story about Binay, and then about incoming Exec Secretary Ochoa and outgoing defense chief Gonzales. This news gets Binay's point of view printed. Binay +1.

Arroyo bids farewell to troops - this time, it was Arroyo and Bangit's side given space in a report. Arroyo +1. Bangit +1.

Bypassed general skips Arroyo testimonial parade - this news seems to show that the Inquirer thought that Ferrer's (the General supposedly bypassed from promotion as AFP chief) side deserve equal treatment with Arroyo's military farewell. The title is even misleading as Ferrer did not actually skip the event. Arroyo -1, Bangit -1.

Pimentel exits with a blast at new, old senators - is a report on Pimentel's short description of our senators, without any real blast.

Ridiculous, says Comelec of pols’ campaign reports - is a report on campaign expenses obviously downplayed by the candidates.

Soccer fever sweeps planet except in RP - is just all about football's popularity..

The scores today:
Binay: 1
Bangit: -1
Arroyo: 0

Incoming VP Binay manages to get a continuous stream of positive treatment from the Inquirer Front Page. In fact, with photo and all, he got more coverage in the front page than President Arroyo who had a busy day yesterday.

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