At the Manila Peninsula, police rounded up 30 or so members of the press who were but doing their job of covering an unfolding political event.
Arroyo’s police probably do no know, but that’s what you do when you’re a journalist. You get into the thick of the action, scramble for the front seat so you can get a complete view of the show and have a complete story to tell the public.
It was therefore a hardworking journalist’s job to stay at the Peninsula that fateful Thursday afternoon amid tear gas and tanks.
That’s what happens in this country when you do your job and you do it well. You get arrested.
Look at those whose job is to give us clean and orderly elections. They do a horrendous job then they get kickback opportunities plus the chance to run for public office. On the contrary, those who try to count the ballots properly, get stuck in burning classrooms and die.
And look at that woman who cheated, stole and lied so that she could run this country. She’s still there isn’t she? She must be doing a hell of job.
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