I used to think yellow journalism is another of those concepts that evolved in the Philippines. Turns out it came from the west, and that “Yellow journalism, in short, is biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. Moreover, the practice of yellow journalism involved sensationalism, distorted stories, and misleading images for the sole purpose of boosting [...]

(I have been following the series of articles abridged below. They are very revealing and enlightening. The author explicitly enjoins readers to repost, but I have opted not to include the photos. The original post is here.) In the Philippines and abroad, the name Aquino is linked with democracy and justice. Ninoy Aquino’s death led [...]

There’s an on-going war between surveys in so far as the forthcoming 2010 election is concerned. So heated are the debates between ardent supporters of candidates, especially among supporters of Noynoy Aquino and Gibo Teodoro, that one commenter likened it to a boxing match. Aquino is leading in the Pulse Asia’s October survey and the [...]

Imagine if there was only one fastfood store in the country, say, Jollibee (since it’s homegrown). Imagine if there was only one brand of clothing; again, let’s take the homegrown Bench. Or if there was only one brand of mall, one brand of cigarette, one brand of bank, or one brand of bus company. Obviously [...]

This has been thus far the most exciting election to watch, owing mainly to the explosion of information on tv and on the Internet, and the very engaging interactions among bloggers, tweeters, FBers, plurkers, tumblrs and what-have-you online. Candidates have websites, blogs, accounts on most social networking sites and it can only be beneficial for [...]