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Dishonest Rappler headline misleads readers into thinking Philippine Senate supports “senator” Antonio Trillanes

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Dishonest Rappler headline misleads readers into thinking Philippine Senate supports “senator” Antonio Trillanes

Grammatically correct but, in intent, baldly misleading. A Rappler report headlined “Senators praise judge’s ‘courage’ in junking Trillanes arrest” seemingly aims to lead its readers to believe that a majority of Philippine senators harbour favourable sentiments to the plight of their embattled colleague “senator” Antonio Trillanes. The report, however only cites the statements of two…

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How can one trust the reporting of Rappler when reporters like @margadeona are already biased before the fact?

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How can one trust the reporting of Rappler when reporters like @margadeona are already biased before the fact?

This, coming from a Rappler “multimedia producer” Marga Deona who tweets… whenever you feel like your job is a dud, remember that mine requires me to watch duterte (at least) thrice. first, the live broadcast. second, to scrub for soundbites for relevant/related stories. third, the final preview before publishing. You wonder, then, how someone who…

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