Puffery

Jeers to Manila Bulletin for a front-page report on the courtesy call of Gwendoline Ruais, Philippine representative to the Miss World pageant, on Vice President Jejomar Binay.

On Nov. 22, a photo of Binay and Ruais appeared on the front page of Bulletin with the blurb quoting Binay “It’s like Snow White and one of the (seven) dwarfs.”

The report was mostly about Binay’s congratulating Ruais for her First Runner-Up finish, his remark on the height of the youth today, and his comparison of himself to one of the dwarfs in the fairytale and of Ruais to Snow White.