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JoeAmHow Rappler helped defeat Mar Roxas
By JoeAm When you spend your whole life in one city, you live the values and speak the language of that city. When you live in one culture for your whole life, you live the values and speak the language of that culture. When you are a reporter in one culture all your life, you … Continue reading
Duterte, Shabu and the Media
By A Distant Observer Framing, issue ownership and attention shifting This article I wanted to write for a long time. While the societal consequences of the mechanisms described here have arrived in Filipino society for quite some time, this article aims to shed light on the mechanisms themselves. By mechanisms I mean how people process … Continue reading
The Bongbong Marcos I know
By JoeAm I ran a brief post on Facebook extolling the virtues of Leni Robredo and wondering why there there is anyone who would not relate to her as the kind of Filipino who makes them proud. I mean, she is kind, honest, smart, strong, great mother, charming, and inspiring . . . and does … Continue reading
Moving from analysis to advocacy
By JoeAm, Last week, I wrote an article that missed its mark. My headline did not correctly convey the point of the story. The headline talked about Leni Robredo. The point was how to build a strong, unified pro-democracy effort. Let me try again, because it is that important. The argument I am making has … Continue reading
The incredible shrinking presidency
By JoeAm The Duterte presidency has assumed the look of a fast-draining balloon farting its way across the living room ceiling as it loses air fast. The blows have come fast and furious. Arroyo’s bold coup of the House right before the President’s SONA. It made him nothing but an old guy in the waiting … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 