But even as a kid; homeless people, kids with no parents, wars on the news and even death made me ask "If there really is a God, why is suffering and pain present?... "Love your neighbor as you love yourself," a message foreign to the people who were witnesses of countless civil wars. ... The countless wars they took part of made them a people familiar of the way of the sword and bloodshed. ...

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Thesis Statement: In the Philippine newspaper industry, it is the elite class that ultimately has power over the media. INTRODUCTION There is a notion that the Philippine press is one of the freest in Asia. On the other hand, it is common knowledge that the Philippine media is commercialized and mostly controlled by political and private companies (Hofilena, 1998). Perhaps it is the integration of these two impressions that can sum up the actual Philippine media situation. The rich and powerful stay on the good side of the press once they have learned the art of dealing with the p...

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