... influencing the journalists opinion about a certain event. Still some journalists think that through thesegifts? they would be in depth of gratitude of what they used to say in tagalog ,utang na loob?. Filipinos are known to have this emotional weakness and these are the targets of the people who bribes the media. The significance of media in the Philippines was most ... ...

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... . Such is the power of Marcos and his government. Even the media takes part in the trashing of Sal X's once wondrous image. "The tabloids had a field day after that. Banned Na, Basag-Ulo Pa! Washed Up Singer Beaten to Death." (p. 218) Such a swift change of sides and attention is a deadly reminder that what the government wants, the government gets. Sal X, himself ... ...

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