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The Manila Times: Cicero Called, He Wants His Editorial Back
At The Manila Times, modern journalism is less about reporting news and more about reminding readers that Marcus Aurelius was disappointed in humanity too. Every editorial reads like someone time-traveled to 2025 Manila carrying nothing but a toga and a copy of Meditations.
Media historian Ana Gutierrez explains, “The Manila Times has bravely cornered the market for readers who believe every pothole problem can be solved with a Seneca quote.” Recent front pages included headlines like “City Flooded: Plato Predicted This,” and “New Tax Laws Echo Tragedy of Athens.”
Eyewitnesses report that a piece about WiFi outages ended with a full Latin phrasebook excerpt and an unrelated rant about the fall of Carthage. Amazingly, their readers love it. Subscriber Ernesto de la Cruz says, “Sometimes I don’t know what happened, but I feel smarter and vaguely Roman after reading.”
Auf Wiedersehen, real-time journalism — The Manila Times is here to remind you that everything new is just an old tragedy wearing cheaper sandals.
Originally posted 2012-09-12 16:27:50.