â€œTruthinessâ€ and the Seeming Truth of Wilyonaryo

Posted by marocharim on December 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Truthiness is â€œWhat I say is right, and nothing anyone else says could possibly be true.â€ Itâ€™s not only that I feel it to be true, but that I feel it to be true. Thereâ€™s not only an emotional quality, but thereâ€™s a selfish quality.Â

- Stephen Colbert

Empirical reality is overrated. Santa Claus exists, because kids feel him on Christmas Eve. Elvis didnâ€™t die, because we feel his presence. Itâ€™s not knowing, but feeling. Thank you, Stephen Colbert.

The talk of the Philippine entertainment blogosphere these days is the â€œWilyonaryo scam:â€ in a YouTube video, it seems that the wheel in â€œWilyonaryoâ€ has two numbers in it. Which means two things, if you asked me:

It seems that Willie Revillame cheats his contestants, and;
It seems that this particular video is the most-watched YouTube video in the Philippines today.

Of course, Joey de Leon is pointing to YouTube to be the source of all truth and the font of all knowledge, as far as the â€œWilyonaryo scamâ€ is concerned. As it seems, you can – if not should – believe everything you see in the Internet. After all, if itâ€™s in YouTube, it must be true.

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