Media and politics, Philippines edition

Kinja'd!!! "Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
04/22/2019 at 09:00 • Filed to: The Media, Medialopnik, MEDIA BIAS, media, Politics, Oppolitics, British GT, Super Formula

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Or: here’s my bid to make you watch the racing because I’m pretty sure you didn’t. Again.

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Here it is. Purportedly coming from the President itself, here is the matrix of people using the media to bring the administration down, published on the Manila Times. Woof. I was laughing at it until I read !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Then I laughed some more.

The best quote:

The playbook is all too familiar: Utilize the media, plant fake news, distribute them to the friendly media outlets, whet the people’s appetite, arouse their anger, manipulate public emotion, touch base with the Leftist organization, enlist the support of the police and the military, then go for the “kill.”

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Thing is, though, as true as this plot can be, I don’t see how the people shown there can actually effect any actual coup or revolution. And if you’re supporting Rappler, this is a “kick while they’re down” hit piece.


DISCUSSION (2)


Kinja'd!!! gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Wheelerguy
04/22/2019 at 23:01

Kinja'd!!!0

are you safe after the earthquake?


Kinja'd!!! Wheelerguy > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
04/23/2019 at 04:58

Kinja'd!!!0

Shaken, not stirred. Kinda scary though. Tacloban City, Leyte got hit today and that was strong, too. Bit of a wake-up call.