An acclaimed foreign journalist has called out Rappler founder and Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa for trying to portray herself as a victim of oppression under President Rodrigo Duterte.
Ted McDonnell took issue with Ressa’s statement to CBS’ Bill Whitaker, which aired on its public affairs show, 60 Minutes.
Ressa, the former chief of CNN’s Jakarta bureau, described the Philippines as “worse than any war zone” she has been in.
“In a war zone you know exactly where the threats are coming from. We’ve been living through three years of this kind of hell,” she said.
McDonnell, who has been to the Philippines a number of times, called Ressa’s statement “unadulterated bullshit.”
“This is unadulterated #bullshit! I’ve worked in the #Philippines as a journalist\documentarian for past 5 years it’s safer than many places in the USA. Did you ask Ressa why she accepts money by CIA funded NED? Her “facts” are false & what war zones has she been in? #notjournalism,” he tweeted Sunday (November 10).
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is believed to be the US Central Intelligence Agency’s front to course funds to non-government organizations in various countries.
Arroyo-era Cabinet Secretary Rigoberto Tiglao said NED gave Rappler P7.5 million in 2018 in the guise of a grant for a project tilted “Understanding and Addressing Disinformation’s Impact on Democracy.”
Rappler’s other foreign funders include American billionaire Pierre Omidyar, who invested in the media outfit through his company, Omidyar Network.
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