Left panel, teamwork by two Omidyar media outfits, The Intercept and Rappler. Right, logos of Rappler and the Ukrainian anti-Russia hromadske.tv, also funded by Omidyar.
Since its start, Rappler’s CEO and editor-in-chief has been Maria Ressa, whose work experience has been totally in TV who reportedly knew little about the Internet. Was Rappler initially designed by the its US architects to replicate the Ukrainian Hromadske.TV, one of the most powerful media outfits that helped oust the pro-Russian president?