TWO public officials complained about “fake news” this week:
Vice President Leni Robredo on April 23 called out as “fake news” the item in Rigoberto Tiglao’s column in “Manila Times” that she talked with European Parliament officials during her recent trip to Germany and persuaded them to pass a resolution condemning extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the Philippines. False, Robredo said, she “never saw or spoke with any E.U. official” while she was abroad.
Presidential Legislative Liaison Adelino Sitoy, through an April 24 press statement of the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) which Sitoy heads, said the Rappler news report on consultants the office hired amounted to “spreading fake news.” The news story was based on a COA report, factual and it carried PLLO’s explanation.
Columnist, facts
Chance to refute
PLLO charges
“fake news” (Rappler didn’t fabricate the COA report);
“misleading” (PLLO didn’t say how or why);
“didn’t get PLLO’s side” (Rappler included the office’s explanation to COA);
