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Claims that the Philippines is a “war zone” all DISCREDITED. So what’s next?

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Claims that the Philippines is a “war zone” all DISCREDITED. So what’s next?

Despite a vast international fear mongering initiative mounted by Rappler CEO Maria Ressa to paint the Philippines as a blood-soaked “war zone”, very few are convinced that the Philippines is a bloody mess. Indeed, what actually came out of all that are revelations that Ressa lied about her claim that she knew a thing or…

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Crime, Media

Ph media should focus on reporting about the #2019SEAGames and not on making THEMSELVES the news

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Ph media should focus on reporting about the #2019SEAGames and not on making THEMSELVES the news

After making an ass of themselves slandering the effort to prepare for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, the Philippine media have a lot of work to do to redeem themselves. To do this, they will need to prove that they are worthy of re-earning the public trust that they had lost. This means they need…

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Glitz and Glamour, Media

Why “journalism” will NEVER be the right channel for delivering reliable FACTS

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Why “journalism” will NEVER be the right channel for delivering reliable FACTS

If people think imposing more controls on social media will change the fortunes of Big Traditional Corporate News Media, they’ll likely be in for a shock. The truth about “journalism” is that it is a profession that relies on a rather primitive aspect of the human condition — emotionalism. “Journalists” are in constant search of…

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Maria Ressa is proof that Corporate Media are no longer credible reporters of “news”

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Maria Ressa is proof that Corporate Media are no longer credible reporters of “news”

“How do you solve a problem like Maria?” This is the song the world’s Big Corporate Media organisations should be coming together to sing. Maria Ressa, CEO of the Philippines’ “social news network” Rappler has, again, given the broadcast news industry a bad name. During this year’s so-called “Global Conference on Media Freedom” held in…

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Shrill IRRESPONSIBILITY unites the Opposition and Media in war mongering against China

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Shrill IRRESPONSIBILITY unites the Opposition and Media in war mongering against China

Did the Philippine government cause the collision between the Chinese vessel and the Filipino fishing boat at Reed Bank? For that matter, did the Chinese government cause it? The way certain “thought leaders” and “activists” of the current Opposition carry on screeching about going to war with China, you’d think the governments of both countries…

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Government, Media

Philippine Media need to ditch the idea of being an “opposition media” to regain public trust

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Philippine Media need to ditch the idea of being an “opposition media” to regain public trust

It is high time we all take a second look at the whole idea that an “opposition media” is God’s greatest gift to society. This has long been a key feature of the rhetoric of the Old Guard of the Aquino-Cojuangco feudal clan which ruled the Philippines’ political narrative for almost four decades. It is…

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Rappler LINKED to a media alliance mounting a concerted vilification campaign against Duterte!

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Rappler LINKED to a media alliance mounting a concerted vilification campaign against Duterte!

No less than Manila Times publisher Dante Ang himself writes the report following an investigation into a network of organisations supposedly representing the Philippines’ “journalism” profession. Occupying a prominent space within the network Ang describes in his explosive exposé OUST-DUTERTE PLOT BARED is “social news network” Rappler and a bevy of personalities associated to it…

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Opposition influencers like @GretchenHo need to come up with better arguments than “paid troll”

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Opposition influencers like @GretchenHo need to come up with better arguments than “paid troll”

Of late, “thought leaders” and “influencers” of the Philippine Opposition have been cheering the removal of a couple hundred Facebook pages associated with Nic Gabanuda, purported “social media manager” of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The takedown is hailed by the Opposition as a triumph (presumably of their camp) in the so-called “war against disinformation”. However,…

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