Tag: journalism

Ressa cries bloody ‘libel!’ – When will Rappler.com get it?

January 14, 2012August 7, 2013 benign0 21 Comments

Interesting the way Rappler.com CEO Maria Ressa cries bloody libel over Katrina Stuart-Santiago’s article Going to the dogs — an article about the manner with which Ressa’s self-described “social news network” startup precipitated (and possibly encouraged) a broader “ganging up” on the University of Santo Tomas over a perceived favour it granted to Chief Justice…

Media, Politics, Tech Talk

The business of journalism: a challenge of making money without selling your soul

January 4, 2012July 5, 2017 benign0 33 Comments

This is a similar problem I was trying to highlight when I responded to Irene (@mindanaoan) in a Twitter.com tweet with this: “That’s the trouble when society relies on altruism. [You] get into uncomfortable relationships. State services get less personal.” This is after she tweeted about how she “found out that Philip Morris – yep,…

Civics, Education, Media, Politics

The official definition of ‘social news network’ @rapplerdotcom

January 2, 2012October 12, 2016 benign0 39 Comments

I came across some chatter on Twitter today regarding some kind of issue around something “veteran journalist” Marites Vitug wrote about the Philippines’ University of Santo Tomas reportedly granting a doctorate in law, summa cum laude, to Chief Justice Renato Corona without requiring a dissertation. I’m thinking, whatever. Granting degrees and distinctions on any person,…

Media, Tech Talk

Jose Vargas: Does ‘coming out clean’ compensate for a life of deception?

August 25, 2011 Iya-J 11 Comments

It irritates me to a great extent whenever I encounter or hear about other people in the United States stealing resources that should only belong to American Citizens. Take the case of Jose Vargas, a journalist who wrote about the Virginia Tech shooting and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for it. He came to the…

Civics, Culture, Society

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