Category: Media

The hypocrisy in the petition to shut down Mocha Uson’s Facebook page

Posted on By benign0 11 Comments on The hypocrisy in the petition to shut down Mocha Uson’s Facebook page

A petition to suspend the Facebook page of Mocha Uson, a Filipino celebrity blogger and staunch supporter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, is making the rounds. The Suspend Mocha Uson Blog Facebook Page on Change.org has, as of this writing, attracted almost 26,000 signatories with the following write up set to be “delivered” to Facebook….

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Media, Politics, Society, Tech Talk

IATROGENICS: Why Rappler is Becoming a Victim of Its Own Medicine

Posted on By Marcus 26 Comments on IATROGENICS: Why Rappler is Becoming a Victim of Its Own Medicine

Hashtags:     #TakeBackMariaRessa     #OmidyarNetwork I can only feel for Maria Ressa. Her motherly interest to defend her team from criticism resulted in more harm rather than good. Nassim Nicholas Taleb comes to mind. He coined the the term “naive interventionism”, from iatrogenics in the medical field. Iatrogenics is a case wherein a…

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Media, Politics, Science

Rashomon Effect: The Self-serving Interest of Mainstream Media and the People

Posted on By Marcus 46 Comments on Rashomon Effect: The Self-serving Interest of Mainstream Media and the People

This is in response to Maria Ressa’s comment on a post dated October 5, 2016. John, sino ba’ng hindi gustong magkaisa? Understand we all live in the Philippines, and every policy affects each and every Filipino. I think we differ in critical thinking and the role of journalism: we believe that no matter who’s in…

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Government, Media, Politics, Technology

Duterte leaves Al Jazeera reporters stumped by his elegantly simple answers

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte faced Al Jazeera‘s Jamela Alindogan and Wayne Hay in an interview conducted the 15th October 2016 in Malacanang palace. The first of two instalments of the video recording of the interview made available on YouTube is shown below. The key topics raised by Alindogan and Hay revolved mainly around two issues…

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Crime, Government, Media

According to Maria Ressa, an army of bots, sock puppets and a sexy blogger is terrorising Rappler

Posted on By benign0 35 Comments on According to Maria Ressa, an army of bots, sock puppets and a sexy blogger is terrorising Rappler

So is there really an army of “bots” that rampage through the Internet “trolling” social media and attacking hapless corporate news media sites? According to Maria Ressa, CEO of “social news media” site Rappler, there really is such an army of darkness. Ressa insists that we are in the midst of a “propaganda war” and…

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Culture, Media, Politics

Agot Isidro showed her ignorance and lack of breeding when she called Duterte a psychopath

Posted on By Ilda 113 Comments on Agot Isidro showed her ignorance and lack of breeding when she called Duterte a psychopath

Former Filipino celebrity Agot Isidro found new fame as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s critic. In a recent Facebook post, she played psychiatrist and diagnosed Duterte as a psychopath: Unang-una, walang umaaway sa iyo. As a matter of fact, ikaw ang nang-aaway. Pangalawa, yung bansa Kung saan ka inuluklok ng 16 million out of 100+ million…

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Media, Politics, Society

According to Agot Isidro, Filipinos may as well DIE if deprived of foreign aid

Posted on By benign0 42 Comments on According to Agot Isidro, Filipinos may as well DIE if deprived of foreign aid

Renowned Filipino thought leader Agot Isidro is on the warpath, and the object of her ire is no less than Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. In a treatise against his government posted on Facebook, the showbiz artist issued a pointed diagnosis to Duterte. According to Isidro, he is a “psychopath”… Unang-una, walang umaaway sa iyo. As…

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Development, Media, Society

Journalism is not a crime but some ‘journalists’ are downright crooked

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Much as it may have pained the editors of mainstream news sites like the Inquirer.net, a Get Real Post comment featured on GRPundit on the 1st October 2016, Reporters Karen Lema and Manuel Mogato of @Reuters LIED about the Duterte “Hitler” quote, was consistently cited as the place where it all started. They refer to…

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Crime, Media, Politics