Philippines: August 23, 2010 - Architecture of a Massacre

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Pictures speak louder than words. That rings true particularly in an industry that profited immensely from this truism. So perhaps this picture provides of overdue karmic dividends to those who have for so long called out the decades-long dumbing down of the Filipino by their own Media.





It's too late, and unfortunately too little to prevent needless loss of lives. But there it is.

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