Rappler chairman Manuel Ayala: Also director of Lopez firms Energy Development Corp. (EDC) and SkyCable. Inset: From the Rappler website, which doesn’t disclose his two other major directorships.

The UST totally belied Vitug’s piece*, and the PDI never again ran a piece on the false accusation. Rappler however posted it twice, on January 2 or after the PDI published it, and May 21, when the Senate was deliberating on its decision, which was made on May 29.

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