Lilbeth Frondoso (from back left) producer Leah Marino, Chay Hofilena, Glenda Gloria, Rambo Talabong, writer/director Ramona S. Diaz, (from bottom left), Maria Ressa and Pia Ranada pose for a portrait to promote the film "A Thousand Cuts" during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan 26, 2020, in Park City, Utah. The documentary tracks Ressa’s dual life in recent years. She’s seen smiling while accepting international honours and praise from the likes of George Clooney, then grimly facing down online harassment, legal action and real world threats for her news site’s reporting on the drug war waged by President Rodrigo Duterte. - AP
LOS ANGELES/MANILA (AP): Maria Ressa says she didn’t take Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte seriously when he declared four years ago that "corrupt” journalists weren’t "exempted from assassination.”
"In 2016, it was really, really laughable. And I thought, ‘Oh, doesn’t matter.’ I laughed,” said the country’s most well-known journalist and leader of the independent Rappler news organization.
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