Category: The News Media

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The Inquirer

angpagtitipon.jpg “Ang Pagtitipon” (The Gathering) by Leonardo Cruz, photo of an Inquirer newsprint

Inquirer June 19, 2007, Rizal day or Rizal’s birthday, front page, fails to put credits at the foot of the photo of the painting (“Ang Pagtitipon” by Leonardo Cruz). The lead of the news story on it only says: “by a Filipino artist”. His name appears, finally, (sa wakas) in the third paragraph of the news story. Salamat ha. (newspapers like the Inquirer put photo credits of ordinary photos of everyday life at the foot of the photo, they credit the “author” of the photo, which is the photographer. But for masterpieces, like this painting of Leonardo Cruz, they have an entire article honoring his work, but they didn’t think they should put the same credits at the foot of the photo of the painting; it’s not even in the caption, they have like two paragraphs of a caption and never once mentioned the name of the painter, in photo credits or in the long caption. You have to….search for it! So, they appropriate it. It’s made to appear like an Inquirer original artwork. Sacrilege. So, i’ll use the same word that i’ve used before, for myself (whenever i make a mistake) and for others, to be fair to all: dumdums.

The News Media

if one is “statistically improbable”, why would another, identical in sub-totals of zero, be admitted?

The question is not: What if they mismatch? The problematic issue is: What if they match? (i.e., the question is not: what if the Maguindanao municipal COC’s that had been retrieved by the Comelec today, mismatch the provincial set that had been set aside by the Comelec a month ago for being “statistically improbable”. That’s not the question. The question is: A month ago, the provincial COC’s were set aside for being “statistically improbable”. Now, the municipal COC’s had been retrieved, 21 of 22. The question is: What if those retrieved municipal COC’s, match or are the same or almost identical in sub-totals of zero, with the provincial set that had been ruled upon as “statistically improbable” because of the zero votes that 19 or so candidates got?)

Just a quick post (i’m in transit) because I already mentioned it to some people, so it won’t be used without acknowledgment (stolen. again! And again, and again). And in case it is, again, you’d know which famous ones have been profiting (promoting their name) by stealing (using without acknowledgment) from this blog; it’s alright if it’s an entire movement that uses the ideas (or if it were utilized by organizations whose goals I share; it’s a compliment); it’s not alright if it’s appropriated by some opportunist person who wants to promote herself/ himself (that’s theft).