{"id":255465,"date":"2020-05-20T05:18:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T09:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=255465"},"modified":"2020-05-20T05:26:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T09:26:46","slug":"roque-rejects-nujp-call-to-apologize-for-berating-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/20\/roque-rejects-nujp-call-to-apologize-for-berating-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Roque rejects NUJP call to apologize for berating reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roque, however, insisted that he was misquoted since CNN even \u201ccorrected\u201d their story. (PCOO file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque rejected the call of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to apologize to a reporter for berating and cutting her off during a press conference for allegedly misquoting him on government\u2019s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) testing efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t owe anything to NUJP. I\u2019ve done work for NUJP, they probably owe me, I don\u2019t owe them,\u201d Roque said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The NUJP, in a statement, described Roque\u2019s actions as \u201cboorish and, as it turned out, misbegotten tirade\u201d.<\/p>\n

“Officials who earn public ire for their pronouncements should not blame journalists who are merely doing their jobs,” the NUJP said.<\/p>\n

Roque, however, insisted that he was misquoted since CNN even \u201ccorrected\u201d their story.<\/p>\n

\u201cCNN has since corrected the story so there was really a mistake. If there\u2019s a mistake, if you acknowledge the mistake, I don\u2019t even demand an apology. Just correct it because we\u2019re all in the business of the truth, that to me is enough,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Roque also said he has personally spoken with CNN reporter Triciah Terada who explained that she did not write the article, but pointed out that as Malaca\u00f1ang reporter she should have corrected the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt turns out it was not Trish who wrote the article and I think personally I\u2019ve sent a message to Trish but I also feel that as the Malaca\u00f1ang reporter, she should have corrected the story of her news outfit particularly because it\u2019s her beat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the real person behind the story should be identified since the article was published without a byline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever wrote the article and there was no byline, that\u2019s the problem. Why is it that some news agencies do not have bylines for their stories\u00a0para<\/em>\u00a0(so) we know who wrote it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In a press conference aired over state-run PTV4 Tuesday, Roque singled out Terada for an online article headlined \u201cUp to private sector to carry out mass testing, Roque says amid limited testing capacity\u201d when other media outlets published similar stories.<\/p>\n

Roque scolded her, saying that the article made it sound like the government had no mass testing program when it did have an \u201cexpanded targeted testing\u201d program since it was impossible to test the country\u2019s entire population.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to call you out.\u00a0Kita mo naman ang naging resulta ng inyong<\/em>\u00a0reporting\u00a0at ikaw lang ang nag<\/em>-report\u00a0na ganyan<\/em>\u00a0(You see the result of what your report, you\u2019re the only one who reported it that way),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

CNN Philippines, in a statement, stood by its story but also found it \u201cregrettable\u201d that Terada was not given a chance to defend herself from public attacks that could harm her reputation as a journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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