Thesis Statement: In the Philippine newspaper industry, it is the elite class that ultimately has power over the media. INTRODUCTION There is a notion that the Philippine press is one of the freest in Asia. On the other hand, it is common knowledge that the Philippine media is commercialized and mostly controlled by political and private companies (Hofilena, 1998). Perhaps it is the integration of these two impressions that can sum up the actual Philippine media …showed first 75 words of 3675 total…

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