Monthly Archives: May 2023

International, Media, National News

Angat Buhay, Rappler, Vera Files Going After Julian Martir!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – What’s Leni Robredo’s Angat Buhay, Rappler and Vera Files up to these days?

They’re all trying to go after Julian Martir, the 20-year-old Bacolod student who claims he has been accepted and offered scholarships by 30 schools in the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

Angat Buhay told The Adobo Chronicles that they are in dire need of a brilliant PR consultant in order to sustain their societal presence in an environment full of UniTeamers. “Julian would be the perfect person to fill this position given that he is a genius and a skilled social media personality,” Robredo said.

As for Rappler and Vera Files? Well, they finally were humbled by the events surrounding Julian’s instant fame, not to mention the fact that the kid defies all odds when it comes to fact checking. Rappler and Vera Files have never been so embarrassed about the poor state of their own fact checking. And it took a 20-year-old to put them in their proper place!

Adobo Chronicles’ Orman O. Manansala contributed to this report.

Media, Social Media

News Media, Fact Checkers Outsmarted By 20-Year-Old Filipino Student!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – First, the news media were scrambling to interview the 20-year-old Filipino student who said he was accepted and offered scholarships to 30 U.S. and UK schools. Then the news and social media began bullying the kid for what they thought were lies.

Now, the news media are saying “mea culpa” because apparently, some of the schools mentioned by the student confirmed that they, indeed, have accepted him, with some offering scholarships.

So, it now appears that Julian Martir outsmarted the smart news media.

And how about the leading fact checkers Rappler and Vera Files? Nada. Quiet. (Were they afraid their fact-checking would be proven wrong?)

Moral of the story:

  1. 1. If it’s too good to be true, it could be true!
  2. 2. Fact-check, fact-check, fact- check
  3. 3. Think before you click
  4. 4. Leave the boy alone
Business, Media, Politics

ABS-CBN Joins UniTeam!

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – ABS-CBN Corp. on Tuesday said it would be taking news channel TeleRadyo offline by the end of next month given continued losses since the Lopez-led media firm lost its franchise in 2020.

The broadcast company announced a partnership with House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s Prime Media Holdings Inc. for news and other content.

ABS-CBN has always been perceived as anti-Marcos and ant-Duterte so a partnership with the Marcos-Duterte UniTeam is unprecedented and historical.

After all, money is thicker than politics!