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Gagging ABS-CBN is the right thing to do. Here’s why…

Posted on February 18, 2020 By benign0 No Comments on Gagging ABS-CBN is the right thing to do. Here’s why…
Gagging ABS-CBN is the right thing to do. Here’s why…

The latest development surrounding Solicitor General Jose Calida’s initiative to shut down ABS-CBN is his request to the Supreme Court to issue a gag order against the Philippines’ top media network. In a very urgent motion, the government’s top counsel wanted to prohibit “parties and persons acting on their [network’s] behalf” from releasing statements surrounding…

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Lawyer @attyHarryRoque burns “thought leader” @RicHeydarian in Al Jazeera interview

Posted on February 17, 2020 By benign0 No Comments on Lawyer @attyHarryRoque burns “thought leader” @RicHeydarian in Al Jazeera interview
Lawyer @attyHarryRoque burns “thought leader” @RicHeydarian in Al Jazeera interview

An account of an Al Jazeera video interview tweeted by Netizen @Reyna_Elena featuring Harry Roque and Richard Heydarian shows the former trouncing the latter in a basic talk on “media freedom” in the Philippines. Here is Elena’s account on the video interview… “This political scientist Heydarian needs more unlimited rice to learn his trade! Fledgling…

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Duterte critics cannot be taken seriously because they lack conviction

Posted on October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 By ilda No Comments on Duterte critics cannot be taken seriously because they lack conviction
Duterte critics cannot be taken seriously because they lack conviction

Now I know the meaning of charot (“just kidding”). I was never interested in finding out. Thanks to critics of President Rodrigo Duterte who use it to deny they want him dead. It’s hard to take them seriously when they consistently exhibit a lack of conviction. At least the late Carlos Celdran meant it when…

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Maria Ressa is weaponising her media connections against President Duterte

Posted on August 13, 2019 By benign0 No Comments on Maria Ressa is weaponising her media connections against President Duterte
Maria Ressa is weaponising her media connections against President Duterte

Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler, fashions herself as some sort of victim. But is she? It is evident that she has a lot of friends in high places and, more importantly for her, in Western places that she conscripts to her nefarious ends. Ressa speaks about how people are “weaponising” the Internet and even the…

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Maria Ressa appeals to Facebook for help to silence her critics!

Posted on August 12, 2019 By ilda No Comments on Maria Ressa appeals to Facebook for help to silence her critics!
Maria Ressa appeals to Facebook for help to silence her critics!

I read an article about Rappler CEO Maria Ressa on the Australian Financial Review where she is quoted appealing to Facebook to help hold Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to account. She said “the only people who can actually do something to level the playing field in the short-term are the social media platforms”. Huh? Facebook…

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Rappler spins SWS survey on free speech negatively, possibly to save CEO Maria Ressa’s position!

Posted on August 5, 2019 By benign0 No Comments on Rappler spins SWS survey on free speech negatively, possibly to save CEO Maria Ressa’s position!
Rappler spins SWS survey on free speech negatively, possibly to save CEO Maria Ressa’s position!

A recent study conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) found that Filipinos disagree with Maria Ressa’s “assault on press freedom” fear mongering. Most of the major Big Corporate media outlets reported this consistently. Here is a rundown of the key headlines issued by these major media organisations. Note how one of them, albeit one…

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Latest SWS survey shows Filipinos disagree with Maria Ressa’s “assault on press freedom” fear mongering!

Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 By benign0 No Comments on Latest SWS survey shows Filipinos disagree with Maria Ressa’s “assault on press freedom” fear mongering!
Latest SWS survey shows Filipinos disagree with Maria Ressa’s “assault on press freedom” fear mongering!

Is free speech really “under threat” as Rappler CEO Maria Ressa keeps screeching about? Apparently most Filipinos disagree as a recent SWS survey report reveals. The report showed that Filipinos are in “strong” agreement that “they can openly say whatever they want without fear, even if their statements are against the Duterte administration”. Results of…

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Maria Ressa on a BLOCKING spree as people she dismisses as “trolls” seek clarification

Posted on July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 By benign0 No Comments on Maria Ressa on a BLOCKING spree as people she dismisses as “trolls” seek clarification
Maria Ressa on a BLOCKING spree as people she dismisses as “trolls” seek clarification

Maria Ressa is on the digital run shooting frantic defensive tweets at people she calls “trolls”. Most of these are merely asking her to clarify the statements she made in last week’s conference on “media freedom” held in London. A troll patrol is assigned to any @mariaressa tweets or anyone defending her. https://t.co/nGoOQ7ZUYQ — Noemi…

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Rappler and Maria Ressa: “JOURNALISTS FOR RENT”

Posted on July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 By benign0 No Comments on Rappler and Maria Ressa: “JOURNALISTS FOR RENT”
Rappler and Maria Ressa: “JOURNALISTS FOR RENT”

The mystery persists. Why would anyone believe a government initiative presumptuously billed a conference on “media freedom” that is conducted by the Omidyar Group? Omidyar are deeply-invested in many media companies most of which are so-called reporters of “news”. This is the confronting question posed by Ezra Levant to the various organisations that participated in…

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Who does Maria Ressa THINK she is calling people “trolls”?

Posted on July 13, 2019 By benign0 No Comments on Who does Maria Ressa THINK she is calling people “trolls”?
Who does Maria Ressa THINK she is calling people “trolls”?

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa has been on a years-long crusade telling anyone who would listen how she and the Philippines’ journalism profession are “under attack”. She summarily labels anyone who is not on her side as “trolls”. But who is she to decide who are trolls and who aren’t? Did some sort of God of…

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