THE Philippine media is going to the dogs. Colonial mentality and stenographic journalism among our media people have become worse, afflicting not just the new generation but even the old.

I borrow that 1960s term "colonial mentality" to refer to many Filipino journalists' mindset that if a US, European or even Japanese news outlet reports something, then it's true beyond contention.

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