Category: Media

Why Preempt Congress from Deciding on ABS-CBN’s Franchise Renewal?

January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 P. Farol 3 Comments

“Why are Duterte and their minions so afraid to allow Congress’ franchise hearings on ABS-CBN? Because that’s where all facts are laid bare and made public: documents, expert testimonies, official records, witnesses. No fake news, no trolling. Just the facts. #holdABSCBNhearingsnow #thinkaboutit” That was the message I received early this morning days after the Quo…

Media

Leni “Look at Me” Robredo is not helping calm Taal evacuees by engaging in PR stunts

January 22, 2020 benign0 15 Comments

A picture of “vice president” Leni Robredo holding the sign “Lugaw Leni” during a visit to an evacuation site supposedly to distribute relief goods is making the rounds in social media. If you still don’t see a problem with this, let me spell it out for you. We have the second highest official in the…

Government, Media, Politics

Mass entertainment in the Philippines should be controlled to prevent further dumbing down of Filipinos

January 19, 2020 benign0 28 Comments

No Filipino will disagree that one of the biggest problems the Philippines faces is the quality of thinking of its populace. This is specially critical in a democratic society where popularity is power and specifically in the Philippines where leaders are elected by popular vote. What is interesting to note is that the institutions of…

Government, Media

Media people are not victims. They are members of big powerful organisations with lots of money!

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

One of the most persistent legacies of the 1986 Yellowtard Revolution is the idea that media people are both “heroes” in the fight against and “victims” of oppression and tyranny. Often, the villains in their self-authored tales of victimhood are state armed forces such as the police and the Army. As such, the most iconic…

Media

Comparison to Australian drug seizure stats shows cause to be critical of Duterte’s War on Drugs

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 benign0 4 Comments

A recent Rappler “report” is now being bandied around by Opposition “thought leaders” to “prove” that Philippine “vice president” Leni Robredo is correct in calling President Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs a “failure”. The cornerstone of Robredo’s findings according to Rapplerette Rambo Talabong in his piece, “U.P. statistics professor: Robredo computed right in drug war…

Crime, Media

Will it really matter if ABS-CBN were to disappear tomorrow?

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 benign0 6 Comments

One would think that, in an industry where creativity and originality are critical competitive edges to succeed, certain people would have learnt by now that it is important that messaging be continuously tested, evaluated, and tweaked for effectiveness. Not the Inquirer Editor though as is evident in the latest of his Op-Ed pieces making a…

Media

Philippine Opposition in disarray again after failed “Magnitsky Act” demonisation campaign

December 27, 2019 benign0 7 Comments

The Philippine Opposition are rotting from the inside. This is because their own “thought leaders” are failing to provide sound leadership. Rather than enrich their party ideologies, the premiere “influencers” of the Opposition are leading their members down dead-end pathways. Over the last ten years, the ideological foundations of what had been an almost four-decade…

Media, Politics

Aquino and De Lima responsible for delayed justice for Maguindanao Massacre victims

December 21, 2019 benign0 5 Comments

A photo of Andal Ampatuan Jr, who was recently convicted for the murder of 58 people in 2009 in what has since been dubbed the Maguindanao Massacre, flashing the “L” hand gesture has been making the rounds. The “L” salute, as most Filipinos know, signifies allegiance to the Aquino-Cojuangco feudal clan and the partisan camps…

Crime, Media