MANILA, Philippines - Kris Aquino on Monday night broke her silence over her brother's criticism of ABS-CBN News anchor Noli "Kabayan" de Castro and other Filipino journalists during the 25th anniversary party of "TV Patrol."
The younger sister of President Benigno Aquino, who is also employed by ABS-CBN, said on social media site Twitter that her brother has the right to defend himself and express his opinion.
"Freedom of speech is a 2-way street right?" she said, in reply to a comment from another Twitter user.
"PNoy is our president & I do believe the majority of our people feel he's doing a great job. Maybe he just like anybody else," she added.
She said she is careful in commenting about the issue.
"Prayed before I replied to make sure I don't tweet the wrong thing. My issues are so trivial in comparison to PNoy," she added.
'Negative news'
Her brother on Friday night lashed out at de Castro and Philippine media for alleged bias toward negative news reports.
Aquino, in his speech at the 25th anniversary celebration of TV Patrol at the Manila Hotel, said he wants a positive spin in news stories and commentaries from ABS-CBN's flagship primetime news broadcast.
"Kung gabi-gabing bad news ang hapunan ni Juan dela Cruz, talaga namang mangangayayat ang puso’t isip niya sa kawalan ng pag-asa," he said. "Ilang turista kaya kada buwan ang nagka-cancel ng bakasyon dahil sa araw-araw na negatibismo? Ilan kayang kababayan ang nawawalan ng pagkakataong magkaroon ng kabuhayan dahil sa bad news na ito?"
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