South Korean and Japanese news reports on the presidential candidacy of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the May 9 polls have been misused on a TikTok video to suggest the two nations’ support for his bid.
A video posted on April 18 by @jasonlusanta compiled spliced clips from South Korean news outfits Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and Yeonhap News Agency (YNA), and a report from Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) World-Japan. While the videos did report Marcos’ lead in the presidential surveys, none praised him as implied by his supporters who shared the clips online.
The KBS video, originally broadcast on Feb. 20, has a ticker that reads: “마르코스·이멜다 아들 ‘봉봉 마르코스’, 필리핀 대권 유력 (Bongbong Marcos, Philippines’ leading presidential candidate).
The counterpart article on the video’s description and posted on KBS’ website focuses on Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s “dictatorship and corruption,” and his wife Imelda Marcos’ “tens of billions of jewels, and thousands of pairs of shoes.”
The KBS article also featured University of the Philippines professor Jean Encinas who said, “If (Marcos Jr.) wins, the Philippines will retreat again. (Filipinos) haven’t learned the lessons of the past.”
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