“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Misinformation or Disinformation is now more commonly called Fake News. But Mis/Disinformation is nothing new. World media, including Philippine media, have been doing that for a long time.While going through my old computer files, I saw this note I wrote to my classmates in a Media Literacy graduate class almost 20 years ago: ******** Feb.… Continue reading Fake News: Media Distorting Reality
©Datu Jamal Ashley Yahya Abbas BACKGROUND At the end of authoritarian rule in the Philippines, the first public access BBS (bulletin board system) based in the country – named the First- Fil RBBS – went online in 1986. Later, a network to connect several BBSes in Metro Manila was formed – The Philippine FidoNet exchange.(1)By… Continue reading History of Online Journalism in the Philippines
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 