GMA: Focus on "Good News," not bad news

That's like a criminal/murderer lecturing the press: "The media should focus more on my role as a family man and a loving father instead of making the actual crime and the person I murdered the bigger issue.

Stop focusing on the negative. Let's highlight the positive things I did more."

Ellen Tordesillas: Banat ni Arroyo sa media

Wala na sa sarili itong si Gloria Arroyo. Hindi na niya alam kung ano ang tama at kung ano ang mali.

Binanatan niya ang media noon Huwebes sa conference ng mga matataas na opisyal ng Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas .Sinabi niyang “media is pushing the negative angle of stories too far and too often”. Sobra na raw ang mga negatibo na lumalabas sa media.

Kung hindi pa alam ni Arroyo o baka nakalimutan na niya, ang papel ng media ay para sumulat ng katotohanan kung ano nangyayari.

Ano pa ba ang mas negatibo kaysa isang taong hindi binoto ng mamayanan ni minsan na president ngunit naka-upo sa Malacañang?

Ano pa ba ang mas negatibo kaysa sa isang sinungaling at mandaraya na kumakapit sa inagaw na pwesto?

Ano pa ang mas negatibo kaysa isang naka-upo na president na lumalabag ng batas kaliwa’t kanan para lamang mapagtakpan ang kanyang paggamit ng pera ng bayan para sa sariling niyang interes?

Karapatan ng media alamin kung nasaan ang mga nawawalang dating Comelec Comissioner Virgilio Garcillano at dating Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante na ginamit ni Arroyo sa kanyang panloloko sa taumbayan.

Obligasyon ng media na ilabas ang kasinungalingan at pandaraya upang malaman ng taumbayan ang gingawa ng taong binabayaran na mamuno sa bansa.

Marami naman sa media ang kakampi ni Arroyo kaya lang, lang walang credibility sa mga tao. Ang mga responsable at hindi nabibiling media ang problema ni Arroyo. Kaya matindi yan dahil dahil katotohanan ang dala nila. Malas ni Gloria.

Bravo, Ellen, bravo!

Eto naman ang sinulat ko noong Oct. 21, 2005:

We need to stand up to this Marcos Wannabe/bully now and not lose our nerve. We need to keep the pressure on GMA to resign or be ousted.

There are no second chances here. If we let her get away with GLORIAGATE/obstruction of justice without a fight, if we give up -- then it's over and she has won.

What doesn't kill her will make her stronger. In this case, if she does the unthinkable and survives GLORIAGATE, then magiging invincible siya politically... to the point na if she and her COMELEC decides to rig the cha-cha "referendum" or the 2007 "elections," there's nothing really we can do to stop her....

So, to those who think that GLORIAGATE will be over within 4 days just like Edsa Dos, you're not being realistic. This will be a LONG, HARD FIGHT.

But as long as we just keep telling the truth about this administration and their allies, in the end, babagsak rin ang corrupt at mandarayang "presidente" na ito.

More: If the media did not do it's job of reporting the truth, GMA will get away with more distortions re the true state of our economy.

Well, the President is painting a rosy picture of a bush that is full of wilting flowers. Someone needs to tell her to cut them off so new roses can grow. She needs to know, and admit what’s wrong so she can fix it.

Read the whole thing. Mind you, Peter Wallace is pro-Arroyo.