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GMA Integrated News’ “Balita Ko”: We Heard It Through The Grapevine! (Video)

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by Melchor Vergara & Pol Pinoy

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau)- When someone says, “I heard it through the grapevine,” it’s a nice way of saying that one heard the information by means of gossip and rumor. 

In Tagalog, that translates into “balita ko” which basically says one heard the news possibly through rumor or from unreliable sources.

In its bid to be different from its competitor news programs, GMA Integrated News recently launched a new, innovative format for its news reporting through the news program, “Balita Ko.”

In the new format, both anchors and field reporters make sure that their viewing audience know that their news are based on gossip or unconfirmed reports. They always introduce their news with “balita ko!”

Media, Social Media, Technology

Public Opinion: AI More Trusted Than Rappler!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Convicted criminal Maria Ressa’s Rappler once more sealed its reputation as the least-trusted news brand in the Philippines!

A new public opinion poll conducted by The Adobo Chronicles showed that Filipinos trust AI (Artificial Intelligence) 100% more than they trust Rappler.

Respondents said that AI beats Rappler hands down in being factual, accurate, comprehensive and unbiased.

Is it any wonder then that Rappler wants AI to be regulated and censored like Maria Ressa and the other Facebook fact checkers censor the Internet?

Media, Social Media

Where Is Maria Ressa When She’s Needed?

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It is fair to say that the main reason convicted Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was her fearless advocacy for free speech and freedom of the press. Or was it only HER free speech and RAPPLER’s freedom of the press?

Where is Ressa when she is needed in the Philippines? Has she gone to safer ground to escape the worst war zone she’s ever been in? Can she no longer hold the line? Has she been spared from death by a thousand cuts? Does she no longer care about Democracy?

Never mind about motivational speaker Rendon Labador. The cancellation of his Facebook and other socmed accounts is an issue between him and the vague “community standards” set by the online platforms.

But for SMNI News? That’a s different story. It is part of the fourth estate just like Ressa claims her Rappler to be.

The Facebook page of SMNI News has been “unavailable” all day. Even Rappler reported on it.

But why so quiet on Ressa’s end? Why isn’t she making any noise on press censorship? Or, as Facebook’s designated “fact checker” in the Philippines was she responsible for the downing of SMNI’s FB page?

Is it vendetta on Ressa’s part because SMNI beat Rappler in surveys on media trust among Filipinos? (Yes, Rappler has consistently rated as among the least-trusted news brands in the Philippines).

SMNI founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy may be a wanted man, but he has not been convicted. Ressa has been.

So what gives?