Talk:Maria Ressa

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Removed Trivia item about the source of Ms. Ressa's Tagalog skills. Contradicts biography information immediately above. It's misleading to say Ms. Ressa "grew up" in the United States; she speaks Tagalog largely because she spent the first nine years of her life in Manila and studied/practiced Tagalog diligently upon her return from the U.S. about 13 years later. she is the best women i have ever hered about — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.177.66 (talk) 18:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Citizenship Technicalities

She denounced her Filipino citizenship the moment she became an American citizen. To become an American, one has to plead allegiance to the country.

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God." .

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Regardless of whatever or how many passport she holds, the moment she plead allegiance to the US, she obviously had to denounce her previous citizenship or risk breaking aforementioned oath. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Notofakenews (talk • contribs) 16:02, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

I don't think so. First of all there is difference between theory and practice and secondly swearing allegiance in doubt just means that your official allegiance has to belong to the US (ober other countries), but it doesn't bother explicitly with holding passports. In my experience there is quite a number of people in the US holding more than one citizenship. Also see here:

• https://immigration.findlaw.com/citizenship/dual-citizenship.html

But be that all as it may. Any citizenship claim or info needs to be reliably sourced. In principal it is conceivable that she has a US citizenship as her seem to have become Americans, she returned to the Phillies on her own, with the family staying in the US for good.--Kmhkmh (talk) 16:28, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Unless you present reliable sources actually saying that she denounced her Filipino citizenship, this is all just original research. Bennv3771 (talk) 16:34, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

A junior trolling test, my dear? I myself hold four citizenships, the U.S., Turkey, Germany, and Israel. So what? Did I have to denounce previous "belong to's"? No. Obviously, you don't know nothing about becoming a "member" of a (foreign) country. So why did you post some piffle in the first place? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.219.49.40 (talk) 21:38, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

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Arrest

Just a few hours ago, Maria Ressa was arrested on charges of cyber libel. It's a developing story. NBI agents arrested her at her office in Rappler.

Here are some links: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/13/19/authorities-serve-arrest-warrant-vs-maria-ressa https://www.rappler.com/nation/223411-maria-ressa-arrested-for-cyber-libel-february-2019 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1085521/ressas-arrest-is-an-act-of-bully-government-nujp

NyanThousand (talk) 18:12, 13 February 2019 (UT

(The Printer) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.171.129.162 (talk) 17:58, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

National Headliner Award

No Maria Ressa won such award in 2002.

https://www.headlinerawards.org/2002-tvradio/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.147.192.247 (talk) 02:33, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Lesbianism

It is a common contention among well-known Duterte supporters that Ressa is a lesbian. Is it common enough that we need to mention it? I don't want us to seem biased, so I want other editors to comment.

Here are some sources:

• Tiglao, Rigoberto (2019-02-20). "The truth about Ressa and her vilification of Duterte". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15.

All these women despised Ressa, for various reasons, and bugged Lopez to fire her. Many in the network, even Lopez’s conservative relatives, were allegedly also scandalized over Ressa’s open lesbian relationship with Lilibeth Frondoso — married but separated — who became some kind of power in the network because of her closeness to the controversial news head. Gabby’s mestizo executives and friends incessantly asked him: "Are you really comfortable with Ressa being the face of ABS-CBN?"

• Tiglao translated this article into Tagalog as well:

Marami ring mga empleyado sa ABS-CBN ang naiskandalo sa relasyon ni Ressa sa kapwa lesbian na si Lilibeth Frondoso (na kasal daw, pero hiwa­lay).

• Biong, Ian (2019-11-14). "Ogie Diaz slams Jay Sonza for 'ugly' remark on Maria Ressa: 'Wala yatang salamin, pahiramin'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-06-21.

Jay Sonza took a jab at the Rappler CEO by insulting her looks, and even using a Filipino slur for “lesbian” in an attempt to attack Ressa on Monday, Nov.11.

The word used was tiburcio, it's swardspeak. See [1]. (I know I don't have to explain this to native speakers, but just in case other Wikipedians are interested.)

Here is a possible way we could mention it:

Supporters of Duterte, such as writer Rigoberto Tiglao, have repeatedly repeated rumors that Ressa is a lesbian.

Thoughts? I don't know if this warrants inclusion at all. Is it WP:TOOSOON or should this never be included? Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) ^{please always ping!} 21:12, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it needs to be included at all. It is not common knowledge among Filipinos (and certainly not to anyone who is not Filipino), and it does not seem to be relevant to anything in the article at all. If this were to be mentioned in this article, I suspect many more pages about Filipinos will have to be revised to include similar references to their love lives, whether gay or straight, because that's a very common way to try and undermine someone's credibility when there's nothing else to say. von (talk) 15:26, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

I think it should be mentioned if the sources are reliable, because an article of this length should really have some information about her personal life. However, I don't think the wording should include phrases like 'allegations', as this is pejorative and Western readers are mostly okay with people being lesbian these days.Newzild (talk) 05:22, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

@Newzild: The problem with this is, that's simply not true in the Philippines. We're not writing about an American journalist working out of New York. We're writing about a FilAm journalist working out of Manila. Red-tagging is very common in the Philippines, and although less common, queer-tagging is still a problem. If Ressa really is a lesbian, there are reasons she would not want that stated as a fact. Gay marriage is not legal in the Philippines, discrimination against LGBT is allowed, and it can be very damaging to someone to spread gossip that they're queer. Wikipedian sensibilities by and large might be rightly offended at that, but we need to keep this in mind. Unless she comes out of the closet herself, we should not state for a fact that she's a lesbian, no matter how many good reasons we may have to believe it. Right now I'd say all we really have is some rumors from Rigoberto Tiglao, who is, yes, writing in a reliable source, and who, yes, is often a good WP:RSOPINION, but it's just not enough. Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) ^{please always ping!} 01:29, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Okay, but we should still be addressing her personal life. Should we say that she's been accused of lesbianism?

The private life of this person is just that, private, it has no relevance to her work.2A02:C7E:1CC3:8A00:308C:3C2D:2AD7:9476 (talk) 13:50, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Unless there are multiple reliable sources that have published these suspicions, they should be omitted from the article per WP:BLPPUBLIC. Edge3 (talk) 02:44, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Ms Ressa's sexual orientation does not signify. In the biographies of other journalists, do you make a point of saying something like "Rachel Maddow is a lesbian"? No, we merely listed the name of her partner and when they met, along with several sources. If there are reliable sources that say Ms Ressa sees So-and-So or is partnered with So-and-So or married So-and-So on this day, then why would you even consider entering a rumor? And if no reliable sources say any such thing, then drop it: Biographies of Living Persons and all. You have to realize that the Philippine administration hates her and will do anything to defame her in the eyes of that very Catholic country. Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 01:34, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Later that same night - However, since Ms Ressa was named one of Time magazine's "Person of the Year: The Guardians of Journalism" in 2018, it might be interesting to state that one of her legal team, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, was named Time's Woman of the Year for 2022. Perhaps in a footnote? Thank you again, Wordreader (talk) 04:01, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

The very next day - My mistake. My printed copy of Time arrived today. Ms Clooney is not "The Woman of the Year", but one of several "2022 Women of the Year" honorees. She was interviewed by Maria Ressa. I apologize for my error above. Time, March 14 / March 21, 2022 (a double issue), pages 8 and 66-69. Thank you again, Wordreader (talk) 03:02, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

First Nobel Prize repicipient from the Philippines

An editor has oddly claimed in an edit summary that she is the "1st named Filipino Nobel Laureate. Other Filipinos have been parts of teams that received nobel prize".

Either she is, or she isn't, the first Nobel Prize recipient from the Philippines. Teams don't win Nobel prizes. You cannot win a Nobel Prize without named "named". There is no such thing as "named Nobel Laureate" (as opposed to a supposed status as an "unnamed" Nobel Prize recipient). "Nobel laureate" is merely a description of someone who has received a Nobel Prize. As far as I can see from List of Nobel laureates by country, there are no other Nobel Prize recipients from the Philippines than her. --Erikpetter (talk) 14:06, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Officially, the Nobel Prize can given to three specific persons annually (or to an organization).

A Nobel Prize can be shared by up to three individuals, or in the case of the peace prize, it can also be awarded to an organisation. The rule that a prize can only be awarded to three people comes from the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, which is responsible for fulfilling the intentions of Nobel’s will. It specifically states: “In no case may a prize amount be divided between more than three persons.”

While Filipino priest Jose Ramon Villarin was part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Officially it was the IPCC that was the "recipient" of the peace prize, not the individual members. Plus the IPCC is a multinational organization which is based in Switzerland its not really a "Philippine organization" either. that was awarded the 2007 peace prize.Hariboneagle927 (talk) 23:45, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

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Maria Ressa does not appear to have studied Molecular Biology as stated in the article

Only one of the cited sources (a blog post) state that she studied molecular biology at Princeton. This appears to be a misunderstanding of another referenced newspaper article that stated that "But, perhaps, they expected as much from a daughter who chose an English Literature major over a pre-med course in Molecular Biology." There appears to be no other source that state that she studied molecular biology. Princeton University itself in its website states that she graduated with a bachelor of arts in English and a certificate in theater and dance as is already stated in the wikipedia page.

Deville123123 (talk) 08:38, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Personal and media appearances.

It would be long-winded to include every personal appearance of Ms Ressa and even more so for every print, TV, and radio appearance. However, if any readers here are interested, she recently appeared on The Problem with Jon Stewart, episode 2: "COVID-19 Restrictions". (Note that the name entered on the WP article appears as "Freedom" and is likely wrong). The topics were public health, democracy, and dictators. Bassem Youssef and Francisco Marquez Lara also appeared. Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 07:58, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

antisemitism

what about her comments calling the israelis nazis? this is big news in the US right now...perhaps enough to scuttle her selection as guest speaker at harvard's commencement next month. 2601:19C:527E:56C0:3120:2C46:154E:5673 (talk) 19:30, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

For BLP considerations, here is the Time article on the topic: [2] —C.Fred (talk) 19:36, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

If you include that story, keep in mind that the Time piece links to a conservative opinion piece which in turn links to the original article in Filipino. Please recognize the potential for the story to be misrepresented since many Wikipedia readers will not be able to verify her statements for themselves (myself included).

That's not to say it isn't relevant or notable. I'm just advising everyone to be careful. 2603:7081:1603:A300:79CA:78F:BC5A:5863 (talk) 23:34, 6 May 2024 (UTC)