Tag Archives: Inquirer.net

D’oh! Inquirer publishes fake TIME Magazine cover featuring PNoy among 100 Most Influential People in the World

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

As if it weren’t funny enough. Early today, media watchdog blog Spin Busters broke news of an appalling lapse in editorial rigour by top Philippine broadsheet Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI). Spotted on the front page of the 20th April 2013 … Continue reading →

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PNoy is Inquirer's Filipino of the Year

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

Media outlet Inquirer.net was obviously scraping the bottom of the barrel when they named Philippine President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) “Filipino of the Year” for 2010. The timing is off considering the country is still reeling from a recent terror attack … Continue reading →

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Setting quantifiable targets for the future: Does Noynoy Aquino have the guts to do it?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

Any Government is quick to associate itself — or worse, credit itself — with statistics that describe some kind of success or achievement for the nation. Even as the Inquirer.net editor struggled to find Filipino “achievements” in 2010, Presidential Spokesperson … Continue reading →

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The Philippines – a misfit among misfits

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

We should be careful about how we assure ourselves of the righteousness of the “side” we take in the world order. Today’s scoundrels may be tomorrow’s saints; today’s heroes, tomorrow’s goats; and today’s winners possibly tomorrow’s losers. Raul Pangalangan of … Continue reading →

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Money's too tight to mention: so stop mentioning it already!

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

Why is President Benigno “P.Noy” Aquino III smiling less nowadays? Perhaps it is because reality is starting to hit him — the reality of the future and the reality that he, the President of the Philippines, is surrounded by morons. … Continue reading →

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Not even the pen of the Inquirer.net Editor can save President Noynoy Aquino

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

The Inquirer.net Editor has gone on a defensive strike against “so-called pundits” critical of President Benigno “P.Noy” Aquino III’s 26th July State of the Nation Address (SONA). The Op-Ed piece came across to me as no more than a long-winded … Continue reading →

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The Colour Yellow: increasingly obscured as light emerges

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

I gotta hand it to out-going president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Despite the immense amount of energy expended by the Philippine Media over the last ten years to turn her from hero of the Edsa II “revolution” into the reviled cunning … Continue reading →

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The Law of Conservation of Foreign Travel – applied to Noynoy Aquino

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

The Inquirer.net Editor, true to form, sheds rose-coloured light on the token frugality President-Elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III applies to the conduct of his inauguration at the end of June. This “virtue” is made stark by using the “evil” extravagance … Continue reading →

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Unsolicited draft of Noynoy's inaugural speech

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

I heard from a little bird that someone notable will be writing the speech to be delivered by President-Elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in his inauguration as 15th President of the Republic. From what I know about this noted person, … Continue reading →

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The real sense of what it means to WIN independence

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

It is an indisputable reality that the weak are allowed to exist by the much-evolved decency of the powerful. It’s a reality evident everywhere. Much of the world as we see it today was shaped by those victorious in battle. … Continue reading →

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