Tag: journalism

Washington Post “report” by Regine Cabato claiming Twitter suspended pro-Duterte accounts is MISLEADING

April 11, 2020 benign0 5 Comments

A Washington Post article authored by Philippine correspondent Regine Cabato claiming that “Twitter suspends accounts defending Philippine government response to coronavirus pandemic” seems to have been either taken down or has since been buried. The article was widely shared over social media yesterday. Opposition “thought leader” and self-described “social media expert” Noemi Dado, in a…

Media

Why is the media giving Vico Sotto more than his fair share of exposure?

March 19, 2020March 20, 2020 benign0 8 Comments

It’s likely because Vico Sotto, Mayor of Pasig City is the son of showbiz personalities. His mother is Coney Reyes Mumar, former co-host of hit noontime TV variety show Student Canteen. His father is mega-star Vic Sotto, brother to Senate President Tito Sotto and a member of the huge comedy trio act Tito Vic and…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Reporters Without Borders Lists Duterte Admin As Press Freedom Digital Predator

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 P. Farol 7 Comments

I do not necessarily agree with Reporters Without Borders listing of the Philippine government or the Duterte Administration as a press freedom digital predator because of the opposition faced by ABS-CBN’s efforts to renew its legislative franchise. In fact, I continue to be skeptical of foreign “press organizations” that continue to publish reports and ratings…

Government, Media

Let us all please FACT CHECK the VERA Files “fact check” on Drilon’s dozing off incident on TV!

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 benign0 5 Comments

A recent “fact check” done by “investigative journalist” Ellen Tordesillas’s agency VERA Files — a so-called “independent fact checker” of Facebook — asserts that Senator Franklin Drilon did not doze off during an interview with CNN Philippines’ Pinky Webb on her show The Source. In their report “VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza, RJ Nieto…

Media

Emotional testimonials from fans won’t change FACTS nor help ABS-CBN in court

February 16, 2020 Ilda 4 Comments

Pro ABS-CBN activists need to come up with better arguments to support their favourite mass media network. Notice how ABS-CBN supporters are making narratives out of how they and their families here and abroad are so attached to their favourite shows from the network and how it has helped them cope with life? That’s all…

Media

Media people are not victims. They are members of big powerful organisations with lots of money!

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

One of the most persistent legacies of the 1986 Yellowtard Revolution is the idea that media people are both “heroes” in the fight against and “victims” of oppression and tyranny. Often, the villains in their self-authored tales of victimhood are state armed forces such as the police and the Army. As such, the most iconic…

Media

Will it really matter if ABS-CBN were to disappear tomorrow?

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 benign0 6 Comments

One would think that, in an industry where creativity and originality are critical competitive edges to succeed, certain people would have learnt by now that it is important that messaging be continuously tested, evaluated, and tweaked for effectiveness. Not the Inquirer Editor though as is evident in the latest of his Op-Ed pieces making a…

Media

There are worse people than Andal Ampatuan Jr and they are among us

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 benign0 10 Comments

Frankly I fail to be impressed by all the huffing and puffing about how “shocking” the massacre of 58 people is allegedly in the hands of warlord Andal Ampatuan Jr. I also fail to be impressed by the people who are grandstanding about calls for “justice” and close public scrutiny of (and the proposed televising)…

Crime, Media, Society