Tag: maria ressa

MalacaÃ±ang spokesman Edwin Lacierda caught trolling on Twitter!

March 4, 2013 benign0 13 Comments

As social media “thought leader” Maria Ressa once extolled all who apply the wondrous technological phenomenon known as “social media”, just be yourself. Caught on record is MalacaÃ±ang top spokesperson Edwin Lacierda (a.k.a. @dawende on Twitter) being himself in a Twitter exchange with a certain @ComplainerChua on the 3rd of March… * * * TheComplainer…

Government, Media, Tech Talk

The Online Media Business Model: Rappler Shows Us How to Do It Wrong

February 3, 2013April 12, 2018 BenK 5 Comments

For an entity that has spent a little over a year aggressively trying to convince the rest of us that it is some kind of â€œphenomenon,â€ just what, exactly, the creamsicle-themed â€œsocial news networkâ€ website Rappler is supposed to be is a question thatâ€™s still looking for an answer. And recent speculation about Rapplerâ€™s ownership…

Media, Money Talks

Crowdsourcing the Maria Ressa and Lilibeth Frondoso tsismis

January 17, 2013January 18, 2013 benign0 11 Comments

To give credit to ‘investigative journalist’ Raissa Robles, who pioneered the journalistic technique of investigative crowdsourcing, blog comment threads are indeed treasure troves of dirt on a who’s-who list of the Philippines’ hottest celebrities. People can be called out for shoplifting just on the basis of hearsay, and the portfolios of Chief Justices laid bare…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Media

Who are behind DMT Ice Angels who own 17 percent of Rappler?

January 15, 2013 benign0 19 Comments

Indeed, it’s been one of Philippine Media’s greatest non-mysteries: the question of who owns “social news network” (pa)hipster news site Rappler.com. According to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, all the answers to that question are in their sanitised About page which features a list of its illustrious Board members. But ever since a quick-and-dirty exposÃ© (actually,…

Media, Politics, Tech Talk

The cybercrime of libel and why Maria Ressa may have compromised the mission of Rappler dot com

October 3, 2012January 22, 2018 benign0 2 Comments

As the debate over the prospect of the continued efficacy, eventual repeal, or possible amendment of the recently-enacted Republic Act 10175 (a.k.a. the Philippine Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012) lights up the Philippine social media “activism” scene, there remains the elephant in the room highlighted by blogger Jaime Oscar Salazar who goes by the handle…

Civics, Crime, Media

PNoy’s call for a re-writing of Philippine history: Will it change the future for Filipinos?

September 23, 2012September 23, 2012 benign0 33 Comments

According to Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III, history taught in Philippine schools should consist only of “truthful information” and not “the web of lies spun by propagandists and revisionists.” This is what he makes the underlying principle in his latest project — to rewrite Filipino history books according to what he thinks actually…

Development, Education, Politics

Rappler.com in bed with SMART in social media promo

September 19, 2012August 7, 2013 benign0 5 Comments

What exactly is the mission of “social news network” organisation Rappler.com? Is it to inform the public? Or is it to make news? I read about the most recent event it organised at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) campus, “the 7th leg of its “Social Media for Social Change Chat Series” today”,…

Education, Media, Money Talks

Why are mental health concerns constantly dogging the administration of President Noynoy Aquino?

September 6, 2012August 29, 2018 benign0 63 Comments

Why is it that issues of mental health and emotional maturity seem to stick to the Yellow camp of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III like a bad rash? During the the 2009-2010 presidential campaign, observations emerged around what increasingly seemed to be a cult-like following emerging around the Aquino camp composed of what many…

Government, Media, Politics, Religion