A fake blog (see above screenshot) supposedly written by former Senator Ralph Recto has emeraged even if he has not even assumed his position as director general of the National Economic Development Authority.

His staff said the blog is nothing but “black propaganda,” as one post indicated that those who did not vote for him were “stupid.”

INQUIRER.net reporter Veronica Uy has the story here.

A quick check on the domain “ralphrecto.com” showed that the domain has been created sometime in April 2005. The registrar of the domain is “Blue Razor Domains.” The blog is hosted in the US.

By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

A FORMER and a current Filipino journalist have created a blog countdown that aims to gather the sentiments of Filipinos who are impatiently waiting for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down in 2010.

“It’s certainly not inspired by (Antonio) Trillanes IV. I’m not a fan. But yes, the Manila Peninsula incident did just happen to bring up the point again. Whether you believe in coups or not, everybody agrees that 2010 is a long way away,” said Bangkok-based journalist Roby Alampay in an interview, as he introduced the Ang Tagal Naman blog.

“Ang Tagal Naman” is a Filipino phrase that roughly translates to “This is taking too long.”

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WOULDN’T it be ironic if the alternative media represented by blogging/citizen journalism would just end up replicating some of the shortcomings of mainstream media?

This was the warning sounded by the editor of the BBC College of Journalism while talking about political journalism and blogging.

Here’s an excerpt from the Journalism.co.uk entry:

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