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…
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…