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Photo ops season EDITORIAL 03/25/2012

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Photo ops season

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03/25/2012
The spin doctors, probably the same one hired by the previous administration, are back in business in Malacaang and a barrage of the absurd, if not comical, photos of the President is back in fashion.

The Palace apparently believes that countering the Noynoying craze that had spread worldwide and may even rival the takeover protest movement in popularity soon, can be done through saturating media with stage-managed photos, or drawing in photographer jargon, of Noynoying Noynoy hard at work.

What comes off is a parody of the Noynoy presidency. In one of the more viral photographs, viral not because it convinced anybody but because it was a pathetic hard sell, showed Noynoy almost bent double carrying what appeared to be folders before two Palace staff members who looked perplexed.

Noynoy was even smiling and appeared not used to carrying such a huge stack of papers. The snapshot was unbelievable since Noynoy had aides who are specifically around to give the President a hand for such a back breaking endeavor..... MORE

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