{"id":153806,"date":"2018-02-22T03:03:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153806"},"modified":"2018-02-22T03:03:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:03:14","slug":"rappler-to-protest-coverage-ban-demands-apology-from-dagoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/22\/rappler-to-protest-coverage-ban-demands-apology-from-dagoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rappler to protest coverage ban; demands apology from Dagoy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Presidential Security Group (PSG) blocked Rappler reporter Pia Ranada from entering the New Executive Building (NEB) in Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday morning. (Photo<\/a>: Pia Ranada\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following the President\u2019s order to ban a Rappler reporter in Malaca\u00f1ang, the news website is set to protest the coverage blockage and is demanding an apology from Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander Brig. Gen. Lopez Dagoy for his recent statement.<\/p>\n

Rappler, in a statement sent to Philippine Daily Inquirer, said that it would write a letter to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to protest the ban reportedly ordered by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.<\/p>\n

The news site in another statement called on Dagoy, saying, \u201cWe ask General Dagoy to apologize for his outburst or for his superiors to take him to task for threatening to use force outside the battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDagoy\u2019s statement is conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman, coming as it did from a soldier who took his oath to defend civilians, who stands closest to the seat of power, and who serves an organization that has shown, time and again, its respect for and appreciation of civilian institutions such as Rappler,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Rappler was reacting to Dagoy\u2019s statement in an interview with Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Margaux \u201cMocha\u201d Uson.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was just following orders. It\u2019s a good thing he did not harm you. You should be thankful he did not harm you after you were rude to him. It\u2019s very rude on your part,\u201d Dagoy said, referring to Rappler\u2019s assigned reporter to Malaca\u00f1ang Pia Ranada.<\/p>\n

Rappler also reported that Dagoy texted Ranada, saying, \u201cIt was good that my soldier did not hit you when you were bullying him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy did they have to push the mic at my soldier, who told them he had nothing to tell them?\u201d he added, talking about Palace guard Cpl. Marc Cempron, who the media including Ranada questioned in a video.<\/p>\n

Dagoy also got mad at ABS-CBN reporters who also questioned Cempron, threatening that he could ban other reporters as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext time that happens to my soldiers again, I will ban you from the whole Malaca\u00f1ang complex,\u201d he said in the interview with the ASec.<\/p>\n

However, Dagoy countered Rappler\u2019s statement, criticizing that the news site is making him look like the \u2018bad guy.\u2019 He challenged them to show the whole video.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>Imagine <\/em>namili lang ng <\/em>portion of the incident then project me already as the bad guy? <\/em>Tama ba \u2018yan? Ganyan na ba ang <\/em>standard ng media investigation<\/em> ng <\/em>Rappler<\/em>?\u00a0<\/em>(Imagine, they only chose a portion of the incident then projected me already as the bad guy? Is that right? Is that Rappler’s standard of media investigation?)<\/p>\n

Me to apologize? In their dreams!\u00a0Sila ang mag-<\/em>apologize<\/em> sa sundalo ko\u00a0<\/em>(They should be the one to apologize to my soldier),”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIs that the standard of Rappler\u2019s media investigation? Me to apologize? In their dreams! They should apologize to my soldier,\u201d he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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