Joey Alarilla
The Genesis of Philippine Cyberspace
At the thirteenth anniversary celebration of the Philippine Internet, Dr. Rodolfo M. Villarica gives a trailblazer’s account of the Philippines’ path to cyberspace.
Joey Alarilla, who took this video of Dr. Villarica’s speech, hopes thirteen doesn’t turn out to be an unlucky number. I do not share that hope. The thirteenth year of Philippine cyberspace, the year twenty million Filipinos go online, will bring apocalyptic amounts of bad luck — to n00bs.
Inq7 Breakup: GMA’s Fault
Inquirer.net editor Joey Alarilla lays the smackdown on GMANews.tv editor-in-chief Malou Mangahas for her TV dogs’ conspiring to scavenge around his podcast interviews (Yeah, I know. Offline media surviving off scraps from online media. Fun times.). The last few paragraphs convey a veiled threat to keep her dogs at bay.
So, yes, it’s all been about civility.
It’s the same civility that has prevented us from pointing out that you set up GMANews.tv some eight months ago when your network had an existing agreement that INQ7.net was the news site of both the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA Network.
It’s the same civility that has prevented us from telling the whole truth about INQ7.net, while you go around playing the good cop, taking the “high road†and telling bloggers that it’s all a misunderstanding.
I wonder, is it easier to take the high road when you’re the one who’s at fault, and to remain silent when the truth would hurt your organization if it comes out?
Yes, we all know a lot of things, and we’ve been civil despite everything that has been happening behind the scenes.
But don’t mistake civility for approval, or expect it to last forever.
First they try to stab an online partner in the back, then they try to scavenge off its table scraps. What a sad little TV network.
