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Class and Ondoy: The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Ideological Distortions
As published October 23, 2009 in Bulatlat
- Read more of: Class and Ondoy at: Pages 1 - 2 - 3
As published October 23, 2009 in Bulatlat
By seeking to convince its readers that the effects of Ondoy were “felt equally by rich and poor” and that it was a “great equalizer,” the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the most influential newspaper in the Philippines, was attempting to bolster the view that the Filipino class system had nothing to do with the disaster, and that the lives of all Filipinos are shaped by the same forces of nature, even by fate or by God.
Pages: 1 2 3Above analysis by: ~ GILL H. BOEHRINGER
- Read more of: Class and Ondoy at: Pages 1 - 2 - 3
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