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PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS APOLOGIZES FOR TODAY’S FRONT-PAGE HEADLINE

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imagePHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (The Adobo Chronicles) – Newsroom layoffs have finally caught up with the Philadelphia Daily News, particularly the lack of headline writers and copy editors.  Case in point: today’s front page.

The Daily News ran a front page cover with a photo of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his latest pronouncement calling for the banning of all Muslims from entering the United States.

The headline read, “The New Furor.”

Moments after the December 8 edition of the paper hit the newsstands and images of  the front page were posted on the Internet, the editors issued a public apology.

“Today, we ran a front page headline bearing the word, ‘Furor.’ It was a misspelling.  The correct word should have been ‘Führer,’ the editors said. “We sincerely apologize for this grave error.”

Politics, The Media

TIME MAGAZINE NAMES DONALD TRUMP 2015 PERSON OF THE YEAR BUT HE DECLINES

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imageNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wanted so much to be named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year,’ but when he got his wish, he declined the honor because it hurt his ego.

Time editors picked Trump over online survey frontrunner Bernie Sanders and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, citing the fact that the real estate mogul has defied all reason by consistently topping Republican presidential polls despite his controversial rhetoric against Mexicans and immigrants and his defense of gun ownership, among many other issues.

Time picked an iconic photo of Trump that it thought best represented his personality and aura. Trump didn’t like the chosen photo, so he asked Time to stop the presses and formally declined to be named ‘Person of the Year.’

‘Besides, I don’t need to be on the cover of a cheap magazine.  My images are already everywhere and I know people love me, and I love them,” Trump said.

 

Entertainment, Film and TV, International, The Media

NEW ROCK STAR: CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU ECLIPSES ALDUB POPULARITY

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Trudeau in a barong tagalog (Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Trudeau in a barong tagalog (Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Move over, AlDub. Make way for a new Pinoy (Filipino) rock star and idol.  His name is Justin Trudeau. Yes, the same Justin Trudeau who is prime minister of Canada.

The young world leader wowed Filipinos — women and men — with his youthful good looks during his Manila visit to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.  He was mobbed by adoring fans wherever he went, and his photograph wearing the traditional Filipino men’s attire, the barong tagalog, put the Philippines’ top models to shame, literally.

One of the country’s top film production companies, Viva Films, has reportedly offered Trudeau an exclusive contract to appear in at least three Filipino movies in 2016 — opposite actress, TV host and presidential sister Kris Aquino.

The first film is about a woman (Aquino) who falls madly in love with a visiting foreigner who happens to be a married man (Trudeau).

The prime minister is reportedly seriously considering the offer.