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…
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…
Checked out ABS CBN’s twitter and found that they interviewed journalism professors who claim that, among others: Rep. Marcoleta took internet issues and made them basis for opposing ABS CBN’s franchise. One of them went so far as to say, “that is not how you argue a case.” First. It was an opening statement, and…
It’s tough being a ‘woke’ kid (and non-kids, at that) these days. It’s not like 20 or 30 years ago when youthful idealism and stupidity oftentimes crossed and produced ‘wokes’ of that generation. Come on, admit it. We’ve all been there. That indignant scowl at how the world could be so unfair and cruel and…
Ah, I see now. People who call for mass testing assume that if we know who are the Covid infected, there would be no need for quarantine or lockdowns. I don’t think so. Lockdowns and quarantine are not really dependent on testing, but on what experts decide is the best way to prevent the…
An interesting development to all these public-shaming mess involving the Facebook site DDS Confessions is the alleged involvement of a physician currently working in the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC). A certain Dr. Edrie Alcanzare had been in the crosshairs of several pro-administration social media personalities for a few days now because of some intriguing…
Ang hindi mapigilang gawain ng maraming tao ay palabasin na problema ng buong bansa o kahit ng buong mundo pa nga ang isang bagay na, sa totoo, ay personal mo lang na problema. Bakit ba nahihiya ang mga tao aminin na pansariling kapakanan nila ang pangunahin nilang isinusulong? Ano ang nakakahiya doon? Ano ba ang…
Looks like the key to all this talk about the ABS-CBN franshise and shutdown is FICTAP (Federation of International Cable TV Association of the Philippines). In a recent interview given to GMA 7, FICTAP President Neng Juliano Tamano explained the franchise issue clearly; not muddled by legalese most pro or anti administration lawyers were prone to.…
Your average specimens of Pinoy netizens are once again quick to react with irrationality and emo-ness towards the closing of corporate media giant ABS-CBN by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)—calling it a “brazen move by the government to stifle press freedom.” What is lost in all the hullabaloo here is that what happened to…