In the Philippines, while everyone is forced to become modern-day heroes by staying at home, lawmakers and politicians busied themselves with schemes to ensure that the public’s access to truth is controlled by finally closing down ABS-CBN. While the rioters were quickly removed from the Capitol, the very concept of truth is still under siege. The very symbol of United States-style democracy was turned into a battlefield by a crowd of staunch racists and those who fell victim to extremist propaganda. The unpredictability that defined what many consider the worst year in recent memory still wafts like pungent air that refuses to dissipate. Nearly a month into 2021, and it still feels like 2020.
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