Sunday, September 21, 2003

Attack Dog

Supalpal na naman si Blanquita Pelaez!

And what about "Lacson's mansions"? Diba may picture pa si Blanquita nun?

Old recycled news.

Newsbreak should be called Newsbroke because it is totally bankrupt as far as honest-to-goodness, fair and balanced journalism is concerned. Take another instance. Some months back Newsbroke depicted and published a photo of an Ayala-Alabang mansion which it alleged was owned by Sen. Panfilo Lacson. It turned out to be a house owned by a Lacson from Bacolod, not Ping, and Newsbroke editor Marites Danguilan Vitug had to admit the koryente (deliberate misinformation) on her magazine. Was it koryente, or a deliberate mistake to score anti-Lacson propaganda points?

Three days ago another publication made a similarly embarrassing error on the Lacson "mansion." The June 28 Philippine Star came out with a front-page picture of what it said is a 10-room "pink mansion" owned by Lacson, at address 233 San Jose, Ayala Alabang. The Star's yellow and blue masthead should have turned red with shame after alert reviewers checked out the "pink mansion" because it turned out to be owned by Pops Fernandez. The Star found out its "mistake" and apologized the next day, but its stories on the issue continue to be skewed against Lacson.


Buti pa yung Phil. Star, marunong mag-sorry, hindi katulad nung PDI.