Category: Media

Maria Ressa plays the “Assault on Press Freedom” card again

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 benign0 6 Comments

With the impending arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, the usual clique “social justice warriors” (SJWs) are up in arms. But the Philippine government’s stand on the matter remains consistent. A statement released by the Department of Justice reads… Assistant State Prosecutor Zenamar Machacon-Caparros upheld the complaint filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)…

Crime, Media

We need to find a peacetime use for social media

November 23, 2018 benign0 4 Comments

Like most technologies that permeate society today, social media, as it turns out, originally came of age as a weapon. Though it was originally pitched as a peachy digital hangout for catching up with friends and as a platform for “activism” aimed at fostering “social good”, what it is really being used for today is…

Lifestyle, Media, Tech Talk

The difference between Duterte’s words and the Opposition’s

October 31, 2018November 1, 2018 FallenAngel 18 Comments

Essentially, a politician’s job is to convince his constituents to buy into his words. This usually involves convincing the voters that he best has their interests in mind. Or to be blunt about it, that his self-interests most closely align with their concerns. As I pointed out from the start of president Rodrigo Duterte’s term,…

Media, Politics

Maria Ressa’s obsession with Facebook is like that of a jilted lover over her ex

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 benign0 21 Comments

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa just can’t stop once she gets started about Facebook. Indeed, she got started on Facebook way back when she threw a massive embrace around the gargantuan social media platform in the early days when she pitched her organisation as a “social news network”. Like many media organisations at the time, Rappler…

Media, Tech Talk

Leila De Lima is fair game for comedy acts. Get over yourselves!

October 22, 2018 benign0 13 Comments

Opposition social media “activists” have recently been up in arms over the portrayal by a popular comedy act of Opposition Senator Leila De Lima who is in prison on charges of drug trafficking. In last Saturday’s episode of Vice Ganda’s It’s Showtime, Ganda and singer Jugs Jugueta made reference to De Lima’s incarceration with Ganda…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Article on self-important Rappler anti-fake-news “soldiers” published by @NYTimesWorld

October 10, 2018 benign0 4 Comments

You gotta hand it to the circlejerk relationship Rappler manages to cling on to with the New York Times. This recent article, Soldiers in Facebook’s War on Fake News Are Feeling Overrun makes like CEO Maria Ressa’s Rapplerettes are on a mission from God. The tone of the piece goes beyond drama into the realm…

Media, Tech Talk

Slug Headed Raissa Robles Publicly Displays Her Stupid Misunderstanding of Resolution of Both Houses Number 15

October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 P. Farol 5 Comments

What sets apart Raissa Robles and other yellow journos from the rest of the paid hacks that litter mainstream news media is that paid hacks can blame their patrons for whatever stupidity they publish. Raissa and her ilk only have themselves to blame for the mindless, delusional, and paranoid rants that they flood social media…

Government, Media

Prices beyond the reach of poor Filipinos because of “woke” millennials promoted by Rappler

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 benign0 26 Comments

The term “millennial” does not have noble origins. It is actually a concept cooked up by marketers and brand managers several years ago who wanted nothing more than a convenient catch-all for the next generation of suckers to sell useless stuff to. Millennials — specially in the setting of prosperous East Asian economies — are…

Lifestyle, Media, Money Talks