Exam Question #1: This morning’s broadsheet print edition of the Manila Standard Today frontpaged the story “Senate calls him (PNoy) responsible; ratings plunge to lowest” with the following banner headline for it: (see image below, rightclicked from Manila Standard Today, used here non-commercially for educational purposes).
The banner headline reads: “Bad hair day for President”. Exam Question #1: This is a case of false reporting because of the use of the following word/words in the banner head: (A) Hair (false reporting) (B) Day (incomplete reporting) (C) President (improper emphasis) Explain your answer and take full responsibility for it without heaping all blame on the department assistant and staff.
My Prerogative 2 (see previous post): To illustrate further the principle: In the same manner, the President can exercise his prerogative right now over the police and find out what’s going on over at the Makati city hall: Check if the CA order is regular and valid, and if so, tell your men to stand down. That’s prerogative. However, he can also choose not to lift a finger and let the regular bureaucracy take its course: Let the DILG Secretary, the DOJ Secretary, and the PNP Chief continue with what seems to be a “standoff” based on media reports. Yun po ang ibig sabihin ng prerogative: pwede nyang utusan nang diretso ang mga pulis pero siya ang may pananagutan.
