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“Press freedom” is not the Philippines’ most important issue. It really isn’t.

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“Press freedom” is not the Philippines’ most important issue. It really isn’t.

If one uses Twitter to sample the general sentiment of the Filipino public, you’d think “press freedom” is top of mind for the majority of Filipinos. With the shrillness of the rhetoric of “activists” that populate social media, one would be forgiven in thinking that “press freedom” is the game-changing issue that will determine this…

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Maria Ressa needs to take a break from #DefendPressFreedom — because she is the CEO of Rappler!

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Maria Ressa needs to take a break from #DefendPressFreedom — because she is the CEO of Rappler!

If I were a shareholder of “social news network” Rappler, I’d be really pissed. You hire and pay a CEO big bucks and what does she do? She gets my company into a heap of tax trouble and exposes it to a big libel case. Worst of all, she gets arrested and spends most of…

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Maria Ressa’s supporters cannot keep using #DefendPressFreedom to defend a law-breaker

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Maria Ressa’s supporters cannot keep using #DefendPressFreedom to defend a law-breaker

“Hold the line”. I find this so OA. Maria Ressa is simply not very smart. She can’t stay out of trouble. She should learn from the best. Perhaps even a “minor-minor” blogger can teach her how to kick some ass without getting sued or arrested. I don’t even know why Maria Ressa is acting so…

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Crime, Media

The “movement” to #DefendPressFreedom is all about Maria Ressa and not much else

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The “movement” to #DefendPressFreedom is all about Maria Ressa and not much else

If #DefendPressFreedom was the burning national issue Maria Ressa makes it out to be, why aren’t politicians making it a cornerstone of their campaign? The fact is, it isn’t relevant because it is a non-issue. Maria Ressa was arrested for charges related to her conduct as leader of a news media organisation. Her case has…

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Arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is NOT an “attack on press freedom”. Not at all!

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Arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is NOT an “attack on press freedom”. Not at all!

Members of the community of cluckity Netizens that orbit the cult of personality of Maria Ressa, CEO of “social news network” Rappler are up in arms. As I write this, agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are reportedly serving a warrant of arrest and taking Ressa to custody for offenses related to libel….

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#Debate2019 proved that “press freedom” is NOT “under threat” and that Maria Ressa is a LIAR!

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#Debate2019 proved that “press freedom” is NOT “under threat” and that Maria Ressa is a LIAR!

As everyone knows by now, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is on a global campaign to propagate a lie — that “press freedom” in the Philippines is under threat and that it may, possibly, be already dead. The most recent proof that Ressa is full of shit is the recently-transpired debate held between senatorial candidates in…

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Rappler continues to REFUSE to APOLOGISE amidst revelations it published false and SLANDEROUS material

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Rappler continues to REFUSE to APOLOGISE amidst revelations it published false and SLANDEROUS material

It’s been more than 24 hours since Eurasia Future director Adam Garrie issued a demand for an apology after Rappler and its research team produced and published a slanderous piece of “investigative journalism” against him. The Rappler “report” authored by Rapplerettes Vernise Tantuco, Wayne Manuel, Michael Bueza, Glenda Marie Castro and Gemma Mendoza alleges that…

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STUNNED SILENCE from Rappler editor and writers following demand for APOLOGY issued by Adam Garrie!

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STUNNED SILENCE from Rappler editor and writers following demand for APOLOGY issued by Adam Garrie!

An article published by Rappler alleging that Eurasia Future director Adam Garrie enjoys “links” with Russia and that these are being channeled to influence social media political chatter in the Philippines has backfired badly. The article was a piece of sophomoric “investigative journalism” by a Rappler “research team” consisting of Vernise Tantuco, Wayne Manuel, Michael…

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Links to Russia?? What about the Catholic Church’s links to Rome?

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Links to Russia?? What about the Catholic Church’s links to Rome?

If these Rapplerettes are going to demonise anyone because of some sort of perceived “link” to foreign agents or governments, then, perhaps, they should train their “investigative” chops on the real deal and not look too far (and stretch their imagination) beyond that of the Roman Catholic Church. Ancient texts clearly document the absolute subservience…

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Religion

@NYTphoto SUSPENDED after publishing photos of bodies following Dusit terrorist attack in Kenya

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@NYTphoto SUSPENDED after publishing photos of bodies following Dusit terrorist attack in Kenya

The photos Twitter account of the New York Times has been suspended for violation of Twitter community guidelines after publishing photos of bodies of victims of a suspected terror attack in Nairobi, Kenya. NYT East Africa bureau chief Kumiko de Freytas-Tamura has since apologised for that lapse in editorial judgement. Interestingly, publishing photos of dead…

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