Statement | Retired editor deplores PDI compromise with 'dismissible' libel case of TV personality
Former Executive Editor Philippine Daily Inquirer The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) management makes a bad call, press freedom suffers a setback, and a radio/TV personality gets away with a weak libel case. A retired Inquirer top editor has deplored the PDI management’s decision to settle what he described was an untenable libel case filed by a radio/TV personality in connection with the newspaper’s investigative report on the P10-billion pork scam. “It seems the PDI management got suckered into accepting a compromise deal that is demeaning to the brand and lopsidedly favorable to Mel...