GRP Mail - 11 Oct 2021
Enough of Maria Ressa's lies!
Dear GRP Insiders,
The call to action is clear in light of Maria Ressa winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Philippines' community of journalists should put a stop to this single person's personal crusade to make them all look bad.
After all, why should Maria Ressa get a medal for “fearless journalism” when there are hundreds of thousands of real Filipino journalism professionals practicing their craft and focusing on facts with quiet and consistent grace?
Journalists of the Philippines, wake up! A liar is representing you all on the world stage!
Regards,
benign0
In review and in prospect
Last week saw the astounding award of the chi chi Nobel Peace Prize to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. The award was supposedly in recognition of her self-styled “heroic” crusade against the “tyranny” of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa fancied herself as some sort of Joan of Arc going up against the so-called “assault on press freedom” that Duterte, we are told, sustained against Philippine news media since he came to power in 2016.
What is even more remarkable is how the rest of the members of the Philippines’ “journalism” community simply stood back and allowed Ressa to make them all look like a bunch of chumps before the international community. Not only did Ressa lie about the Philippines being a deadly “war zone” for “journalists”, she, in effect, belittled the achievements and, more importantly, the sustained consistency of other more established, more professionally-accomplished, and more competent news media organisations.
To the rest of the world today, Maria Ressa is God’s Gift to Philippine Journalism — the Messiah all the rest of the Philippines’ hapless journalists were waiting and praying for to liberate them from “oppression”. Evidently Filipinos cannot save themselves against both real and imagined “oppression”. It takes a medal issued by a Western European committee half a planet away to validate their salvation. To the millions of Filipinos who would beg to differ, tough luck. The thumbs up of five suits appointed by the Norwegian parliament trumps all their votes.
Last week's blog posts
Politics
October 10, 2021 by Ramon Ortoll
"What is ironic now in this election cycle is the fact that a coalition which is neither pro-Opposition nor pro-Administration, is actually the best organized and is in a strong position..."
Why be pink when you can be FILIPINO?
October 10, 2021 by benign0
"On this back-of-an-envelope reckoning alone, could be gleaned that Robredo’s ill-fated campaign would directly resonate with less than 13 percent (one fourth of the female vote) of qualified Filipino voters. That is a clear set up for failure."
The most important election issues for 2022. Take note: being “anti-Marcos” is NOT one of them
October 9, 2021 by Ramon Ortoll
"Don’t fall for the democracy versus dictatorship narrative of Yellowidiots turned pinkos and the Reds who are pursuing a self-serving agenda while corrupting the country’s youth by encouraging misguided activism."
October 8, 2021 by Ramon Ortoll
"The Yellow acolytes lapped all of this up. Never mind that, as an economist-lawyer, Leni Robredo didn’t give an idea of how she intended to solve the country’s problems as a result of the disruption caused by the pandemic."
Leni Robredo’s bid for the presidency is doomed because of her hypocrisy and lame platform
October 7, 2021 by Ilda
"Leni Robredo probably thinks she can win against former Senator Bongbong Marcos. That’s a bit too naïve of her considering she won’t be running with the help of the Liberal Party machinery the same way she did during the 2016 Presidential Elections..."
Yellowtards to the rest of Filipinos: If you do not wear pink, you are NOT one of us
October 7, 2021 by benign0
"Beyond those bratty reasons to run for president, it remains a mystery as to what Leni Robredo envisions the Philippines to be after six years of her proposed presidency. She just wants that six years to be not a Duterte nor Marcos 'regime'."
Leni Robredo’s PHANTOM “voter base” that “won” her the VP seat in 2016 nowhere to be found today!
October 7, 2021 by Ramon Ortoll
"Leni Robredo isn’t likely to eat into the votes of Bongbong Marcos or Ping Lacson nor can she present herself as the better alternative to the two. She will compete with Isko Moreno and Manny Pacquiao for the undecideds..."
Vote for Noynoy because he’s an Aquino, don’t vote for Bongbong because he is a Marcos
October 6, 2021 by benign0
"The Yellowtards, instead, set their sights on the Marcos children — Imee and Bongbong specifically. That was both dishonest (considering Enrile’s and Ramos’s clearer accountabilities) and, more importantly, a waste of their time."
The only argument the Yellowtards and commies have against Bongbong Marcos is that he is a Marcos
October 5, 2021 by benign0
"Remove the whole 'Marcos is evil' ululation from the Yellowtard rhetoric and what does that leave them in a face off with Marcos in a debate? Big fat ZERO."
October 5, 2021 by Ramon Ortoll
"Even the party-list system which is supposed to be an avenue for marginalized sectors to gain representation has been abused by leftist-militant groups and mainstream political dynasties."
Media
Maria Ressa won her Nobel Peace Prize by being DISHONEST
October 11, 2021 by Ilda
"Maria Ressa’s supporters and those with a misguided sense of national pride are asking why people can’t be happy for her. It’s because she won it by being dishonest."
October 9, 2021 by Ramon Ortoll
"What basis did the Nobel Committee have in awarding the prize to Ressa given Rappler is still operating and its reportage not being curtailed?"
Impeccably-timed Nobel “Peace Prize” award to Maria Ressa as Philippine national elections approach!
October 9, 2021 by Ramon Ortoll
"Maria Ressa and her local allies are ideological soulmates — leftist-liberal wokes who don’t tolerate differences in opinion, who resort to cancel culture, and look with disdain on those who don’t subscribe to their advocacies..."
SHOCKING: Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa is an INSULT to the Filipino people!
October 8, 2021 by benign0
"One wonders if this Norwegian Nobel Committee actually did their homework. It seems all they did was consult members of a vast echo chamber that envelopes much of Western Big Corporate News Media."
What Maria Ressa does NOT want the Filipino to know about Rappler and the Omidyar Network
October 5, 2021 by Ramon Ortoll
"It has also hired Inday Espina Varona as its regional news coordinator as Rappler expands its footprint across the country. It appears that the goal is to replace ABS-CBN in the interim..."