On February 27, 2022, an SMNI News anchor, MJ Mondejar claimed that 2 million Pangasinenses welcomed Bongbong Marcos in his motorcade in Pangasinan [https://twitter.com/MJ__Mondejar/status/1497916372264767488].
Mondejar quoted a consolidated PNP report but failed to provide a direct resource to verify the numbers.
n a one-hour video published by Uniteam BBM-Sara Facebook page, it shows that Marcos’ motorcade traversed the main roads of Mangaldan and San Jacinto [https://www.facebook.com/uniteamofficial/videos/474643920861941], which has a total population of 113,185 and 44,351, respectively.
Every media practitioners’ report should always be grounded on truth. If it goes otherwise, then they are considered a public relation officers’ propaganda.
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