Embrace your fear. Imagine what you're most afraid of, touch it and hold it so that you rob it of its power.

I'm not a critic, I'm a journalist. I'm doing my job holding the government to account.

Press freedom is not just about journalists, right? It's not just about us, it's not just about me, it's not just about Rappler. Press freedom is... the foundation of every single right of every single Filipino to the truth, so that we can hold the powerful to account.

Press freedom is the foundation of the rights of all Filipinos to the truth.

I don't think we have wrapped our heads around how much technology has allowed the manipulation of individuals and democracies.

In a war zone you know exactly where the threats are coming from. I plan my way in and we plan our way out and you're there for a limited period of time.

So a lie told a million times becomes the truth.

I'm not a critic, I'm a journalist. I'm doing my job holding the government to account.