A bureaucratic bloat with dubious fiscal support

IF print journalism is often described as "literature in a hurry," broadcast commentary often falls into the territory of chatter most urgent. And in the wake of Typhoon "Karding" — we have to thank the heavens it did not inflict a Luzon-wide catastrophe — the chatter of the most urgent kind from the broadcast booths did explode like the deafening roars of the ancient Goths when they plundered defenseless settlements. And the pressing, urgent national call from those booths after Karding was predictable enough.