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What really sucks EDITORIAL 11/01/2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

What really sucks

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11/01/2010
The indecent tweeting incident about Vietnam’s wine is getting a lot of mileage because of the fact that nothing more substantial can be had from Noynoy’s state visit in that country.

It was a tweet and the lady was entitled to her opinion and that she writes the speech for the President doesn’t change the fact that she can pour out her heart on a social page in the Internet.

Apparently, the media for lack of anything going on in the trip pounced on the Palace underling.

Also, the problem with the Internet is that there are the more than too many opinionated people, mainly bloggers, who consider everything they write or think about on their armchair as news. Thus, a remark put out is fair game, what more if it comes from somebody in the Palace.

The Vietnam trip was supposed to be Noynoy’s first official engagement with the greater family of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and pretty much not a wine tasting event..... MORE

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