All in the family again? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 06/28/2010

All in the family again?

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 06/28/2010 Funny how inconsistent the yellow media can be, especially on issues they once blasted, such as First Ladies and First Gentlemen and their relatives and friends who have become influential during their spouses’ and relatives’ reign. In the time of Joseph Estrada, the yellow media, more known as the anti-Erap media during his short reign, came up with reports of the then First Lady, Loi Estrada, having made a pile from the Philippine Sweepstakes Office, that was found to be not only false but malicious. They also made much of the inaugural pledge of Erap’s no friends and no family, and went on to come up with unsubstantiated reports on some of his family members and friends going into influence-peddling. In the time of Gloria, during her second reign, and after the “Hello Garci” tapes expose, they ganged up on Fist Gentleman Mike Arroyo and his kith and kin, criticizing them for interfering in government and state affairs. But the yellow media today say nothing about the fact that the President-elect’s sisters are directly involved, not only in Noynoy Aquino’s decisions, but even offer and vet the candidates for his Cabinet. So why the double standard? And hey, the Filipinos who voted for Noynoy presumably did not vote for the entire Aquino family as President of the Republic, yet nothing is being said about this anomalous situation.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100628com2.html

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