An Exclusive Peek Inside Rappler’s Editorial Offices

October 21, 2021 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – An Adobo Chronicles investigative team has uncovered an M.O. (Modus Operandi) or S.O.P. (Standard Operating Procedure) now in place at Rappler’s editorial offices. And it’s automated!

The procedure went into effect after former Senator Bongbong Marcos filed his certificate of candidacy for President in the Philippines’ 2022 Presidential elections.

Fact checkers, proofreaders, copy editors and the executive editor at Rappler have installed an electronic editing tool on their computers — much like a spell checker — where any report containing the name of Marcos will automatically be inserted with these descriptives:

-Dictator’s son

-“Jr.” after Marcos’ name

On the other hand, stories about Vice President Leni Robredo will automatically add these descriptives:

-Ina ng Bayan

-Leader of the Opposition

The automated editing tool will shield Rappler reporters, editors and CEO Maria Ressa from any potential cybel libel charges, since complainants cannot file cases against a machine or computer program.

Brilliant!

VP Leni Robredo Levels Up: From Lugaw and Spaghetti To Cremated Remains

October 21, 2021 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Vice President Leni Robredo is stepping up her campaign in the interest of winning the Presidency in the 2022 Philippine elections.

From distributing lugaw and spaghetti, she has leveled up to distributing cremated remains in aid of election.

The photos speak for themselves.

Adobo Chronicles Poll: Practically 100% Of Respondents Say They’re Not Proud Of Maria Ressa’s Nobel Prize

October 19, 2021 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It may not be 4,000 cars, we mean respondents, but practically 100% of Filipinos say that they are not proud of Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The random Facebook poll was conducted by The Adobo Chronicles after the Philippine Daily Inquirer published an opinion piece saying that Ressa’s Nobel Prize should be every Filipino’s pride.

The AC poll asked respondents (207 as of press time) to comment with a thumbs up if they agreed with the Inquirer piece, or with a laughing emoticon if they disagreed.

The result: 203 of respondents replied with the laughing emoticon and only one responded with the thumbs up emoticon (which pretty much cancels itself because of the margin of error.) Three responses were considered void because they didn’t follow instructions. One commented with a tearful emoticon and two with an angry emoticon.