In a curious twist of literary irony, an unidentified bookstore has ingeniously placed Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa’s supposed heroic saga among the realms of fiction. 

In this bold act, the store has inadvertently uncovered the true narrative of Ressa’s purported defiance against a dictator, relegating it to the whimsical world of make-believe. Much like the recycled clichés of Ressa’s rhetoric – from “taking back the Internet” to painting the Philippines as “the worst war zone” – her grandiose statements find a fitting home amidst the shelves of fiction. 

Indeed, the bookstore’s decision to judge the book by its cover proves to be astute, hitting the bullseye of satire. 

In this alternate universe where truth and fiction blur, perhaps Ressa’s tale of standing up to tyranny is best enjoyed as a bedtime story rather than a historical account.