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Overuse has made the term “fake news” meaningless

Posted on February 1, 2018 By benign0 4 Comments on Overuse has made the term “fake news” meaningless
Overuse has made the term “fake news” meaningless

“Fake news” this and “fake news” that. But does anyone really know what “fake news” is? The fact is, “fake news” has become a term that is bandied around the most by wannabe “activists” who couldn’t be bothered to define terms clearly first before building entire “advocacies” around these. The Collins dictionary defines “fake news”…

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Media

“Wisdom of the crowds” and “power to the people” debunked: What’s next for democracy and social media?

Posted on January 31, 2018 By benign0 5 Comments on “Wisdom of the crowds” and “power to the people” debunked: What’s next for democracy and social media?
“Wisdom of the crowds” and “power to the people” debunked: What’s next for democracy and social media?

You’d think the Senate probe on “fake news” would be an undertaking in aid of legislation. Thus the presumption underlying such a probe is that some sort of legislation will be proposed to address the “problem” of “fake news”. So what exactly is the “problem” with “fake news”? One thing that could be noted in…

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Media, Politics, Society

The KEY to a truly intelligent political discourse that ordinary Filipinos can relate with

Posted on January 25, 2018 By benign0 5 Comments on The KEY to a truly intelligent political discourse that ordinary Filipinos can relate with
The KEY to a truly intelligent political discourse that ordinary Filipinos can relate with

I came up with a new public relations (PR) concept for Malacanang. I call it the Flypaper Trick. To understand this trick, a brief explanation of how flypaper works is in order. Flypaper is a sheet of paper coated with a strong adhesive that attracts flies that happen to be buzzing around. A fly that…

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Development, Economy, Money Talks

Does Maria Ressa want Facebook banned in the Philippines?

Posted on January 24, 2018January 31, 2018 By benign0 6 Comments on Does Maria Ressa want Facebook banned in the Philippines?
Does Maria Ressa want Facebook banned in the Philippines?

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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Media, Tech Talk

Lazy journalism: Is Filipino public sentiment really against Mocha Uson’s UST award?

Posted on January 24, 2018 By benign0 4 Comments on Lazy journalism: Is Filipino public sentiment really against Mocha Uson’s UST award?
Lazy journalism: Is Filipino public sentiment really against Mocha Uson’s UST award?

So Mocha Uson plans to return her “Thomasian Alumni Award for Government Service” and University of Santo Tomas (UST) Alumni Association president Henry Tenedero has resigned following unfavourable “Netizens’ reactions”. Both are responses to the “public backlash” resulting from the latter granting this award to the earlier. Presumably, the so-called negative “Netizens’ reactions” is representative…

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Media

Good Filipino Catholics agree: Mocha Uson deserves her UST award!

Posted on January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 By benign0 4 Comments on Good Filipino Catholics agree: Mocha Uson deserves her UST award!
Good Filipino Catholics agree: Mocha Uson deserves her UST award!

People who are frothing in the mouth over the University of Santo Tomas’s (UST) Alumni Association awarding Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson distinction for government service should just get over it. “Awards” by institutions nowadays have long been under blanket suspicion anyway. Data generated by social media activity had taken over as more reliable indicators of…

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Education, Religion

@Facebook’s troubles started when it implemented its newsfeed algorithm to decide what we “wanted”

Posted on January 15, 2018 By benign0 3 Comments on @Facebook’s troubles started when it implemented its newsfeed algorithm to decide what we “wanted”
@Facebook’s troubles started when it implemented its newsfeed algorithm to decide what we “wanted”

Following the screeching fits of people like Rappler CEO Maria Ressa who put the blame on the so-called modern-day “scourge” of “fake news” squarely on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has struck back. Zuck has reportedly axed news media’s access to our prized Facebook newsfeeds and pulled the revenue rug from under the feet of news media…

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Media, Tech Talk

Baffling logic: Maria Ressa blames Facebook for the Philippines’ political dysfunction

Posted on January 6, 2018 By benign0 8 Comments on Baffling logic: Maria Ressa blames Facebook for the Philippines’ political dysfunction
Baffling logic: Maria Ressa blames Facebook for the Philippines’ political dysfunction

There is something disturbingly familiar about the way Maria Ressa, CEO of “social news network” Rappler, blames social media giant Facebook for her troubles and even that of the Philippines’. In a recent tweet, Ressa cites the news report, Mark Zuckerberg makes ‘fixing’ Facebook a personal goal for 2018 (which she republished on Rappler) and…

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Politics, Society, Tech Talk

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