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Love Fest Between Filipinos (Except Media) And Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Love continues to blossom between the Filipinos and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.

First, Facebook launched free Internet in the Philippines in order to enable more Filipinos to have access to important information via their mobile devices.

Now, Zuckerberg is providing Filipino netizens with the opportunity to watch the June 30 inauguration of President-elect Rod Duterte, live!

Alas, not all Filipinos are happy — notably Philippine media.

Earlier, Duterte cancelled all media briefings after the incoming president castigated journalists for their sensationalized coverage of the Davao City mayor.  The Duterte camp has been channeling its public information mostly through the state-owned People’s Television Network (PTV-4).

Facebook’s live streaming of the Duterte inauguration will ensure a much wider people’s access to the June 30 national event.

Meanwhile, reliable sources have confirmed that there has been a sharp increase in the number of Filipino journalists who have sent resumes and job applications to various call centers and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) companies operating in Manila and other cities.

Is biased journalism a dying profession in the Philippines?  Let’s see what happens in the next 6 years of the Duterte administration.

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Media, Politics

Donald Trump Copies Rodrigo Duterte Yet Again

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imageWASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) –  Donald Trump has been called the Rodrigo Duterte of the West because of the similarities between the presumptive Republican presidential candidate and the Philippines’ president-elect.

Both men are controversial because of their no-holds-barred comments and statements during campaign sorties and media interviews.  They have made headlines for their sometimes vulgar, sometimes offensive responses to questions from reporters.

Today, Trump once again copied Duterte’s style by revoking the credentials of The Washington Post to cover his campaign on the grounds that the leading U.S. newspaper has been unfair and untruthful in its coverage of the GOP candidate.

It will be recalled that Duterte recently cancelled all press briefings going forward because of what he said was the Filipino journalists’ misinterpretation and misreporting of his public statements.  Duterte now channels all his media statements through the state-funded Public Television network. He has also banned local media from covering his public events.

It remains to be seen whether Trump will also limit his media exposure to either the National Public Radio or Voice of America.

American journalists are very nervous about losing their jobs if Trump follows in the footsteps of Duterte.

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Media, Politics

Philippine Media Turn To Stale News

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image.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – On June 11, 2016, two of the country’s leading newspapers published misleading news.

The Inquirer and Philippine Star both reported that Philippine President-elect Rod Duterte had a 26% trust rating compared to Vice President-elect Leni Robredo’s 45%, making it appear to the reading public that Duterte, who garnered 16 Million votes during last month’s elections was much less popular than Robredo who got 14 Million votes.

It took some critical reading to realize that the survey, conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS), was conducted from May 1 to 3, just before the May 5 elections.

Other media outlets, including ABS-CBN also posted follow-up stories on the stale survey.

When asked by The Adobo Chronicles why they chose to make headlines out of a stale news, spokespersons for the media outlets said that they had no choice since Duterte had stopped conducting media briefings. “It’s been a slow news day every day since our reporters have had little to no access to the president-elect.  We have to come up with news for our headlines, otherwise, we will be forced to bow out of business.”

Explanation accepted.

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