He was responding to rumors in social media that he was in Japan at the height of the typhoon for another R&R, just as he went last month to Singapore to watch the Formula 1 race. In fact, studies in the US showed that most newspaper readers do not read past the third paragraph of a news article or an opinion piece. SCREENGRAB FROM INQUIRET.NETSo, in this case, Maharlika's rants were what most readers read, not the columnist's sorry attempt at debunking her. Be very, very careful of "social media," much of which has become a dark world where character assassins and hatchet men roam. In a few months, the demolition job that was swirling in the dark depths of the swamp that is "social media" rise to the surface — in print media.

Source: Manila Times November 01, 2022 22:58 UTC