Category: Media

Maria Ressa is proof that Corporate Media are no longer credible reporters of “news”

July 14, 2019 benign0 6 Comments

“How do you solve a problem like Maria?” This is the song the world’s Big Corporate Media organisations should be coming together to sing. Maria Ressa, CEO of the Philippines’ “social news network” Rappler has, again, given the broadcast news industry a bad name. During this year’s so-called “Global Conference on Media Freedom” held in…

Media

Maria Ressa is being the quintessential ARROGANT American

July 9, 2019 benign0 7 Comments

Who does she think she is? It seems Rappler CEO Maria Ressa believes (1) she is above Philippine law, (2) that she can simply reframe several charges against her into a single “press freedom” crusade, and (3) that engaging the services of an “intrnational human rights lawyer” will make her position before any Philippine court…

Crime, Media

It is the job of “activists” to react hysterically and the job of the President to stay composed

June 24, 2019 benign0 5 Comments

Opposition “thought” leaders of late have now focused on monitoring Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s public responses to various circuses stirred up by the Philippine media. Like kibitzers in a street fight, they are egging the President to issue more provocative responses. This, in essence, is the “activist” call of the Philippine Opposition brains trust: Hawakan…

Media, Politics

Shrill IRRESPONSIBILITY unites the Opposition and Media in war mongering against China

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 benign0 5 Comments

Did the Philippine government cause the collision between the Chinese vessel and the Filipino fishing boat at Reed Bank? For that matter, did the Chinese government cause it? The way certain “thought leaders” and “activists” of the current Opposition carry on screeching about going to war with China, you’d think the governments of both countries…

Government, Media

Former President BS Aquino was an even bigger sucker to China than President Duterte ever was

June 18, 2019 benign0 33 Comments

Filipinos of all people should know that you need strong and capable enforcement to ensure compliance to the law. They, after all, form a society of people that don’t generally abide by the law unless subject to a big stick. Look at Manila’s streets and you will find multiple layers of redundant enforcement measures —…

Crime, Government, Media

Philippine Media need to ditch the idea of being an “opposition media” to regain public trust

June 11, 2019 benign0 6 Comments

It is high time we all take a second look at the whole idea that an “opposition media” is God’s greatest gift to society. This has long been a key feature of the rhetoric of the Old Guard of the Aquino-Cojuangco feudal clan which ruled the Philippines’ political narrative for almost four decades. It is…

Media

The Philippine Opposition need to take time out to heal

May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 benign0 8 Comments

Loss sucks. Nobody likes to lose — not even those in the Opposition who have, over the last several years, lost a lot. Thing is, the way one behaves when in a situation that sucks is what defines one’s character. It is quite evident that the Opposition are not taking a rare opportunity to pause…

Media, Politics

Bikoy saga: a crooked Philippine media uncritically delivers a crook’s message

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 benign0 19 Comments

The world will never run out of scammers but the big problem, specially in the Philippines, is that mainstream media keep giving air time to them. Recent events in light of the “sudden” emergence of the supposed man behind “Bikoy”, Peter Joemel Advincula prove this. In our more than a decade of blogging we’ve seen…

Crime, Media