Inquirer - Armando Doronila: Analysis >> Pres Aquino started the New Year by picking a fight with the independent news media. Firing broadsides at his critics in the press, he pledged that as his New Year's resolution, he would "just ignore" them. He castigated his press critics, calling them "hopeless" and saying they belonged to a "cottage industry... of people who make a living out of criticizing" him.
"They see nothing good in whatever I say and [in my efforts] at solving the problems of the country," he said.
In defining the media as a "cottage industry," the President betrayed a gross misconception of the function of the press in a democratic society and trivialized the principle on which the relationship between the press and the govt pivots.
Ignoring media criticism slams the shutters on a healthy debate over contentious issues involving the administration's lackluster performance in revitalizing the economy growth and responding promptly to the emergency needs of thousands of victims of Supertyphoon "Yolanda" (International name: Haiyan) in the Visayas.
The press is not craving to return the presidential snub and is also ignoring him.
"They see nothing good in whatever I say and [in my efforts] at solving the problems of the country," he said.
In defining the media as a "cottage industry," the President betrayed a gross misconception of the function of the press in a democratic society and trivialized the principle on which the relationship between the press and the govt pivots.
Ignoring media criticism slams the shutters on a healthy debate over contentious issues involving the administration's lackluster performance in revitalizing the economy growth and responding promptly to the emergency needs of thousands of victims of Supertyphoon "Yolanda" (International name: Haiyan) in the Visayas.
The press is not craving to return the presidential snub and is also ignoring him.
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