{"id":82542,"date":"2016-10-30T10:18:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T14:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=82542"},"modified":"2016-10-30T10:18:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T14:18:26","slug":"de-lima-commends-media-orgs-drive-vs-fake-news-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/10\/30\/de-lima-commends-media-orgs-drive-vs-fake-news-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"De Lima commends media orgs&#8217; drive vs. fake news in social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_81335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81335\" style=\"width: 1769px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160920170907.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81335\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160920170907.jpg\" alt=\"Senator Leila De Lima. (File photo: Jess Escaros Jr.\/PNA)\" width=\"1769\" height=\"1476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160920170907.jpg 1769w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160920170907-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160920170907-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160920170907-1024x854.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1769px) 100vw, 1769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Leila De Lima. (File photo: Jess Escaros Jr.\/PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday expressed support to media outlets which have gone their way to lead campaigns against the spread of fake news on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, de Lima cited GMA News Online and Rappler for actively checking on some hoaxes being shared and re-shared to the public and stopping the spread of hatred and insults on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I commend these two media organizations for asserting their democratic role of gatekeepers not only of public morals but also of truth, respect and decency in public life,&#8221; de Lima said.<\/p>\n<p>The neophyte senator also acknowledged the differing views and opinions on issues that matter to majority of Filipinos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many of you, however, I also resent all and every deliberate and malicious attempt to curse, trash, degrade, humiliate and even intimate our people,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>She further said that although she respected expression of dissent and even frustration on social media, she stressed that she will not tolerate any attempt to silence freedom of speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday expressed support to media outlets which have gone their way to lead campaigns against &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95,483],"tags":[12568,2407,960],"class_list":["post-82542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","category-politics","tag-fake-news","tag-leila-de-lima","tag-social-media","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}