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Law doesn’t protect deceit

The much-respected Maria A. Ressa, head of ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs, invokes “confidentiality of sources” in rejecting the challenge of the Nacionalista Party to reveal the names of their alleged “two sources from the Nacionalista Party ” who gave them the fake psychiatric analysis of Liberal Party Sen. Benigno Aquino III by a Jesuit priest.

“While it’s tempting to take the Nacionalista Party’s challenge, it violates a sacred rule of journalism,” Ressa said.

I don’t agree with Maria.

Journalism is basically truth telling. A journalist’s job is to tell the public the truth.


The late Salvador P. Lopez, distinguished journalist and statesman, had a more illuminating description of a journalist’s job. He said, “Basically, the journalist is required to inform the people – and to inform them correctly and consistently and, as is often demanded, courageously with the end in view of enabling the people to properly understand what goes on and impelling them to act on situations and problems more than as mere individuals but as a nation, a people in their behalf.”

In doing his job, the journalist is protected by the law.

Republic Act 53 , known as the Sotto law (authored by the late Sen. Vicente Sotto, the great grandfather of former senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto, who is a candidate this election) provides that “The publisher, editor or duly accredited reporter of any newspaper, magazine or periodical of general circulation cannot be compelled to reveal the source of any news-report or information appearing in said publication which was related in confidence to such publisher, editor or reporter, unless the court or a House or committee of Congress finds that such revelation is demanded by the interest of the State.”

The underlying principle of the Sotto law is to protect the source and the journalist in pursuit of truth. It was never meant to protect falsehood and deceit.

The first story of ABS-CBN said that they had verified the document to be fake. The question is, why did they still use it?

There is also the issue of why are they refusing to reveal the two persons who gave them the fake documents when they identified the sources as from Nacionalista Party in their story. Needless to say, the attribution to the NP of a deceitful act has a negative effect and becomes a political issue in this campaign season.

The NP has denied the story and dared ABS-CBN to identify the person . They said they would not hesitate to sanction those persons if indeed they were members of the NP.

Philippine Graphic’s Inday Varona said the invocation of confidentiality by ABS-CBN is “awkward” since they already mentioned “NP.” “You can’t invoke it halfway,” she said.

Businessworld’s Vergel Santos, who launched his book on Chino Roces yesterday, said, “The case is simple enough: a report determined to be fake does not deserve one look; its source on the other hand deserves to be exposed. Keeping confidentialities applies only to proper sources.

“Also, exposure serves as an only proper admission of shortcoming on the media organization careless enough to buy the fake feed,” he said.

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85 Comments

  1. christian christian

    in a land where a bogus president breaks all kinds of law, even law abiding citizens get confused and mix up on what is legal and what is is illegal, as the saying goes, when in rome do as the romans do

  2. xman xman

    Alam na ng ABS-CBN na pek ang istorya bakit inilathala pa nila? Samakatuwid yong source nila ay pek din, nanggaling sa LP. Dumura si Noynoy at NP na pataas kaya ang bagsak ng laway ay sa mga mukha rin nila autistic Noynoy….hahahahaha
    Ngayon takot na takot si autistic Noynoy na bigyan sya ng psychiatric testing….hahhahahah

    Tama ang analysis ng Tribune:

    “But in the case of the so-called psychological report on Noynoy Aquino purportedly by the Ateneo Psychology department and signed by Fr. Tito Caluag, this more likely came from the LP camp itself than from the NP.

    It would have been pretty stupid of the NP to have come out with that black prop, mainly because it wouldn’t have gotten the signature of Tito Caluag, or an Ateneo letterhead since this would easily be disowned by the priest, who is not even a psychologist. Moreover, Fr. Tito is connected with the Lopez TV network, which, as everyone knows, is all out for Noynoy Aquino. Also, we all know that Ateneo is pro-Noynoy.

    Then too, just which media brought out the psychological report, if not the ABS-CBN, and with an instant comment from Aquino. And it was just as easy to get Fr. Tito to deny this—and rightly so. Fr. Tito is not known to engage in such.”

    http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100410com1.html

  3. xman xman

    Dumura sa Noynoy at LP…..

  4. florry florry

    Noynoy said the psychiatric analysis is fake. That’s most expected. The priest also said so. That’s also expected; he is a supporter and presumed to be biased so he lacks credibility. Now who will determine if it’s fake or genuine?

    It’s only Noynoy who can prove once and for all. Do a psychiatric test.

    In the case of where the report came from, ABS CBN can not invoke the confidentiality of sources. The interest of state is above everything else.

  5. I’m reminded of Oprah and James Frey, author of “A Million Little Pieces.”

    Frey’s book was marketed as autobiography. Non-fiction.

    His narration of how he got out of the dark abyss that inhabited was stirring and remarkable. Ophrah admired him so much.

    Then it was exposed that his story was not exactly true. It was embellished. It was fiction.

    Feeling duped, Oprah invited him back to her show and tore him to pieces.

  6. This just made going to the psychiatrist for health issues a source of shame and ridicule. If its true. so what? Everybody has to get some help at one time, this doesn’t make one insane. Its our actions that define us, Villar already showed who he really is and what he is capable of doing (as plain as hello garci) and how he can with all his money put together the unholiest of alliances – of communists, putschists, dictators blood, political prostitutes, and brenda (and she’s foaming in the mouth admittedly)…get back to the real, documented issues, face the music, don’t change the subject…
    …Manny’s money has gone a long way, but at least we can see now that anyone who professes adherence to principles, integrity, etc., is not necessarily sincere.
    We’ve been taken for a ride already and made some people’s cause our own, only to find out – it was just their cause, not ours…enough is enough…

  7. luzviminda luzviminda

    Maria Ressa DID NOT do her job professionally. Being the head of the news department of ABS-CBN, she should have examined and verified first the veracity and authenticity of the documents presented to her/them before making it public. Especially that the issue is very sensitive and would be controversial. Dyan magaling ang ABS-CBN eh, sa pagse-sensationalize ng kanilang mga istorya. Kaya ako hindi ‘kapamilya’ eh.

  8. luzviminda luzviminda

    Pero malay din natin baka naman tutoo din yung mga dokumento. Syempre pwede namang i-deny na lang naman yun ni Nyoynyoy at Fr. Calauag para pagtakpan ang totoong naging status ni Nyoy2 dahil dapat ay confidential yun. At si Nyonyoy at ang pamilya niya ang nakakaalam ng totoo.

  9. LVM, #7. ABS=CBN reporters did do their job of verifying the authenticity of the document and they found out it was fake. But they still decided to do the story.

  10. vic vic

    since some laws have been violated here (fraud, as in uttering or producing fake documents) the Police or prosecutors can ask the courts to have the identity of the individuals revealed so charges can be laid if indeed there were crimes committed…

  11. There’s also a dicussion of this topic in my Facebook wall and here’s a comment by Atty. Demaree Raval:

    RA 53 is intended to protect the source. If the alleged source – here, it is the NP as claimed by ABS-CBN – is willing to waive the confidentiality, then ABS-CBN has no reason not to divulge the identities of those from NP who fed the fake psychiatric report.

  12. henry90 henry90

    Look who’s talking. . . yung autism ba ni Noynoy ay totoo rin? O bakit inilabas ng Tribune? Para ano? Para baka a lie repeated a thousand times ay magkatotoo? Rule number 1 in psychological operations: You do not have to make the target audience believe in your propaganda. Just create doubt. . . . the target audience is not the 37% who have already made up their minds to vote for Aquino. It’s for the substantial number of the yet undecided lot. . . .

  13. Boo Chanco’s column in Philippine Star:

    That fake Noynoy psychiatric report will have to be a new low in our history of dirty politics. While I agree with Maria Ressa that ABS-CBN had the obligation to make it public, I don’t think they handled it as responsibly as they claim. I read Maria’s long explanation of the context of their report. I missed the breakout of the report on TV Patrol but I saw the exact segment on You Tube, courtesy of someone who was reacting to Ces Drilon’s Facebook update.

    I have come to the conclusion that ABS-CBN allowed itself to be used by whoever is their source in the NP to accomplish his dastardly goal. Why? Maybe the folks at the newsroom desperately wanted to prove they are not part of Noynoy’s campaign team as is widely rumored. Or maybe they are just hungry for a scoop and were eager to please a source just so they can have more in the future. Or maybe it was just a bad call on a busy news day.

    http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=566171&publicationSubCategoryId=66

  14. 3engr3 3engr3

    “Para baka a lie repeated a thousand times ay magkatotoo?”

    yan kaya ang basis ng LP kaya nila inilabas ang Villaroyo tag?

    at kaya sila nagwagi na magkaroon ng doubt ang mga tao at madami ngang naniwala na ang Villaroyo ay totoo?

    pwes,ang masasabi ko lang, “you reap what you sow”. ayan tuloy, yung autism at mental disorder nya na rin ang “repeated a thousand times”.

    please read the comment of the counsel of PGMA regarding psychiatric test:

    http://politics.inquirer.net/politics/view/20100413-264029/Villar-is-ignorant-for-proposing-mental-test-of-presidential-bets

    o akala ko ba Villaroyo…e bakit tinitira naman nila si Villar?

  15. luzviminda luzviminda

    Ellen:”LVM, #7. ABS=CBN reporters did do their job of verifying the authenticity of the document and they found out it was fake. But they still decided to do the story.”

    Ellen,
    The first time na inilabas nila sa TV Ch 2 ang issue ay hindi nila binanggit na fake ang mga yun. If they knew beforehand na fake yung documents, what is their MOTIVE in making it public? Is that responsible journalism?

  16. henry90 henry90

    ” yan kaya ang basis ng LP kaya nila inilabas ang Villaroyo tag? ”

    Why don’t we ask Ellen if Lito Banayo, who coined the moniker is a card-bearing member of LP. . .he maybe partial to Aquino, but that tag did not come from LP. . .unlike yung trying hard na Gloriaquino na ginaya nilang ikabit kay Aquino bilang ganti. . .hehehhehe

  17. olan olan

    Rule number 1 in psychological operations: You do not have to make the target audience believe in your propaganda. Just create doubt – henry90

    Exactly! and this is what those paid journalist and hacks are doing and yet they turn blind on land grab issues of Villaroyo. Para sa akin dito na ako sa GOOD GOVERNANCE stand nila Noynoy and Mar, may posisyong makatao at accountable!

  18. Henry, Lito is not a member of LP but I know he is part of Noynoy’s campaign.

  19. christian christian

    speaking of who to believe, i am sure everyone will agee that ABS-CBN is definitely more credible than NP, ABS-CBN and NP is another good example of Good and Evil, im sure majority of filipinos will agree that ABS-CBN is the good one while villaroyo’s NP is the EVIL…….

  20. henry90 henry90

    There you go Mam Ellen. . . .thanks

  21. christian christian

    by the way, i think the more urgent matters now are about safeguarding the votes, ensuring automated election does not turn into an automated garci …

  22. christian christian

    Pinoys must not be distracted by issues that were made just to distract voters from issues that truly matter…….

  23. Lest you forget, TOPAK ang sinasabi ng NP tungkol kay Noynoy at LP. Natural, and line of attack nila ay ayon sa TOPAK ek-ek nila. Sus, alangan na naman na manggaling ang fake document na iyan sa LP. Matagal ng may topak ang Ninez Olivares na iyan, sa hitsura lang, obvious na.

    At saka sino ba ang bihasa sa mga fake, tulad ng fake poor background at fake land titles?

  24. asiandelight asiandelight

    Physical health is crucial in managing a problematic country. Mental health is crucial for thinking. A president must not smoke and he must have a solid performance record being a legislator. The Youth are the hope of our Nation. They must have a role model. With Villar and Noynoy throwing dirts against each other is never a good example.

    Vote within reason….

  25. martina martina

    What can i think of, except baka malaki ang bayad, alam ninyo naman na ang ‘envelopmental’ journalism.

  26. Lurker Lurker

    I just wonder what psychiatrists have to say about a so-called test to verify the mental/emotional fitness of a candidate. Is there really such a test? How can even a battery of tests determine an individual’s psychiatric readiness (or mental
    health) to run, let alone be president of a country?

    What about candidates who said God told them to run? Isn’t that in itself, some sign of delusion?

  27. manuelbuencamino manuelbuencamino

    Ellen,

    TOTALLY AGREE ako sa iyo.

    Kung fake bakit inireport pa? If they wanted to do a story then they could have done one on the people who manufactured the report and spread it. They should identified who gave the report to them. They are not sources naman as the word is understood by anybody in the profession.

    Do not let the issue die. Kailangan magpaliwanag si Maria Ressa!

  28. Nathan Nathan

    BREAKING NEWS MUNA!!! Utang lomobo!!! I knw out of topic ito.

    National Government Debt Increased to

    P4.443 Trillion devided by Php 44 = US $ 100,977,000,000.00 Billion Dollars As of End January 2010

    14 April 2010, Manila, Philippines: As of January 2010, the National Government debt increased by P46 billion or 1.1 % from the December 2009 level. Total outstanding debt stood at P4.443 trillion of which, P2.013 trillion or 45% is owed to foreign creditors and P2.430 trillion or 55% to domestic creditors.

    The increase in NG’s foreign debt of P86 billion or 4.5% from the level as of December 2009 was due to the P70billion net availments, P10 billion depreciation of the peso against the US dollar and P6 billion appreciation of the third currencies against the US dollar.

  29. Nathan Nathan

    galing po sa teasury yan

  30. Eggplant Eggplant

    Kaya may magandang katanongan ang isang blogger, sa isyung ito sino “ang dakila” at “sino ang tunay na baliw?”

    Di ba isang kabaliwan ang maglathala ka ng isang bagay na noong una pa ay alam mo nang peke ang source nito. Nais nilang ipahiya si Villar ngunit sila pala ang mapapahiya ng kanilang pinaggagawa. Pwe!

  31. 3engr3 3engr3

    LP or Noynoy’s campaign… they are of the same circle.

  32. Eggplant Eggplant

    Ako’y naniniwala sa hinala ng iba na nagpagamit(?) ang mga pinagpipitaganan nating reporters ng ABS-CBN dito. Hindi kaya?

  33. christian christian

    what could be lower than cheating to be a president ? what could be lower than running for congress while sitting as president? what could be lower than conspiring with the ampatuan to kill 57 innocent lives ? what could be lower than eating one meal costing a million while millions of filipinos go hungry everyday ?

    Boo Chanco was terribly misguided and misdirected

  34. perl perl

    Pano malalaman ng ordinaryong mamamayan na fake ang document kung hindi ini-report ng abs-cbn? mabuti sana kugn mayroong “sax” sa lahat ng blogsite at emails na magiisplika na peke ang dokumento…

    Ngayon tinitira ng NP si Maria Ressa dahil nakorner na sila…

  35. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    The most common remark here is “if ABS-CBN knew it was fake, whey did they still report it and called it fake?”

    Here’s my take on it.

    Maybe ABS-CBN foresaw that this report was going to hit all media and the internet. That’s big news. They couldn’t be left out of it. But then they verified the report and found it fake. Then they made a report that it was fake.

    No matter what, the whole media media industry would have reported on it anyway and later on report it was fake. It just so happened that ABS-CBN beat them to it on both counts.

  36. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    I don’t see why news and public affairs organizations should not expose fakes. Whether it is a fake document, a fake transaction, a faked citizenship, faked war medals..etc.

    But before one can call it a fake document, one must first report on what the document contained.

  37. romyman romyman

    hindi lang po yan ang pinakakalat na black propaganda ng noynoy camp laban kay villar. meron po ako kaibigan sa pinas kanina ay nagchat kami sabi nya ang mga businessman daw ay hold muna ang mga investment wait and see daw gawa ng election.

    sabi ko kapag si noynoy ang nanalo mamamayagpag ang kamag-anak and kaibigin inc. kung si villar ay magiging business friendly.

    sensing my inclination for villar sinabi nya meron daw very confedential information na sinabi ang uncle niya na working daw sa isang businessman. nagbigay daw ang businessman kay noynoy at refuse sya samantalang si villar daw ay tinanggap. kahit anong pilit ko ay di niya binanggit.

    sa kalaunan ang sabi ko kung very confidential bakit alam mo. at sigurado ka bang sa iyo lang sinabi ng uncle mo. this type of innuendo is being circulated sa mga chat rooms/game rooms by the kamag-anak and kaibigan brigade of noynoy.

    sa isang version po na nakita sa isang IRC channel(Internet Relay Chat). sumusumpa pa ang may handle na pari_poako na si FG daw ang nagbigay ng pera kay Villar at tinanggap nito.

    nakakahiya po ang kampo ni noynoy sa ganitong uri ng negative campaign.

  38. christian christian

    Law does not protect deceit, but why did lawmakers protect a bogus president and allowed her to misrule for 9 years?

  39. christian christian

    the problem with Filipinos is we raise a storm when we see a snatcher stole 200 pesos from someone , but turn a blind eye and became mute when a politician stole billions from the people ……

  40. romyman romyman

    I know ellen na may simpatiya ka kay Noynoy, but you handled this issue very very professionally !! Congratulations sa inyo Mam Ellen.

    di tulad ng ABS-CBN na kulang na lang himurin ang t??bong ni noynoy. when a television channel shows flagrant partiality di na po siya maituturing neutral but a very biased organ of propaganda black or white man.

    yong lang po.

  41. christian christian

    everyone is bias towards something, i admit i am bias towards good vs evil, anyone who says he is not bias is lying…….

  42. romyman romyman

    who is good ? who is evil? @ christian? paano mo malalaman with your own BIASED eyes !!

  43. romyman romyman

    in year 2000 the Church supported GMA as an epitome of GOOD and ERAP evil.

    ngayon sino ang GOOD sino EVIL?

  44. christian christian

    iba 2000 iba 2010, maliwanag ngayon ang Good na si Noynoy at ang Evil na si villaroyo, maliban lang duon sa mga bulag at bingi sa katotohanan, are you one of them ?

  45. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Teka muna, teka muna. Bakit napunta na sa mental fitness issue? Totoo man ang report, ang tao ay nalungkot fourteen years ago. Ang kalungkutan ay hindi kasiraan.

    Si Lincoln ay nagka-suicidal depression, at si Churchill, nagka-depression din daw na ginamot ng tungga (same medicine as mine Winston).

    http://www.mentalhealthministries.net/links_resources/other_resources/famouspeople.pdf

    Yung hindi uminom matapos masawi sa babae ang unang puwedeng pumukol ng bato.

    Totoo man, tapos na ang problema, dahil mayroon nang ibang sinisinta. Yung pagdodoctor ng TCT na sinasabi ni Atty. Mendoza ang pag-usapan natin. Yan ang pekeng may katotohanan. Yung pekeng psych report, walang basehan.

  46. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    How to make a fake report 101

    Get a blank letterhead or even an old letterhead with text to it, scan it. Then save it. Now using Adobe photoshop, or GIMP (graphical image manipulation program) which is freeely downloadable, or even your generic paint program, select the logo and letterhead, right-click, then save the selected portion as a jpeg file.

    Do the same with a signature of your own choosing. Select the signature, and save the selected portion as a jpeg file.

    Now start Microsoft Word. Simulataneously, open your jpeg file with the letterhead. Copy the jpeg and paste it on the header of Microsoft Word. Now type your gibberish about clinical depression this and that. Go to the bottom, simultaneously open the jpeg file on the signature, then copy and paste the signature. You can re-size the signature until it looks authentic.

    Save your Microsoft Word document as a pdf file by using primopdf. Just download it freely. When primopdf is installed, you can click file, print (on any program, Word, Excel, etc.), then instead of your regular printer, choose primopdf. Now you have a pdf file of the psych report, complete with logo, letterhead and signature.

    Now somebody get me a scanned signature of the Pig so I can make my own black prop.

  47. romyman romyman

    paano masasabi na good si Noynoy. Si Noynoy nagprivilege speech sa Congress jinustify ang 14 deaths sa Hacienda Luisita infiltrated ng commumist provecateurs basahin mo christian ayan ang link

    http://www.gmanews.tv/story/181877/hacienda-luisitas-past-haunts-noynoys-future

    sa senate investigation may nagtestify na diumano bodyguard daw ni noynoy ang namaril at galing inside sa HL side ng gate. who has bloods in his hands? after the massacre may pinatay pang pare at barangay captain.

    basahin mo maigi yan christian.

  48. Vote for NOBODY

    NOBODY will keep election promises
    NOBODY will listen to your concerns
    NOBODY will help the poor & unemployed
    NOBODY tells the truth
    NOBODY cares!

    If NOBODY is elected, things will be better for everyone

  49. perl perl

    manuelbuencamino – April 14, 2010 12:47 pm

    Ellen,
    TOTALLY AGREE ako sa iyo.
    Do not let the issue die. Kailangan magpaliwanag si Maria Ressa!

    Manuel, nagpaliwanag si Ressa. Here is the link:
    “Black ops and the nature of the 2010 campaigns – Maria A. Ressa”
    http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/insights/04/11/10/black-ops-and-nature-2010-campaigns-maria-ressa

    Sana nailagay din ni Ellen ang paliwanag na ito ni Maria Ressa para naging balanse ang usapan…

    Maganda din sanang malaman kung mayroon ding ibang journalist ang pabor naman sa ere o paglathala nito ni Maria…

  50. perl perl

    romyman – April 14, 2010 7:43 pm
    Noynoy di corrupt, in your dreams, read on

    ————————————————–
    Ay, sus!kay Remulla din nanggaling yan… sana binasa at inintindi mo din ang paliwanag ni Noynoy…

  51. perl perl

    romyman – April 14, 2010 6:40 pm
    The move of Joey Salceda from Lakas to LP
    ————————————–
    why not? the one who said Gloria was “lucky bitch”…

    sana sumunod na din si Neri who also said Gloria is “Evil”…

    para siguradong tuloy-tuloy sa kulungan si Gloria after June 30…

  52. bayong bayong

    wala talaga sa hulog yan abs cbn ako na interview nyan hindi naman inilabas pag pinapatay na ako ng pnp saka ilalabas yon.

  53. Abante Top Story: Big Man ni Gloria, Akin Na – Noynoy

    Akala ko ang sinabing big man ay si FG Mike Arroyo na! Si Joey Salceda lang pala, dyuskuday… the lucky bitch.

  54. BOB BOB

    Ellen,
    If you have chance..can you ask these Question to LP :

    (Since they are insisting that the fight is between GOOD and EVIL)

    WHAT IF : A Politician is very Corrupt, very Liar, and Opportunist, Evil..etc..Does it mean ..that, when they join The LIberal Party , Their GOOD already ?

  55. Tedanz Tedanz

    Wala pa namang lumilipat na kilala na may katangian na mga binanggit mo Bob. Sa Villarroyo camp madami na …. hindi ko na kailangang banggitin pa. lol

  56. rose rose

    Is the Phil. getting to be a Peking Republic..the current president is fake..ang mga lumalabas na stories ngayon ay karamihan walang katotohanan at fake documents ang pinalalabas…at si Ressa na man as a journalist made a sensational story with fake documents to show…where is the Phil. heading now? sino ang pipiliin? ang isang autstic daw at abnormal daw o isang magaling at matalino na galing sa hirap na yumaman dahil sa C-5 at iba pang negosyo na nalugi daw at nag declare ng bankruptcy..tunay na magaling at matalino using his being a senator, and his congr4esswoman/business woman wife made oodles of moolah with the prayers and blessings of his religious leader friend..but this will all come to an end if the people choose a rightheous president..na sumusunod sa sampung utos ng Dios..who is the lesser of the evils?…will the Philippines change from a Banana Republic to a Peking Republic? it is all up to the voters…it is all up to the youth mostly….this will be your future..brighten it..may bukas pa..26 na tulog na lang..bantayan ang kinabukasan ninyo..kayo ang pag-asa ng bayan…

  57. xonix xonix

    haba ng pinagtatalunan ninyong lahat pero isa ang tanong na dapat sagutin at iyan ay sino ba ang sinungaling. malinaw na malinaw na si villarroyo iyan. note villarroyo spelled with double rr.

    pekeng mahirap, pekeng oposisyon, pekeng dokumentong pinamimigay. hindi ba obvious na sa grupo ni villarroyo iyan, todo deny pa sila. reminder lang na bago lumabas iyan may pa topak topak pa si senador alan peter cayetano na biglang nanahimik umpisa ng mapasama kay villarroyo.

    siya tanungin natin kung nakukuha ba niya ang pork barrel niya, sa kapatid niyang si pia at asawa niyang si lani.

    duon malinaw rin sino ang opposition at sino ang fake.

    ako, anybody but villarroyo

  58. xman xman

    Hindi ko maintindihan ang logic ng mga maka autistic Noynoy.

    Umaamin sila na nangyari ang lahat ng iyon noong panahon pa ni kopong kopong o it happened one time only at iba pang tse tse buretse kuno.

    Ang tanong ko e bakit ayaw nya NGAYON magpa psychiatric testing. Ang pinag uusapan natin ay NGAYON, mag pa psychiatric testing NGAYON. Bakit takot na takot si autistic Noynoy na magpa psychiatric testing NGAYON? Bakit? Dahil hindi maitatago ni autistic Noynoy na ang nangyari noon ay ganoon pa rin sya NGAYON. Isa syang autistic!

  59. Mike Mike

    ABS-CBN channel 2 is no different from the gov’t controlled stations channels 4, 9 and 13. They are all bias. Period!

  60. WHAT IF : A Politician is very Corrupt, very Liar, and Opportunist, Evil..etc..Does it mean ..that, when they join The LIberal Party , Their GOOD already ?

    Excellent question!

    And I would like to know the answer of either Aquino or Roxas (who, by the way, served under Erap!)

  61. ngayon sino ang GOOD sino EVIL?

    All of them are alike. All moral cowards. All possessing fucking crazy values.

    But between Gloria and Erap, I would choose the latter.

  62. matthewchris matthewchris

    Why I don’t believe the psychiatric report:
    1. The contents have been denied by Ateneo and Fr. Caluag. I don’t think Ateneo and Fr. Caluag would cover up the said report to favor Noynoy because what is at stake here is the fate of our country.
    2. This kind of dirty trick has been used before against Miriam in 1992 polls. The only difference between Miriam and NOynoy is that Miriam has been accused of having brain damage and Noynoy for depression. Brain damage and depression are two different things. Miriam, upon hearing the report then, gone berserk, while Noynoy displayed coolness.
    3. If Noynoy indeed has psychological problem, he would have distanced himself from the media more often. The more a person with psych defect expose himself to the public, the higher the tendencies the public will see how he behaves on various issues. As you see, he has always been visible, and so far, he has not displayed any behavior that would suspect him of having psych problem.

    Why I won’t bite NP’s claim that it was LP who gave the report to ABS-CBN:
    1. A day or two days before the said fake psychological report was given to ABS, Alan Peter Cayetano and some of NP’s senatoriables have been calling Noy’s party as Noy’s TOPAK, apparently setting the stage before the report was circulated to the public.
    2. If LP was the one who leaked the report to ABS-CBN, how come the same psych report have been circulated to various email addresses starting April 9, or a day after it was reported at ABS-CBN? Of course, it is not LP who will circulate the fake psych report to various email addresses (I know because I received one from a sender I don’t know).
    3. LP, nor Noynoy, would not be stupid of starting this brouhaha as a strategy because it would definitely destroy his presidential bid.

  63. 3engr3 3engr3

    Good vs Evil daw..? andami talagang ipokrito sa mundo!

    pag pinagtatanggol mo si Villar, sasabihin ni “ABC” bayaran ka…samantalang si “ABC” pala e nagtatrabaho sa kabilang partido! tsk tsk tsk sino ngayon ang tunay na bayaran?

    pakibasa nalang ito:

    http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100415com1.html

  64. perl perl

    tribune na naman.. walng iba?

  65. norpil norpil

    i have to react to this showdown good vs evil. maybe it is better good vs lesser good. most of the realities in the world cannot be separated by good and evil.indeed nobody is totally evil nor totally good.just like black and white.this is specially true in politics with very few exceptions.i think whoever wins will not have so much impact on the lives of ordinary pinoys.only the politisation of the majority can change pinas.

  66. henry90 henry90

    Yehey! Magkakaroon ns ng pinaka unang autistic President ang Pinas! Woot! Woot! Kumusta na kaya si Pareng Erap? Parang sobrang tahimik sa kampo nya? Pati tuloy si Ka Balweg e nanahimik na rin dito. . .lol

  67. rose rose

    henry: tama ka that will be the first in the history of the world…but like all of us may sarili silang talino ..na binigay ng Panginoon..they have diffirent perceptions and may look at things diffirent than you..but who knows an autistic president maybe the answer to the problems of the Phil..kasi simple lang ang kanilang pagiisip mas naindindihan nila ang problema ng simpleng mamamayan..who knows..we had intelligent previous presidents but did they solve the problems of the country? hindi! this autistic person (kung autistic man o abno) maybe able to make this country a better Phil…who knows? do you really know? will villar be able..hindi kaya bawiin niya muna ang ginastos niya before he will work on the problems of the country? negosyante siya…si Erap, puede sa pagkakamali niyang una natuto na siya…who knows…not you nor I nor anybody..iisa lang ang may alam at siya lang ang makapagbigay ng kasagotan…so for me, I just hope and pray for His response…Alleluia!

  68. luzviminda luzviminda

    Wow romyman! What a big revelation yung mga link mo about the Cojuangco’s GREED against the poor farmers! The Kamaganak, Inc. is now in operation. They are good in corrupting the system. Business as usual.

  69. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    The government filed a motion to dismiss at the Court of Appeals after having won in the RTC?

    The government was acting as a trustee for the beneficiaries. The rights of the beneficiaries had already vested upon the lapse of time, so the trustee could no longer bargain that away for another right (stock options). If at all, any modification of the decision by way of a settlement needed the ratification of the beneficiaries.

    Puwede nang mag-motion for execution diyan, because the withdrawal at the Court of Appeals made the RTC decision final and executory.

    Now which lawyer would want to do that, and incur the ire of Babalu Cojuangco?

  70. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    They were not motivated by the desire for a scoop? What a crock.

    They had the document for several hours. Maria Ressa said they had it in the morning, but were only prompted to call Father Caluag after some bloke from a multilateral asked about its authenticity. They needed prompting? The text of the document was screaming to get noticed as a fakery. You’ve read my earlier post on the “report” called a form.

    Mga batikan yang mga yan, either English majors or Journalism majors in college. And their language skills were further honed by the industry the yardstick of which is the mastery in the English language. They did not see the glaring fakery because they were too titillated by the prospect of a scoop, that they let their journalistic guards down. Ganyan ka-simple yan.

  71. jpax jpax

    I agree na dapat ilabas ng ABS-CBN yung sinasabi nilang two sources nila ng fake psych report ni Noynoy.

    But pwede nga naman nilang gamitin ang Sotto Law, ang sabi sa report ito ay galing sa 2 member ng Nationalista Party pero nagwaive na ang Nationalista Party to divulge the sources of the fake report.But are these 2 sources representing the Nationalista Party as a whole party or baka naman hindi kaya ayaw sabihin ng ABS yung sources nila unless yung dalawa mismo ang magsasabi sa ABS na ok lang na sabihin na sila nga ang sources. Hindi kaya dapat may internal investigation din ang Nationalista sa kanilang partymates kung sa kanilang miyembro nga galing ang nasabing fake report.

    Sir saxnviolins pwede po kaya ang ganung defense ng ABS kaya ayaw nila sabihin yung sources nila kung sakali mang ganun ang pangyayari.

  72. ABS-CBN has always been suspected as being biased for Noynoy. Now, with the report, biased for whom na sila? Hmmm.

    More than meets the eye.

    I still find it so perplexing that NP would release a black prop that is “obviously” fake. You don’t fake a document and make it look so obviously fake, WTF! Villar with all his money and no-quarters-left attitude, the Tondo boy of old would hire fucking incompetents to manage his propaganda machine.

    On the other hand, as saxnviolins say, who wouldn’t get depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend huh. You breakup with your loved one and still you look so happy and okay, aba e, you either do not love her or you’re not normal. But here in the Philippines, you go see a psychiatrist they think you are “baliw”, a stigma that will forever stick.

  73. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    jpax:

    Ang sagot sa katanungan mo ay yung kaso ng Branzburg v Hayes sa US Supreme Court. I will write about it later, umaga dito, I am about to take my shower to go to the office.

    Isa ring kaugnay dito ay yung kaso ni Judith Miller, ukol sa pag-out kay Valerie Plame, ng mga Dick Cheney attack boys, through their favored news reporter.

    It is true that media should have access to news, so that government shenanigans may be made known to the people whose taxes finance the government. But was the report “news”? Did the source get it from the government? Does a forger deserve the same protection as a “news source”?

    Ganoon din yung kaila Dick Cheney. Did they leak news to inform the people? Or did they leak it to destroy Valerie Plame? Violation ng US law ang mag-out ng US spy. With valid reason I think, because you don’t want your spy killed in the foreign land he is assigned to.

    Note the lame excuse of Maria Ressa. They learned of the fakery after talking to Father Caluag and Noynoy. Really? Hindi ba obvious sa text? Nagbasa ba kayo? O nakiliti sa scoop? Whatever happened to “responsible journalism”?

  74. tamangkatotohanan tamangkatotohanan

    ABS CBN is simply slanted towards the Noy-Mar tandem and is using its huge media juggernaut to present their own version of what is true and right.
    http://tamangkatotohanan.wordpress.com

  75. andres andres

    Ang ABS-CBN ay sobra ang biased, imagine holy week ang mga palabas ay tungkol ay Ninoy, Cory at Noynoy. Paano malalabanan ang media kung ang pinalalabas ay bayani si Ninoy, Santo si Cory at malinis si Noynoy? Parang mga Santo diba, holy week sila ang mapapanood.

  76. sychitpin sychitpin

    Noynoy’s heroic father senator Ninoy was assassinated for his love of country, Noynoy’s mother Pres Cory served honestly and also died for the Phil, Noynoy was consistently on top of his class during his school days, Noynoy is definitely the best candidate for president who will honestly serve God and country, and even if there is a failure of election, Noynoy will surely win the presidency because that is Noynoy’s fate and the Will Of Heaven !

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