Propaganda: Good or bad?

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 06/03/2022

Filipinos love to play with words. We effortlessly form puns or terms with double or conflicting meanings for a laugh, often unmindful of the power of words to communicate, conceal, or confuse. Take propaganda. Textbook history taught…

‘Propaganda’: Marcos camp dismisses ‘predictable nuisance’ disqualification case

Neil Arwin Mercado 11/03/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The camp of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. dismissed Wednesday what it called a “predictable nuisance” disqualification case filed against the former senator, and called it as nothing more than a mere “propaganda.”…

Barug Team Rama to sue Osmeña for ‘black propaganda’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/15/2018

A day after the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections took place, Cebu City Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera announced that the opposition Barug Team Rama party is planning to file criminal complaints against Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña.…

Propaganda and threats on Rama

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 03/01/2018

I believe that the tarpaulin with a photo of former Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama in the company of slain Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. and Ronda, Cebu Vice Mayor Atty. Jonnah John Ungab was hung…

Propaganda war

Editorial 06/08/2017

While it is part and parcel of their job, it is still quite surprising to learn that the country’s armed forces is taking the initiative to hold public dialogues with Muslim leaders to counter the propaganda campaign…

TV series on corrupt China officials get all agog

Inquirer.net 10/21/2016

BEIJING — A week before a key meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China has mounted a massive propaganda blitz against graft with the airing of a new series that dishes the dirt on disgraced…

A question of brilliance

Radel Paredes 07/30/2016

In trying to manipulate the public sentiment, no one masters the craft better than the director of cinema. This is the reason why filmmakers are often sought to collaborate in state propaganda. Inspired by recent behaviorist theory…

Dictator

06/21/2016

What IS the meaning of human life? This is the most important question that one will face in the course of one’s worldly existence. Interestingly, Albert Camus once said: “I have never seen anyone die for the…

Look beyond campaign propaganda, voters urged

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/27/2015

Filipino voters should look beyond the campaign propaganda in the  stream of commercials of politicians who will run in next year’s elections. “There are those who say they just want people to feel their presence or to…

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