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| Photo Grabbed and Courtesy Of Thinking Pinoy and Sass Rogando Sasot |
Mainstream media has been in the hot seat these past few months. Reporters and writers from big media institutions are now subject of questions regarding impartiality and being biased. As I have mentioned in my previous facebook posts, I have noticed the difference on how news and commentaries are being written or presented today compared on how it was during the previous administrations.
Fortunately, Filipinos nowadays are no longer blinded with the truth that the so called usual "intellectuals" are offering. People noticed that indeed there's something wrong with how the information is being relayed to us. It is safe to say that some of us have been enlightened already. With the collapse of mainstream media's credibility is the rise of some bloggers. You may say that they are just mere bloggers who lack the credentials of being a real journalist, but not in some blogger's case.
There's Mocha Uson, Even Demata, Get Real Philippines and many others who somehow rose up due to the popularity of the Presidentiables and Vice Presidentiables that they have supported. As you can see, people have longed to hear positive news about their preferred candidates which mainstream media has failed to provide. At such, they searched for new and unorthodox writers, opinions and ideas...thus supporting bloggers instead. I am not saying that their posts are accurate but it gave an ease to readers who are sick and tired on sensationalism and negative comments about their candidates.
In my case, there were two bloggers that really caught my attention and I confess that I am one of their avid readers and now listener. They are Thinking Pinoy who chose to be anonymous and Sass Rogando Sasot, someone who is very good in International Relations because it's her field of Studies in The Netherlands.
Why did I got hook with them? It all started when they tackled the issue about South China Sea (by the way it's Not West Philippines Sea as that one is not internationally accepted). They pinpointed the root cause of that conflict which unknowingly originated from the Philippines and the conflict of interest of then DFA Sec. Albert Del Rosario.
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That really caught my attention and came as a surpise, well I didn't know that, I just said to myself.."oooooohhh..really?". Ever since, I observed and read all of Thinking Pinoy's articles and I really learned a lot from it. Of course, being a previous writer myself, it's always a must for me to validate first if the information is true and it turned out that yes! Indeed it is true.
Upon reading TP's posts, I also bumped into one account whose write-ups are also informative. It was from a Transpinay based in The Netherlands, Sass Rogando Sasot. She gave me the same impression just like with TP but this time she is not in incognito mode. She lay bare her true personality and she is imparting her knowledge in International Relations through her facebook page.
However, due to her attack in the the real issues, her facebook page has been blocked, first for days only and now for 30 days prompting her to create a facebook page. This is because of the "yellow minded" people who can't accept the fact that their arguments are being slayed by one person who is so good in rebuttal. All of her statements will make you think and the people who oppose her arguments are not liking that. But TP and Sass can never be silenced hence they also created a podcast to further explain everything with their voices.
It is indeed the rise of the alternative intellectuals. A field that has long been monopolized by people like Winnie Monsod, Randy David and Yellow Political. Analysts. It is about time to check on the other perspective and exercise the true meaning of Freedom of Expression..which should be coming from different angles of an issue or even a party.
Though more inclined with President Duterte's side, I strongly suggest all of you to read their posts and listen to their podcasts even if your perspective is not in the same page. They are offering their knowledge in one unusual package...witty, happy, in layman's term and as if you are in a comedy bar.
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