Good for the GMA goose, not good for the Noy gander? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 09/03/2010

Good for the GMA goose, not good for the Noy gander?

FRONTLINE

Ninez Cacho-Olivares

09/03/2010
Most negative and critical bordering on slander and libel against Gloria Arroyo and her administration all throughout the presidential election campaign was then presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino, through his then campaign spokesman, Edwin Lacierda.

They gloried in such Arroyo criticisms, especially as they were being carried out by their yellow media that ensured no negative stories would be aired against their yellow bet, to the point of suppressing valid issues leveled against Noynoy who wasn’t brave enough to answer the issues directly. 

Not surprisingly, valid issues such as Noynoy’s utter lack of managerial and administrative experience, as well as his appalling do-nothing record in Congress, not to mention the hacienda issue, were never highlighted as the yellow media glowed with positive stories on Noynoy and negative reports on the Arroyo regime, as well as negative reports on the rest of the presidential candidates. 

But today, as Noynoy and his spokesman Lacierda, along with their incompetent yellows are in power and position, they not only reject critical reports and commentaries, especially from the Tribune, but even go to the extent of threatening our Malacañang reporter with a libel suit, asking her when she would have a job change and even asking for the Tribune’s status, claiming too that the Tribune reports are editorialized, all of which is really none of his business. And if Noynoy is included in this, it is because Lacierda is his spokesman, and what he says necessarily reflects Noynoy’s stance toward our newspaper..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100903com2.html