Monday, May 23, 2022

TIME APOLOGIZES, REPLACES MAGAZINE COVER TO REFLECT THE TRUE SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

 Philippine President Rod Duterte is Time's Person of the Year, 2016

“We are committed to reporting only the truth, so when we err, it is our responsibility to correct our error,” the magazine editors said.

The new copy includes an apology from the writer of the cover story, Rishi Iyengar, and the local Philippine journalists who fed him the misinformation.~
Janus-Faced* Media 
Dr Abe V Rotor



Media! how you make and unmake a situation,
     clinging to truth divine just an illusion;
what could glitter more than a merchant's gold
     cowers in robe and emblem the bold.

Thus the wall less empire thrives at the boundary,
     fence sitting to where the winds carry
the news and bounty like horse and carriage.
     seemingly blind, and often in rage.

Quo vadis? journalism of Ka Doroy Valencia et al,
     fathers of this profession whose fall
rose a Mandela, King, Gandhi, a thousand more
     on the battlefield, and across the shore.

Who is the master, who is the slave? In between
     the throng, and bandwagon its twin;
bereft of their right for truth, reduced into a fool;
     Oh, media! the all-knowing, deceitful. ~

* Janus-faced simply means having two sharply contrasting aspects or characteristics, insincere or deceitful. Examples: Janus-faced nature of a society, Janus-faced politician,  Janus faced media.
Author's Note:  This article is reprinted on popular request.

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