Its bias is showing — too much EDITORIAL 02/18/2010

Its bias is showing — too much EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 02/18/2010 Bias is again seen all over the giant TV network, ABS-CBN, what with yet another instance of its management’s refusal to air an ad of presidential candidate, former President Joseph Estrada, one which highlights his spending priorities in health, education and infrastructure, along with the debt servicing spending, in comparison with the past administrations, up till the Arroyo administration. The figures, which are official government figures, show that during the brief stint as president, Estrada’s spending priority was highest, among all administrations — from Marcos up, on social services, which means that he was truly looking after the impoverished and the citizenry at large. Not one single administration spent that much on social services, with Marcos spending on social services at 21.9 percent, from 1981 to 1985; Cory Aquino, at 22.2 percent of the budget for the same social services; Fidel Ramos, from 1993 to 1998 at 28 percent and Arroyo, from 2001 to 2004 at 29.8 percent, while Estrada had a 32.2 percent..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100218com1.html

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