A photo of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his family has been altered to falsely show independent senatorial candidate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan joining them in a boodle fight.
The manipulated image was posted by Facebook page No to Liberal Party on April 19, accompanied by a laughing emoji.
A Google reverse image search revealed that the original photo of the Marcos family was taken on April 17 during their Holy Week vacation at Suba Beach in Paoay, Ilocos Norte. The First Couple also celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary.
Pangilinan’s image showing him eating mustasa or green mustard leaves was inserted into the photo using a flipped still from a Facebook video uploaded on April 14 by Pampanga vlogger Romeo Sagum Catacutan. It was extracted at the 32-second mark.
During his Pampanga campaign stop, the senatorial candidate visited Catacutan’s farm in San Luis on April 9 to shoot a food blog collaboration as a part of his advocacy for food security.
As of writing, the post has garnered 25,500 reactions–24,900 of them are laughter reacts–1,800 comments and 2,400 shares. The Facebook page has 109,000 followers.
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