{"id":239451,"date":"2019-12-08T04:54:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T09:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=239451"},"modified":"2019-12-08T04:54:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T09:54:11","slug":"duterte-never-harassed-critics-its-the-other-way-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/08\/duterte-never-harassed-critics-its-the-other-way-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte never harassed critics, it\u2019s the other way around"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on November 28, 2019. TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Despite being harassed by his critics and detractors, President Rodrigo Duterte has never done the same to them, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this reaction as he dismissed a Latvia-based study which indicated that one of the four emerging models of disinformation was \u201cstate-sponsored.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSi Presidente hindi nagkakaroon ng ganung intensiyon. Si Presidente, isa lamang ang panuntunan niya, bigyan ng proteksiyon at pagsilbihan ang taong-bayan<\/em>\u00a0(The President never had that intention. The President only has one criterion, which is to protect and serve the Filipino people),\u201d Panelo said in an interview over dzIQ.<\/p>\n

\u201cYun ang kaniyang batayan sa lahat ng kaniyang galaw bilang Presidente ng bansa. Siya ang hina-harass ng mga kritiko, hindi siya huma-<\/em>harass,\u00a0pinapatupad niya lang kung ano ang batas<\/em>\u00a0(That is the basis for every move the President makes. He is being harassed by his critics and he does not harass them. He is only implementing the law),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The study, published by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), defined the state-sponsored model as one that uses \u201cformal intimidation\u201d and \u201cdigital bullying\u201d techniques that leads to \u201csilencing, self-censorship, and chilling effects among dissenters and the public at large.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also noted that a \u201cstate-sponsored propaganda model assumes intentionality from the President himself to intimidate and harass his critics\u201d by tapping a \u201ckeyboard army\u201d of his \u201cdiehard supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aside from the state-sponsored model, the other models of disinformation in the NATO study include the in-house staff model, the advertising and public relations model, and the clickbait model.<\/p>\n

The study is authored by Jonathan Corpus Ong, Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Jason Caba\u00f1es, Associate Professor of Communication in De La Salle University-Manila.<\/p>\n

Panelo denied that the government engaged in any form of spreading disinformation or fake news.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng fake news ay iisama lamang, fake. Ang gobyerno, kailanman, ay hindi pumapasok sa<\/em>\u00a0fake news (Fake news are all the same, they\u2019re fake. Our government never engaged in spreading fake news),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoon nga nagagalit si Presidente e — yung binabago yung mga<\/em>\u00a0facts and figures\u00a0at hindi nagiging matapat. Di ba yun ang laging pinapakiusap ng Presidente sa lahat, ang gusto niya lang iyong<\/em>\u00a0truth and fairness (That\u2019s what makes the President angry — changing facts and figures and not being honest. That\u2019s the only request of the President, he wants truth and fairness),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Palace official, meanwhile, maintained that the Duterte administration respects press freedom in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalaya ang pamamahayag dito sa ating bansa<\/em>\u00a0(Journalists are free to report what they want in our country),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWalang naide-demanda dahil sila ay nagsalita laban as gobyerno. Pakinggan mo lang yung mga salita ng komentarista, iba\u2019t-ibang estasyon sa radyo, basahin mo mga kolumnista. Makikita mo na dito sa ating bansa ang pinakamalaya<\/em>\u00a0(There are no journalists who are sent to jail for speaking against the government. Just listen to the commentators, different radio stations, read the columns. You\u2019ll see that press freedom in our country is most free),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo\u2019s statement came after the President, on Tuesday, announced that he is not bent on granting the renewal of the 25-year congressional franchise to local broadcast network ABS-CBN.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, explained that the renewal of ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise would still be up to Congress.<\/p>\n

Last month, Panelo also shrugged off Rappler CEO Maria Ressa\u2019s remark in a TV program characterizing the press landscape in the Philippines under the Duterte administration as \u201cworse than any war zone\u201d that she has been in.<\/p>\n

For Panelo, media workers in the country remained \u201csafe\u201d and remained free to cover events in the country.<\/p>\n

Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar also disputed Ressa\u2019s claims that her arrests and charges are meant to “pound her into silence\u201d for reporting about alleged extrajudicial killings tied to the drug war.<\/p>\n

Andanar said cases filed against Ressa and Rappler were for the violation of the anti-dummy law, tax evasion charges, and a cyber libel case filed by a private individual that has \u201cnothing to do with the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said Ressa\u2019s case is not an issue involving press freedom but an issue in violation of the Philippine laws acted upon by respective government agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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