President Rodrigo Duterte issued a declaration just a few days ago: That Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is a fraud. As if the whole world—and that’s including her play-acting allies—did not know that fact for a while now. Maria Ressa is a fraud. And no amount of awards given by highly questionable award-giving bodies and unlimited…
In the past, our showbiz stars retained a kind of beauty and mystique that put them on a pedestal, removed and above the common man. The studios they belonged to made sure they were perfectly coiffed when they were seen in public, that they had a battery of publicists and managers to help them craft…
I just realized something in light of the recent events where the loudest voices are composed of the millennials and their younger ilk. In a recent article written by fellow contributor Chino Fernandez, he wrote: The wokes tend to complain about some oldies as being dictators and micromanagers of other people, or even right-wing and…
Trust Rappler to plumb the depths of bad taste just to find any semblance of legitimacy to their complicity to oust former chief justice Renato Corona and create an illusion of truthfulness to their libelous article that merited a conviction for both their CEO and reporter. On its Facebook page, it shared a post by…
Aside from that conviction where she cannot even come up with a single believable rebuttal against the complaints filed against her by a private person—relying instead on technicalities—Maria Ressa cannot even debunk allegations about her citizenship and the shady business practices of Rappler often reported in a small sector of mainstream media. For the longest…
Just take a look at any of the mainstream media organizations in the Philippines and abroad and 8 times out of 10 you’ll see or read articles that make a martyr out of convicted felon Maria Ressa. From opinion makers to straight “news” stories, they always paint the libelous American as some kind of fallen…
For some insane reason, counsels of convicted felon Maria Ressa opted to gamble on winning by technicalities instead of meeting the issues put forward by complainant Keng head on. Did they expect that the trial court will lay out jurisprudence to get them off or were they banking that the appellate process will? Because it…
To pretend an appreciation for this contrived drama will be more difficult than completing a dissertation in astro-physics. Still, my grudging admiration for the marketing savvy behind this pseudo-documentary, which rises to the level of an extended shampoo commercial. But after images of corporate glitz and glamour and international public speaking tours all fade, this…
Back in the recent franchise hearing for ABS-CBN, Rep Rodante Marcoleta alloted a significant portion of his time to call out Atty Mike Navallo, a reporter for the network. Apparently it was over a news item that the latter released without sticking to the agreement that the representative would be included in it to have…
The thing about catastrophic errors and their impact when it happens to a product or idea you’re selling is that you’re bound to lose A LOT from that single oversight. Like the amusing incident that happened to the Facebook page DEFEND UPLB. I’m sure everyone is now aware of how an innocuous phone number demolished…