#LeniLeaks, elitist stupidity and a dismissive media

#LENILEAKS exploded into our social imaginations. It affirmed the fact that social media is no longer just a venue for self-affirmation of people about their looks and their food. It is where you could rise and be famous through serendipity and tenacity, or fall on your stupidity. When...

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Trolls, memes and bloggers: #LeniLeaks paints a sad picture of Filipino politics

A social media war is raging in the Philippines. Powerful figures try to manipulate the conversation to fit their needs – ousting a president if they can, while the mainstream media sits on the sidelines. By Holly Reeves Filipino netizens claim to have uncovered emails from an influential group...

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#OustDuterte: Inside Leni Robredo's international propaganda machinery

  January 6, 2017 #OustDuterte: Inside Leni Robredo's international propaganda machinery  Oh, Georgina! I pity you. Last night, my friend Sass Sasot informed me about...

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Rodrigo Duterte: A singular man

President Rodrigo Duterte has always marched to his own beat: He has his own ideas about what needs to be done, and he waits for no one to do it. Even as drug-related killings happen more often and bodies begin to pile up, he has not once pointed...

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