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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
reading this book felt like an up-hill battle at times.
her 10-point plan was pretty good though.
her 10-point plan was pretty good though.
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I really enjoyed this memoir! The writing style was really accessible while still providing plenty detail particularly over the threats to freedom of press over the years. Her proximity to so many different actors across the world allowed for a really unique perspective into how she brought about coalitions for action! As a result there were lots of takeaways from the book around the work to be done to combat disinformation online. Overall, I finished this book feeling really inspired and hopeful that there is more we can do and keep fighting for.
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Sometimes hard to follow because of the time jumps but I liked a lot of what Ressa had to say. It was interesting to learn about the government of the Philippines and Ressa’s fight for freedom of the press and journalist safety.
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This book is such an important read. It offers so much information about the way social media and our current information system is used to manipulate us and sow hate through a beautifully told memoir of the author. It’s inspiring and makes you want to take on the work of protecting journalism, even if that may be too much work for you or not your field.
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Maria Ressa is obviously an admirable and heroic activist for fighting against press censorship in the Phillipines. This book, however, falls flat; it's like she wrote a Ted Talk then expanded it into a laborious book. It reads as part memoir, part lengthy award acceptance speech, part call to action and it never coalesces into something enjoyable to read. Ressa is someone who has succeeded throughout her life and thus believes all her opinions are correct, which makes some of her writing come across as artificial. There's one passage where she compares her organization's (Rappler) actions to other news orgs.--point by point--and explains away how awesome their actions were to others; another explains how multiple of her opinions were not followed and the negative consequences that resulted.
The most interesting portions were on authoritarian govt actions and her responses as a journalist. These provided insightful and powerful testimony. Besides that, this book is a miss.
The most interesting portions were on authoritarian govt actions and her responses as a journalist. These provided insightful and powerful testimony. Besides that, this book is a miss.