Tag: press freedom

Maria Ressa’s obsession with Facebook is like that of a jilted lover over her ex

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 benign0 21 Comments

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa just can’t stop once she gets started about Facebook. Indeed, she got started on Facebook way back when she threw a massive embrace around the gargantuan social media platform in the early days when she pitched her organisation as a “social news network”. Like many media organisations at the time, Rappler…

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Big Sisters are Watching: Rappler and Vera Files set to become Facebook’s INFORMATION POLICE!

April 12, 2018 benign0 11 Comments

A “report” published on Rappler today announced that the world’s largest social media corporation, Facebook, has enlisted the services of Rappler and Vera Files to provide “fact checking” services in the Philippines. According to the “fact checking process” to be followed under this arrangement, Rappler and Vera Files will be reviewing “flagged” stories and will,…

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Senate inquiry on “fake news” turns into pointless finger-pointing exercise

January 30, 2018 Ilda 28 Comments

It’s not clear what Senator Grace Poe as the chairman for the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media wanted to achieve in conducting a hearing on fake news. The hearing did not have any clear objective. Poe just allowed the resource speakers to state their claim and then… nothing. She doesn’t even ask for…

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Maria Ressa continues to LIE about the “death” of “press freedom” in the Philippines

January 30, 2018 benign0 10 Comments

It’s been several weeks since the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a shutter order to “social news network” Rappler for violation of constitutional provisions banning foreign control of media businesses in the country. Over that period, RapplerCEO Maria Ressa has campaigned vigorously to spin this compliance violation into one around an imagined issue…

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The ‘Free Market of Ideas’ is not for mainstream media to control

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

Just like how “fake news” exists (supposedly) because many people couldn’t be bothered to check before “liking” or “sharing”, a branded witchhunt targetting “fake news” could gain steam because people couldn’t be bothered to check first before embracing the notion of “fake news”. Let me explain why I used the word “branded” to qualify the…

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Some members of mainstream media are the real enemies of the Filipino people

January 29, 2018December 12, 2021 Ilda 7 Comments

Who are the real enemies of the Filipino people? No, it’s not the Chinese nor Americans. In fact, we don’t need to look too far to see that the real enemies are Filipinos themselves – those who will do anything including betray their own countrymen just to achieve their own personal agendas. They are rotten to…

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Does Maria Ressa want Facebook banned in the Philippines?

January 24, 2018January 31, 2018 benign0 6 Comments

Embattled Rappler CEO Maria Ressa seems to think it should be. According to Ressa, content allowed by Facebook to be shared on its site “threatens the country’s democracy.” Ressa adds… “We’re seeing our democracy eroding in front of our eyes and Facebook is the platform where it’s happening.” Ressa’s concern lies in planned changes to…

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Maria Ressa’s arrogance and sense of entitlement is ruining the Philippines’ reputation

January 23, 2018 Ilda 28 Comments

The concept behind the term accountability is not something some people find easy to understand. Taking accountability for one’s action seems so hard to do especially for people in denial they were in the wrong. There are some people who simply do not have the ability for introspection and blame others when they get in…

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