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In the Philippines, the old school journalism that you are referring is dead. Most journalists here can be bought and this is a fact. We use social media to get
by jister 9y ago
In the Philippines, the old school journalism that you are referring is dead. Most journalists here can be bought and this is a fact. We use social media to get information from government agencies pages without the "spin" included.
- wereHamster 9y agoThe "spin" is included in the reports given out by those gov agencies ;) It's a pretty neat way for the government to manipulate its people.
- jister 9y agoIn the west that might be the case, check and balance for journalists. Our previous administration used to do that as well. Duterte doesn't want to spin information. If you're in doubt you can request something from their Freedom of Information website.
- girvo 9y agoI truly hope you’re paid for this, and not a true believer.
- jister 9y agoPaid for what exactly?
- throwaway-hn123 9y agohurr durr hurrr.
- 659087 9y agoWould accepting money to defend a mass murderer really be any better though?
- jister 9y agoMass murderer? You have no idea what you're talking about.
- anigbrowl 9y agoHe certainly aspires to be. Here he is, unedited, expressing his desire to slaughter 3 million drug addicts: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/sep/30/philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-likens-himself-to-hitler-video https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/sep/30/philippi...
- justin66 9y agoHis government has murdered thousands of people. If that's not mass murder... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/07/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-drugs-killings.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/07/world/asia/ro...
- jister 9y agoYep a website full of spin. It's a joke.
- justin66 9y agoWhat's the argument here? Those people didn't really die? Or do you have an alternate explanation for who killed them, something the NY Times isn't telling us the truth about because of their secret liberal agenda that extends to the Philippines for some obscure reason?
- 659087 9y agoI might get smacked down by the mods for this, but I don't really care in this particular case, because someone needs to say it. It takes a seriously repulsive human being to justify/defend what Duterte is doing. You should really re-evaluate your belief system, because it's severely defective.
- e19293001 9y agoAnd there are journalists that are corrupt, paid by politicians, paid by drug lords. It is hard to believe the news coming from official journalists. Foreign journalists must go to the Philippines and investigate themselves. If this kind of article the world believes, and Duterte will be kicked from his precidency then my neighbor would like to celebrate and be back into his drug business.