GMA: Most corrupt president

[explorer]

from: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire.../pageoneimage/



and from: http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Lo...aid=2007121136

Survey says GMA most corrupt president

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:22 PM

MANILA (AP) - President Gloria Arroyo was picked the most corrupt leader in the country's history by the largest number of people in a survey released Tuesday -- even more than chose late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who allegedly stole billions of dollars during his 20-year rule.

The nationwide survey by independent pollster Pulse Asia found that 42 percent of Filipinos believed Arroyo is the country's most corrupt leader, compared to 35 percent for Marcos.

The survey was conducted Oct. 20-31 as the government was embroiled in a bribery scandal involving a national broadband contract with a Chinese company. Arroyo was later forced to cancel the deal.

There was no immediate comment from Arroyo.

[Monseratto]

The question here is where and who paid for this survey. And it is indeed sad to show how dumb the editors of PhilStar are to put it as their headline. Parang malaking insulto sa mga nakaranas ng abuso at hirap noong panahon ng rehimen Marcos ito...

[Mguy]

Di ako pabor kay GMA pero if she is the most corrupt president, then where is her boracay mansion? her Swiss accounts? the highway named after her? the millions of pesos stashed in an anonymous account? her closet full of shoes?

To me, it is totally irresponsible for Inquirer to print a headline like that which reflects only the opinion of a few thousand of Filipinos. But then again, that is freedom of speech, something they said is being suppressed nowadays.

Mas maganda sana kung ginawa nila ang headlines yun 'FILIPINOS UPBEAT ON 08 - SURVEY'. At least positive ang effect nito sa populace.

[dbuzz]

Di ako pabor kay GMA pero if she is the most corrupt president, then where is her boracay mansion? her Swiss accounts? the highway named after her? the millions of pesos stashed in an anonymous account? her closet full of shoes?

GAANO KAYA KALAKI ang bayad ng oposisyon sa Phil Daily Inquirer?

what a shocker this daily INQUIRER!!! di na inisip na pinahirapan sila ng husto noong panahon ni macoy tsskk.. tsskk.. pera. pera lang talaga.. huh.
its not that pinoys have short memory eh. its "how much"

talagang money talks.

corrupt na kung corrupt si pgma but not na lalagpasan nya pa si macoy or even fvr for that matter.

[fourtheboys96]

tumigil na ako sa pagbasa ng inquirer the moment i realized na yung headline nila ay 2 paragraphs lang pala ang write up. the rest of the writte up ay ndi na directly konektado.

about the survey, maganda malaman kung kelan ginawa ang survey, anong age brackets ng respondents, at sino ang nag commission ng survey.

isa pa, paano ang structure ng questions. baka naman parang sa senado, leading questions ang hilig.

[jonski]

Diba INQUIRER din ang nag report noon na number 1 sa daw corruption ang Pilipinas kasi yon daw sinabi ng isang international survey group pero it turns out na hindi pala totoo at hindi daw yon sinabi ng foreign survey group and ang nag survey pala ay mga opposition?

[Galactus]

I believe that nobody can top FM when it comes to corruption. Talagang sagad to the bones ang paka-corrupt ni Macoy. Early estimates place at US$ 5B ang nakurakot ng Marcos family. Naging banner story din ito ng Newsweek before (back when we were still subscribing).

The fact that over 42% of Filipinos polled say na mas kurakot pa si Pandak speaks volumes. Perception kasi, wala namang ginagawa para maibsan ang kurakot. Actually, may pinalaya pa nga!) So she has no right to complain. Magpakulong siya, at huwag niyang i-pardon!

[Altis6453]

from: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire.../pageoneimage/



and from: http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Lo...aid=2007121136

Well, i read somewhere that former Sen. Osmeña commissioned the survey. Now you know where his loyalties lie.

[jing]

Agreed she's corrupt, but i don't believe that she's the most. Survey is a survey, it can be manipulated. People tend to forget so easily.
Inquirer run its stories like tabloids. Un front page lang ang dameng magandang iheadline, but then the editor chose this. Puro commercialism. Tsk!

[niky]

It's not a manipulation... but it's perception... and Malacanang is right that perception isn't truth.

What can you do? Most people don't believe that Erap or FVR were corrupt...