Maria Ressa
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Maria Ressa is a prominent journalist and the CEO of Rappler, known for her courageous stance against misinformation and authoritarianism in the Philippines. This interview reveals her dedication to safeguarding democratic values and her resilience in the face of adversity, positioning her as a trusted leader in the fight for press freedom.
“Right, but in the end, what motivates human beings? So I also studied psychology, but what I loved about the theater is that this is how you find meaning.”
“Well, he was bringing in money for charities, Muslim charities. So that was the beginning, follow the money. We know this, right? And then by 1993, after the first World Trade Center bombing in the basement, the truck bombing, Ramsey Youssef flees to the Philippines, where he begins to train the Abu Sayyaf, one of our terrorist organizati…”
“So let me first say that it isn't these political things, right? I'm actually not taking a position. What I am after is individual will, agency, right? Because it is the insidious manipulation that's wrong. Doesn't matter if we all voted for Brexit because we chose to do it. It's agency that is critical for me.”
“And more than that, technology to jumpstart development. Because we were already when I was with ABS starting to experiment with crowdsourcing. And this is something we perfected in Rappler and we used it for our climate change efforts. We built technology.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 485 — Maria Ressa
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