Note that Rappler’s corporate statement is not directly accusing PDutz’s administration; it does not say, “In the Philippines, Truth is under attack.”
Showing Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa behind bars should have been excellent instead of the image above, a young lady whose mouth is cruelly “sealed” with a chain rounded twice around her head and padlocked. As I am about to show you using its own Facebook page entries, Rappler needs an idealistic, strict, all-knowing, digital-savvy Editor In Chief. (No, I’m not interested, even if they offered me $1 million for 100 days initiating-idealizing Rappler’s corporate media package: positioning, programs, policies and protocols – there! I have already spelled out what Rappler needs to do.)
I have just finished browsing the posts Rappler presents on Facebook early today, Sunday, 04 July 2021, and now I have a list of 77 items; not complete but I stopped when I reached that magic number; here is what Angel Numbers says it mean
Angel Number 77 indicates that you have listened to Divine guidance and are now putting that wisdom to work in your day-to-day life... You are helping and teaching others by being a positive example for others to follow.
Ha, ha! What Rappler is doing with her investigative journalism is a product of a negative, nota positive attitude to life, notinspiring, not uplifting.
Let us now examine Rappler’s Facebook posts of Sunday, my numbering:
#1. “Dark phreatomagmatic plume from Taal Volcano.”
#2. “What can you do to uphold human rights?”
Not bad.
But: “Pacquiao accuses DSWD of corruption over missing P10.4-billion ‘Ayuda’” is posted 3x! And “Robredo to Marcos in VP case appeal: ‘no one to blame but you’” is posted 2x.
Thus, Rappler is squandering the power of social media. “Social media is a very, very powerful tool[2],” says Chris Young (BrainyQuote). “It also gives power to tools.” Rappler could learn from Mr Young, an American country singer/songwriter.
Rappler’s “Search for Truth” is worn-out, old-fashioned journalism. I say now that Rappler has yet to see that the power of social media, which it wields tremendously, is best spent not for Truth Journalism but what I call iTHINK Journalism.
The world’s Truth Journalism is investigative, for digging the facts of the case, for the worse and worst.
My iTHINK Journalism is also investigative, but differently: You dig for the good, better, best! You ask sequentially:
True? If True, investigate if
Helpful? If Helpful, investigate if
Inspiring? If Inspiring, investigate if
Necessary? If Necessary, investigate if
Kind?!
Now, something shocking: In my list of Rappler 77, there is nothing about Agriculture! Rappler is neglecting the welfare of 30% of PH population, or 5 million farmers. If you assign 6 members to a farm family, that totals 30 million people whose poor lives are being ignored by the most active social media in the Philippines.
Rappler, stop being contrarian and start being proletarian!@517
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