I hate to say this because I have so many friends over at ABS-CBN channel 2, but, it seems that about 80 to 90% of their news are dedicated to following the "political career" of Liberal Party presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino. We all know that the Lopezes, owners of ABS-CBN, are friends with the Aquinos, but ABS-CBN is supposed to be "neutral" in terms of giving coverages of political events. Of course, that's the prerogative of the bosses over at the news desks and I respect that. But, it seems that ABS-CBN's sights is just trained on Noynoy and other candidates are not being given the fair and equal coverage.
And we all know that this is a tacit showing of support behind Noynoy's, even leading others to surmise that the Lopezes are banking on a Noynoy win to give them back the economic power they lost over the years due to mismanagement. Or, we're just presuming too much?
I just hope that ABS-CBN will somewhat give people the chance to know what's happening with the campaigns of other candidates. Will we see a fair and equal treatment on September 15, when Vice President Noli de Castro declares his bid for the presidency? Or that of Chiz Escudero possibly on September 18 or October 10? Or that of former president Joseph Estrada on September 23rd? How about Manny Villar's declaration on the last week of September?
ABS-CBN news head Maria Ressa should take a look into this.
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