We beg to differ.
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…
Read More “Rashomon Effect: The Self-serving Interest of Mainstream Media and the People” »
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…
Read More “Duterte leaves Al Jazeera reporters stumped by his elegantly simple answers” »
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…
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…
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…
Read More “According to Agot Isidro, Filipinos may as well DIE if deprived of foreign aid” »
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…
Read More “Journalism is not a crime but some ‘journalists’ are downright crooked” »
De Lima’s EJK Witness Testimony Discredited Senator Leila De Lima, yet again, walked out of the Senate’s inquiry on extra judicial killings. Trailing her teary exit were words from Senate Committee Justice Chairman Dick Gordon pointing out that it was cowardice to walk out of the senate inquiry. Prior to the dramatic turn in the…
Read More “Senator Cayetano Dares Foreign Media To Admit They Were Fooled” »
I’ve already said what I needed to say about over-romanticism in mainstream Philippine media. Many times over in fact, now that I have time to recall. ChinoF, in his article here, even points out how the mainstream media is (often subtly but sometimes insultingly overtly) trying to convince its audiences that they aren’t beautiful (even…
Read More “The Philippine Mainstream Media Vs. The Filipino People’s Self-Worth” »