今年二月初,菲律宾总统选举前夕,西方记者云集菲律宾。三十多个国家,临时派往菲律宾的记者、编辑以及与采访有关的工程技术人员一下膨胀到千余人,足足有一个团的“兵力”。当地报纸把这种现象称为外国记者“入侵”菲律宾。马科斯在里根政府的压力下,决定提前十六个月,于今年2月7日举行总统选举。这个决定在去年11月一宣布,美国新闻界就掀起了一股新闻“淘金热”。一位美国记者俏皮地说,美国新闻界时刻听从里根总统的召唤,他把脖子伸向哪个国家,美国记者 Earlier this February, on the eve of the Philippine presidential election, western journalists gathered in the Philippines. In more than a dozen countries, reporters and editors who temporarily dispatched to the Philippines, as well as engineers and technicians involved in the interview, inflated to more than a thousand people for a full “troop strength.” Local newspapers call this phenomenon “foreign invasion” of the Philippines. Under the pressure of the Reagan administration, Marcos decided to hold the presidential election on February 7 this year, sixteen months in advance. This decision was announced on November 1 last year and the U.S. press set off a news story “gold rush.” A U.S. reporter said playfully: The U.S. press always obeys President Ronald Reagan’s call, which country he leads his neck to, and U.S. reporters