Category: Media

Pretty sure Xian Gaza had already been friendzoned by Erich Gonzales

July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 Kate Natividad 7 Comments

It’s another one of those really bizarre trending “issues” in the Philippines. Apparently the Pinoy Net is abuzz not over the recent Supreme Court affirmation of Duterte’s Mindanao Martial Law but around that other bigger issue of global consequence, a billboard put up by businessman Xian Gaza who is “CEO of Guanxiqian Group” according to…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media

Despite losing, Manny Pacquiao earned $10m while Jeff Horn earned only $500,000

July 2, 2017July 2, 2017 benign0 6 Comments

So one shouldn’t really cry for Manny Pacquiao. After all, both Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn are professional athletes. They make money whether they win or lose. In fact, despite losing the bout, Pacquiao will take home far more money than Horn. According to the Bleacher Report Horn is guaranteed just $500,000 from the bout…

Culture, Media, Politics

Mocha Uson has become part of ‘edited’ mainstream media

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 benign0 2 Comments

The brouhaha around Malacanang Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson now having “editors” for her blog raises questions around the whole point of “social media management”. It becomes an issue of authenticity. Mocha Uson has more than 5 million followers most of whom were amassed during her time as an erotic blogger and performing artist. During the…

Government, Media

Why the CBCP is not a credible judge of who or what is “fake” or authentic

June 27, 2017October 30, 2021 benign0 13 Comments

It is quite rich that the venerable Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) would so pompously issue a list of Websites Carrying False or Unverified Contents [sic]. This is coming from a clique of renowned Filipino “thought leaders” who endorse medieval ideas like creationism and, as a matter of policy, apply only circular logic…

Media, Religion, Science

Leni Robredo should redeem Trillanes’s dignity after it was crushed by the BBC’s #HARDtalk

June 26, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

Philippine “senator” Antonio Trillanes’s epic choke during an interview with Stephen Sackur in the BBC’s HARDtalk programme last week all but highlighted the sad disarray of the Philippine Opposition. Indeed, last week was a perfect storm as it saw the coming together of insight into just how inutile the Philippine Opposition of today has become….

Media, Politics

Here is why the ‘fake news’ scare doesn’t resonate with Filipinos…

June 25, 2017 FallenAngel 7 Comments

Because of the hardship of life in Filipino society – the degree of self-imposition of such hardship is another matter – a few behaviors seem deeply ingrained in the average Filipinos’ psyche: they will take any shortcut possible (even if illegal), they will resort to penny-pinching, and they will easily buy into things whose integrity…

Lifestyle, Media, Society

People shrieking about ‘fake news’ are starting to sound like The Boy Who Cried Wolf

June 24, 2017June 27, 2022 benign0 4 Comments

People who keep shrieking about “fake news” are overdoing it. They are now starting to come across like The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The tale of The Boy Who Cries Wolf concerns a shepherd boy who repeatedly tricks nearby villagers into thinking wolves are attacking his flock. When a wolf actually does appear and the…

Media, Society

Trillanes TV meltdown a fatal blow to the credibility of the Philippine Opposition

June 23, 2017 benign0 14 Comments

Following the “burning” of Philippine “senator” Antonio Trillanes IV on live TV in the BBC talk show HARDtalk, attention now turns to a beleaguered Opposition faced with the hard question: What now? Trillanes, after all, had been one of if not the most aggressive of the Philippine Opposition’s attack dogs. Now reduced to a national…

Media, Politics