So long, Inquirer as we knew you
From Belinda Olivares-Cunanan’s column published on June 17, 2010.
I was told I was too partisan against one candidate, raising a number of issues against him. But were all my fellow columnists “neutral” and “nonpartisan”? Let the readers be the judge.
During Estrada’s and Arroyo’s terms, I devoured the Inquirer like crazy. It seemed to me that it fearlessly said everything that needed to be said. I thought it was interesting that Cunanan was one of its columnists, because she was staunchly pro-Arroyo. I thought it was pretty big of the Inquirer, and that it was a sign that it really did strive to be balanced.
But apparently, now that the Inquirer has found its champion, it doesn’t want to hear anything said about him. And so, it would seem that Cunanan has been axed, contrary to the paper’s announcement that she resigned. So much for the Inquirer tagline “Balanced News, Fearless Views.”