Yellow Media at Its Finest
12:06 AMFriends, this is something out of the usual. I am going to get a little political for a bit as I have seen on social media something that is hard to ignore.
The yellow government has caught fire
for the nth time as people take to Facebook and Twitter to promote awareness that VP Leni Robredo and her supporters have assembled an army of trolls to spread information in their favor.
This may come as an irony after VP Leni Robredo, just recently declared war
against social media trolls.
Several bogus Twitter accounts
have taken spotlight apparently spamming Twittersphere with the same messages.
One of the tweets found on each of these questionable accounts reads, “Against
tlaga ako sa EJK nayan eh. Slamaat lascanas #LascanasJustify” If this is a
social media campaign, it is the first time I have seen a number of accounts having the same messages with uniform verbiage
or typos.
Why not use the retweet or share button
instead?
Moreover, it is funny how these
accounts appear to have been created in the same month and year. They use drawings or
avatars on their profiles instead of a real and credible profile
pictures.
There is even one Twitter profile
that makes use of a real photo to make things look legit. Is that really you
Maris Pagtakhan?
VP Robredo can be remember speaking before the attendees of the
Coalition for Better Education (CBE) event at Cebu Eastern College, “This
is the perfect time to start a campaign against lies and alternative facts.
Let’s gather together an army of truth seekers, because though there are many
trolls, I think there are more people who want the truth.”
Giving the dubious social media
accounts mentioned above and the recent statement of the vice president, is
this what they mean by “gathering?” Is this their army of truth seekers? Or did
just assemble a legion of trolls?
Take a look at the reaction on
this Facebook post.
What is disappointing in this
scenario is that they seem to regard the Filipinos as social media ignorants
thinking that their ridiculous feat on Facebook and Twitter will go unnoticed.
Needless to say, someone should
explain to VP Robredo how to use the term trolls. Trolls can work both either ways:
against you or for you. So Robredo’s declaration of war against trolls simply sounds like another funny circus act.
And perhaps the most amusing thing
here is that the VP herself has been feeding the trolls with her own series of actions that
trigger the media and the people to come up with stories that sell. The Yellow
Media is indeed a fitting term for those who push for yellow journalism,
which by definition is journalism based on sensationalism and exaggeration.
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