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Philippines: Misleading Headlines

Written byPreetam Rai
Posted 23 August 2006 5:25 GMT

The Sassy Lawyer blogs about a misleading headline in the Philippine Daily Enquirer that is troubling one of the people they interviewed recently. Jim Paredes, a Philippine songwriter and musician spoke to the newspaper about his life in Australia as a recent immigrant. The paper published the story with a headline that makes Jim Paredes sound as if he has given up on Philippines.

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