Tag: press freedom

“Press freedom” was killed by Filipino LAZINESS and not by the Philippine government

January 21, 2018January 21, 2018 benign0 20 Comments

The so-called “Black Friday Defend Press Freedom” rally organised to re-package Rappler‘s corporate compliance issue into a “press freedom” issue turned out to be a mere fart in the wind. The rally, held at a Quezon City roundabout commemorating boy scouts who died in a plane crash, did not attract enough participants to fill even…

Media, Politics, Society

The Real Threats to Press Freedom in the Philippines

January 20, 2018January 20, 2018 ChinoF 6 Comments

With the revoking of Rappler’s license to operate as a business, “opposition” were hopping mad about it being a dictatorship move and suppression of freedom of speech. But those are not what happened. What happened is that one of the real threats to press freedom and freedom of expression was brought to account. I’m not…

Media

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is a FAKE VICTIM because she is a crime SUSPECT

January 19, 2018 benign0 14 Comments

It would seem, indeed, that Rappler was “targetted” by the Philippine government when it was singled out for shut down through action channeled via the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on charges of accepting foreign funds in exchange for some degree of control. Some “journalists” have incorporated that notion into the “assault on free speech”…

Crime, Media

Rappler supporters use their foreign media allies to exploit Filipino colonial mentality

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 benign0 4 Comments

As the outrage fad surrounding the shuttering of Rappler by the Philippines’ Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) rages on, we have so far observed a couple of things: (1) CEO Maria Ressa has been attempting to spin this as a “press freedom” issue to distract the public from her failures as CEO and (2) the…

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Duterte overthrown by a revolt led by Rappler CEO Maria Ressa: a scenario analysis

January 18, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

Though difficult to tell for sure, the Opposition led by the Liberal Party (the Yellowtards) gained some measure of success in spinning what was primarily a citation of lapses in corporate compliance on the part of “social news network” Rappler into an issue of “press freedom”. Led by its embattled CEO Maria Ressa, the Yellowtards…

Media, Politics

The notion that “fighting for Rappler” equals “fighting for press freedom” is stupid and DANGEROUS

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

The game is up for Maria Ressa. As CEO of embattled “social news network” Rappler, she should have been on top of her company’s risk exposure to the business environment — including the regulatory framework in the country within which her business operates. She and her cheering squad used the argument that the Securities and…

Media, Society

Will global ‘outrage’ over jailed Al Jazeera journalists turn into CONCRETE action?

June 24, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Global outrage has erupted over the harsh prison sentences meted out to Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed last Monday. The three were successfully prosecuted in an Egyptian court for allegedly “undermining” Egypt’s “national security” supposedly by supplying false news and aiding terrorist movements deemed threats to the Egyptian government. Being…

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