Lynching Trump
In the aftermath of the attack on the United States Capitol building last January 6 by some of US President Donald Trump’s supporters, many people condemned Trump for having been …
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Filipino kids should learn politics from QUALIFIED people and not from street “activists”
Would any sensible parent encourage their kids to learn about sex on the streets from other kids? Certainly not. Why then would they allow their kids to learn most of …
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Facebook users should be left to decide what is fake and what is authentic
When Rappler CEO Maria Ressa announced what was supposed to be a momentous “partnering” of her “social news network” and Vera Files with social media giant Facebook to “fact check” …
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Rappler turns Facebook into a mainstream news outlet by becoming its “fact checker”
Nowadays, very few people will argue against the reality that mainstream news media organisations are suffering a double-edged crisis of relevance and public trust. Newspapers, conventional broadcast news, and, now, …
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A post-Facebook world
Like Bill Gates back in the turn of the century, the world’s biggest man of the hour, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is having his day on the grill. And like …
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Big Sisters are Watching: Rappler and Vera Files set to become Facebook’s INFORMATION POLICE!
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 …
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Does One’s Right to Free Speech End Where Someone’s Feelings Begin?
So in my last article, I suggested the importance of tolerance. I suggested that at the end of the day, this whole homosexuality and homophobia issue that seems to have …
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Taboo Topics In the Philippines (And Why We Need To Discuss Them)
“Taboo” a word that can be best amount to “abominable subject matter”. A taboo can encompass a lot of things. From things you would never do to things that you …
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