Strike 3 - Filipino journalism and its tradition of idiocy

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Philippine "journalists" will never be taken seriously by people who actually think. 3 strikes already proved it:

1. Manila Peninsula "Media Kami!" fiasco ("journalists" openly siding with criminals).

2. Quirino Tour Bus foul-up ("journalists" ensuring that they had right-of-way, not the police).

3. This whole piss-wad impeachment "trial". It's more of a pillory now with the way the "journalists" cover it.

"Journalists" are no different from pimps: they're more than willing to whore out the innocent facts to people willing to be taken for a ride, at the right price. ABS-CBN, the Inquirer, Philstar, and GMA already proved that – profit above all, no questions asked.

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