...I was really, really disappointed

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Every day, I always try to read the two leading newspaper here in the country – PDI and Philstar. I do this to fish for information and opinions regarding the issues in our country. However, I was shocked when heading the cover of the PDI today. The headlines weren’t the one which shocked me but the photos taken of Mr. Vicente, a defense witness in the impeachment trial. Mr. Vicente’s close-up shots were expressions that were results of his survival from two strokes. I cannot even have the ability to describe the pictures. My issue with this is that I expected more form PDI. They were always named as a an intelligent publication and some of the people sympathize with them when a major player in the newspaper died with stroke (coincidence I’m sure). I kinda expected them to be more sensitive to Mr. Vicente, regardless of who is witnessing for. In addition, they should have been sensitive also to the Vicente family and their readers who have families with stroke. For their part, PDI already apologized and I hope they also do so in their newspaper’s edition tomorrow. But even then, it is a low-blow in my opinion. Not sure if I’m even gonna visit or read that paper anytime soon.