Category: Media

Philippine mainstream media in all-out effort to bury #CocoyGate ‘fake news’ scandal!

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Back in October 2016, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa wrote about how an army of trolls have “weaponized the Internet” and that she is the protagonist in a “propaganda war” waged by an enemy that is “chipping away at facts, using half-truths that fabricate an alternative reality by merging the power of bots and fake accounts…

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Media, Society

The CBCP became a source of ‘fake news’ when it published a list of ‘fake news’ sites

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This is in response to the list of “fake news” sites published by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) which included GetRealPhilippines.com. We did not respond to this initially because we thought it was too ridiculous to be taken seriously. The lack of a sound basis and coherent set of criteria applied to…

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Here’s why it’s hard to feel sorry for ‘unmasked’ anonymous bloggers…

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It’s a jungle out there, so goes the words of caution that we, our elders, and friends often throw out. Once we step outside our comfort zones, we soon realize – usually the hard way – that the world outside them is unforgiving, brutal, and not for the faint of heart. Whatever rules and conventions…

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Crime, Media, Politics

To @RapplerDotCom ‘thought leader’ @seclaudio: Apology accepted

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You don’t need to be a perfect, sinless person to be a critic. You just need to be consistent and rational. More importantly, what you shouldn’t be is a shill like Rappler “thought leader” Sylvia Estrada Claudio who, in her latest “thought” piece I apologize for being a critic, issued this vow: As a way…

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Culture, Lifestyle, Media

Hey #CarlosConde ! Who Did You Say Was DOING LITTLE To Keep Journos Safe?

Posted on By P. Farol 6 Comments on Hey #CarlosConde ! Who Did You Say Was DOING LITTLE To Keep Journos Safe?

A friend warned me that calling you out on your unfair treatment of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) would encourage your meal ticket, the Human Rights Watch organization, to increase funding for your operations as its Asia Division researcher. I told them that I’ll risk it and make you appear to be…

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Government, Media

Here’s why ‘accreditation’ of bloggers and social media ‘practitioners’ is a ridiculous idea

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Across the political spectrum, Filipinos still completely miss the point of social media and the so-called “free market of ideas” it represents. The latest project of Malacanang allowing “bloggers with a following of more than 5,000 to cover presidential events” is attracting a lot of questions. Unfortunately, true to form, all the questions being asked…

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Media

Human Rights Watch Utter Lack Credibility Endangers True Human Rights Vigilance

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Human Rights Watch is now currently known in the Philippines as the go to organization when it comes to anti-Duterte propaganda. This is chiefly because its Asia division researcher Carlos H. Conde is rabidly anti-Duterte, claiming to have investigated the human rights violations of Duterte and the Davao Death Squad. But of what quality is…

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Human Rights Watch Researcher Carlos H. Conde’s Ignorant Report on Media Security

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Human Rights Watch makes a big deal about the supposed accomplishments of their Asia division researcher Carlos Conde as a journalist by citing his 20 years experience as journalist as well as having been a stringer for New York Times and Herald Tribune. But as a “journalist” Conde failed miserably. According to Rappler and GMA…

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