The Dictator's Playbook — with Maria Ressa
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Astro Turfing and Cheap Armies
Astro turfing means you take the idea that rapler is c i a. A year later, the same message comes out of president d Duterte's mouth. Within five months, in january 20, eighteenth, the first case the government tried to shut raper down. I've had to post bail eight times in a three months period. This year, i was arrested twice in a five week period. The real cost all of this is meant to be not just to harass, but to shut us up. We're just functioning for our jobs, it's the people at the front line in the global south who are suffering.
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