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Let's Just Admit It: All Forms of Journalism, Have Their BIASES (and Citizens MUST Partake in Fact-Checking)

I confess that I'm no fact-checker or journalist. I wanted to take AB Mass Communications, but I didn't find a better school. Instead, I took BS Business Administration (general) all before the course was declared obsolete. There have been crazy claims online, such as fetus soup from China. I went to China and realized it was a sham. In fact, it turned out to be a sham and that the "fetus soup" pictures were more than what I'd call, a distasteful performance art . I wasn't too happy about ABS-CBN's role in promoting anti-charter change ads. However, I believe that no one is free from biases.  Jeff Canoy of ABS-CBN admits a truth we all need to hear: In a forum titled “Campus Patrol,” ABS-CBN News chief of reporters Jeff Canoy said journalists are “biased” as their values protrude from the way they craft their stories, but objectivity would come into play when they verify information . “Actually, all [forms of] journalism [are] biased because the way I wou...

Reflecting on Ninoy Aquino's Words as I Feel ALONE in Promoting Constitutional Reform

As I insist on the need for constitutional reform, I already feel like I'm alone. It's not because I'm in jail (otherwise, I would not be able to type this), but because most of my life, most Filipinos have become the collective   tyranny . In fact, one can say, "Are we a democracy or are we an anarchy?" The more I think about the surveys by Pulse Asia, they claim that 88% of Filipinos (but have they truly surveyed everywhere) are supposedly against charter change. This is where the tyranny of the majority kicks in. People may have overthrown the tyranny of Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., but they haven't learned much. Instead, people insist on false myths such as the Marcos Parliamentary Years (which, by the way, is bogus to the core, read why here ). As Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" A. Aquino Jr. said, "We had a parliamentary system, without a parliament. "  I felt alone many times when I wanted to change the Philippines. When I went to Singapore for a...

Should Vico Sotto Be a Reason to Oppose Constitutional Reform?

It's something when people keep saying, "It's not the constitution that's the problem! It's the people!" The rise of Victor "Vico" Ma. Regis Nubla Sotto can be something. It's a breath of fresh air. People might use Vico (aside from every other candidate they blindly adore like some god or goddess) to resist the need for constitutional reform. Previously, I wrote about whether or not the late Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" C. Aquino III should be a reason not to pursue economic charter change . Now, I'd like to write a post on whether or not Vico should be a reason to reject constitutional reform.  I read through The Philippine Star  and found an interesting article on Vico. As I read through it, here's something Vico said, and hopefully, he's for constitutional reform: “ Good governance isn’t flashy, but it is the bedrock of progres s. If you build the right systems and lead with integrity, everything else – whether scholarships, ...