A graphic featuring Vice President and presidential candidate Leni Robredo’s partial answer to a question in a radio interview was uploaded by several Facebook (FB) accounts, including an FB page of a former Palace media consultant, to make her look dumb. It is misleading.
The graphic failed to provide Robredo’s full answer to a follow-up question on a what-if crisis scenario.
STATEMENT
On Feb. 5, FB page Luminous by Trixie Cruz-Angeles & Ahmed Paglinawan, managed by the two lawyers, posted a graphic with a cartoon of Robredo’s face.
The image features a part of Robredo’s answer to radio anchor Deo Macalma’s follow-up question during the DZRH presidential interview on Feb. 2, with the overlaid text:
“DZRH: ‘Ano ang sasabihin mo kay Biden kung may CIA report na lulusubin ng China ang Pilipinas (What will you tell Biden if there is a CIA report that China will invade the Philippines)?’
‘Ibibigay ko kay Pres. Biden ang report.’ (I will give the report to Pres. Biden)
– Leni Robredo, DZRH TV, February 2, 2022”
Source: Luminous by Trixie Cruz-Angeles & Ahmed Paglinawan Facebook page, Waiting for their Department of Explanations in 3…2…1…, Feb. 5, 2022
Cruz-Angeles previously worked as a social media consultant in the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).
Commenting on the post, many netizens criticized Robredo for being an “idiot” while others described her as “lutang na lutang (drifting away).”
The FB post has since garnered more than 16,000 reactions, 2,900 comments and 2,400 shares. The graphic itself was uploaded by at least 151 FB groups and pages, including the verified page of singer Richard Poon, since the day after the radio interview. Overall, it gained more than 32,000 interactions, according to social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle.
FACT
The FB post excluded the original premise of the questions and cut out portions of Robredo’s response.
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