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Oh, the irony.

The National Press Club commissioned the Neo-Angono Artists Collective to do a mural for the club’s restaurant, in time for the opening. The guest of honor was Gloria Arroyo. Supposedly, the Presidential Security Group made a routine inspection. And during the inauguration, the mural was “altered.” The artists cried censorship; NPC claims it just removed the politically-charged parts of the mural.

If that is not censorship, I don’t know what else to call it.

Alright, let us define censorship. Wikipedia, take it away:

Censorship is defined as the suppression or deletion of objectionable information, as determined by the Censor.

Typically censorship is done by governments, religious and secular groups, corporations, or the mass media, although other forms of censorship exist.

I still wonder why reporters join that club. After all, isn’t that club involved in other controversies? Read this column by Neal Cruz, who has been following the shenanigans of the NPC.

Irony. A group of press people practicing censorship. Philippine society has indeed taken a great stride. To idiocy.

(Yeah, I know, the title is not relevant. But I like the way it sounded. =P )

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