The good of mudslinging FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/11/2010

The good of mudslinging FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/11/2010 Mudslinging is certainly a part of, and expected in, Philippine electoral politics — and even elsewhere in the world. In truth, mudslinging is one good way for the Filipino electorate to know whether a presidential candidate is what he says he is by way of expensive television advertisements, which merely gives the voters a false image of the candidate, as he is being projected without warts and all. When mud hits a presidential candidate, the response of his and his camp always is that this is black propaganda. Maybe yes, maybe no. It all depends on the mud flung at him.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100211com2.html

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