A journalists’ organization on Thursday took exception to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s appeal for media to help her in the last three years of her term, saying media’s “sole responsibility is to the people.”
Arroyo made her appeal Wednesday to executives of selected media outfits she invited to Malacañang.
“The media can help the government and the country reach a new plane of development, stability and reform by balanced reporting based on verified facts, constructive commentary on public issues, and editorial focus on news that matters to the lives and livelihood of ordinary Filipinos,” Arroyo told the media executives.