Category Archives: The Media

International, Technology, The Media

Time Magazine, New York Times Hacked!

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image.jpegNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Now it can be told: two of America’s vanguards of truth and fairness — TIME magazine and The New York Times — were hacked by still unknown elements.

This revelation came days after both media outlets ran pieces on the alleged extra-judicial killings under the Philippines’ Duterte administration. Both were critical of President Duterte’s war on drugs and painted an entire nation reeling from widespread lawlessness and fear.

TIME’s cover story depicted armageddon in the Philippines when nightfall arrives.  The NYT piece was a video interview of a Senate hearing witness who claimed to be a member of the so-called Davao Death Squad under then Mayor Duterte. (The witness’ testimony has in recent days been crumbling under cross-examination by Philippine senators.)

The news organizations claimed that their “stories” were not written or produced by them.  Rather, they said that someone somewhere hacked their computer systems and published/posted the embarrassingly one-sided and factless pieces.

“If it truly came from us, we would have presented both sides of the story in accordance with our commitment to objectivity, truth and fairness.

“This is so not like TIME or New York Times,” they said.

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International, Politics, The Media

(Biased) Philippine Media React To Pope Francis’ Statement On Journalism

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chroncles, Manila Bureau) – Journalism based on gossip or rumors is a form of “terrorism,” Pope Francis told an Italian guild of national journalists Thursday.

The pope said that spreading rumors is an example of “terrorism, of how you can kill a person with your tongue”, he said. “This is even more true for journalists because their voice can reach everyone and this is a very powerful weapon.”

Reacting to the pope’s statement, a coalition of biased Philippine media issued a joint statement criticizing the head of the Roman Catholic Church.  The coalition members include ABS-CBN, GMA-7, Rappler and the Philippines Daily Inquirer.

In its statement, the coalition admonished Pope Francis, saying that “The Vatican should not be meddling in internal affairs of the Philippines and its media.  Does the Holy Father know about separation of church and state?”

The concerned media organizations denied they were “terrorists.” “We only report what we see with our own yellow eyes,” they said.

In addition to the news media, some netizens signed the statement, including Raissa Robles, Jim Paredes, Leah Navarro, Carlos Celdran and Cynthia Patag.

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Language, Politics, Social Media, The Media

Ad Hominem: Manila Newspaper Apologizes To Senator De Lima After Threat Of Lawsuit

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image.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – No one can mess with Philippine Senator Leila De Lima, especially with her vast knowledge of the Latin language.

Today, the Manila Standard  profusely apologized to the lady senator after that shocking headline it published on Wednesday.

“Witnesses Finger De Lima,” the headline read.

That headline angered De Lima who threatened the newspaper with a lawsuit for defaming her good character.

“I am suing for Ad hominem,” De Lima told The Adobo Chronicles.

Ad hominem, short for argumentum ad hominem, is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.

It will be recalled that Delima uttered several Latin phrases during her privilege speech in the Senate the day after she was ousted as chair of the committee on justice and human rights.

“Sorry na po,” the Manila Standard said,” nakalimutan po lamang naming idagdag yung “point” sa “finger-point.” (We’re sorry, we just forgot to add the word ‘point’ to ‘finger-point.”

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