Category: Politics

Baffling logic: Maria Ressa blames Facebook for the Philippines’ political dysfunction

January 6, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

There is something disturbingly familiar about the way Maria Ressa, CEO of “social news network” Rappler, blames social media giant Facebook for her troubles and even that of the Philippines’. In a recent tweet, Ressa cites the news report, Mark Zuckerberg makes ‘fixing’ Facebook a personal goal for 2018 (which she republished on Rappler) and…

Politics, Society, Tech Talk

Annoyance is a political platform: Why Inday Sara Duterte should run for a Senate seat

January 5, 2018 benign0 3 Comments

Inday Sara Duterte, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, is in the running for a seat in the Philippine Senate according to recent surveys that put her within the “Magic 12” list of “winnable” contenders. She should take the shot. According to her, only annoyance for her father’s critics will be an incentive to run……

Politics, Society

So what if Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called “Netizens” ‘ulol’ and ‘gago’?

January 2, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

If we recall, current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said far worse things. And yet here he is, the winner of the 2016 Philippine presidential elections. Democracy, right? Gatchalian is the current Yellowtard flypaper of the moment. A who’s-who of Yellowtards are buzzing around him after he called “Netizens” who responded to a tweet he fielded…

Lifestyle, Politics

“Cleaning up toxic waste” – can Rappler’s Maria Ressa get Facebook to get rid of pro-Duterte accounts?

December 31, 2017January 1, 2018 FallenAngel 7 Comments

A comment on social media asks: who would win? A social media “giant”? Or a bunch of Filipinos tapping away on Facebook? In this case, the former pertains to none other than Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. On the other side, you’ve got a great many Filipino Facebook (FB) users who also happen to be supporters…

Media, Politics, Tech Talk

Western media clueless about Philippine affairs, easily falls for Maria Ressa’s desperate lies

December 31, 2017December 31, 2017 benign0 22 Comments

The year 2017 is drawing to a close and, despite the emotional screeching of Philippine Opposition elements, the country does not seem any more “authoritarian” (or not authoritarian) than it was back at the dawn of 2016. Just the same, the objective fact that the Philippines remains as “democratic” as it’s ever supposedly been does…

Media, Politics

Liberation from the Liberal Party: Should Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg be named a Philippine hero?

December 30, 2017 zaxx 21 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook platform gave Filipinos what Noynoy’s Liberal Party administration failed to deliver: Freedom of Information. Facebook broke the chains that held Filipinos captive for decades – bound to the deception and mass propaganda of the Liberal Party and their Yellowtard media machinery, which relentlessly spewed out toxic praises to the fake hero and…

Media, Politics

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa spreads fake news that Duterte is “authoritarian” and Zuckerberg is “greedy”

December 30, 2017 Ilda 18 Comments

There are people who show their ignorance without realising it. These people champion themselves as moral crusaders and behave like they are God’s gifts to humanity. They think they have the moral high-ground when it comes to how people should conduct themselves especially on social media. Take the case of social news network Rappler CEO…

Media, Politics

A desperate Maria Ressa blames Facebook for Rappler’s inevitable demise

December 29, 2017 benign0 27 Comments

Maria Ressa, CEO of “social news site” Rappler has gone too far. Rather than own up to her failure to build a credible news media organisation that could compete in the free market of ideas, she, instead, takes it upon herself to appoint Facebook as “the new gatekeeper to information” and then proceed to accuse…

Media, Politics

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