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AFP
27-03-2025
- Politics
- AFP
Pro-Duterte remarks falsely attributed to Philippine news anchor
"Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte/Father Digong did not start the war to kill, he started it to save," reads part of a lengthy March 15, 2025 Facebook post with more than 24,000 shares. It ascribes the quote to De Castro, a longtime anchor at Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN and a former vice president of the country. The post includes a screenshot of De Castro during his nightly programme TV Patrol (archived link). "Duterte is gone, and the drug problem is coming back. Crime is rising again. Ask yourself was he really the problem, or was he the only one brave enough to fix it?" the post goes on to say, before ending with a call to bring the 79-year-old former leader home. Image Screenshot of false Facebook post taken on March 25, 2025 Similar Facebook posts surfaced after Duterte's stunning arrest and swift transfer to the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to face charges linked to his anti-narcotics campaign (archived link). Rights activists say tens of thousands of mostly poor men were killed in his government's crackdown, often without proof they were linked to drugs. "Very well said, Kabayan Noli De Castro," read a comment in one of the circulating posts, using De Castro's nickname and indicating the user believed the remarks were his. "You're right, sir Noli De Castro. He really is like a father to us. He's old, he doesn't deserve this type of stress anymore," another wrote. But the veteran broadcaster never made the supposed statement. ABS-CBN shared a post from De Castro's Instagram account on March 17, where he shared screenshots of the posts stamped with text that said "FAKE" (archived links here and here). Image Screenshot of Noli De Castro's Instagram post taken on March 26, 2025 The same post was also shared on De Castro's Facebook page (archived link). A reverse image search found the photo in the post was taken from a segment of a March 14, 2025 broadcast of ABS-CBN's evening news programme TV Patrol (archived link). At the 59:41-mark of the hour-long newscast, De Castro introduced the report and can be heard saying in Tagalog: "For the first time, the International Criminal Court released details about former president Rodrigo Duterte's charge of crime against humanity, which became the basis of his arrest." Nowhere in the segment -- or in the entire newscast -- did he make the supposed remarks shared in the false posts. Image Screenshot comparison of the false post (left) and the March 14 TV Patrol segment (right) AFP has debunked pro-Duterte misinformation flooding social media following the former president's arrest.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pro-Duterte remarks falsely attributed to Philippine news anchor
"Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte/Father Digong did not start the war to kill, he started it to save," reads part of a lengthy March 15, 2025 Facebook post with more than 24,000 shares. It ascribes the quote to De Castro, a longtime anchor at Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN and a former vice president of the country. The post includes a screenshot of De Castro during his nightly programme TV Patrol (archived link). "Duterte is gone, and the drug problem is coming back. Crime is rising again. Ask yourself was he really the problem, or was he the only one brave enough to fix it?" the post goes on to say, before ending with a call to bring the 79-year-old former leader home. Similar Facebook posts surfaced after Duterte's stunning arrest and swift transfer to the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to face charges linked to his anti-narcotics campaign (archived link). Rights activists say tens of thousands of mostly poor men were killed in his government's crackdown, often without proof they were linked to drugs. "Very well said, Kabayan Noli De Castro," read a comment in one of the circulating posts, using De Castro's nickname and indicating the user believed the remarks were his. "You're right, sir Noli De Castro. He really is like a father to us. He's old, he doesn't deserve this type of stress anymore," another wrote. But the veteran broadcaster never made the supposed statement. ABS-CBN shared a post from De Castro's Instagram account on March 17, where he shared screenshots of the posts stamped with text that said "FAKE" (archived links here and here). The same post was also shared on De Castro's Facebook page (archived link). A reverse image search found the photo in the post was taken from a segment of a March 14, 2025 broadcast of ABS-CBN's evening news programme TV Patrol (archived link). At the 59:41-mark of the hour-long newscast, De Castro introduced the report and can be heard saying in Tagalog: "For the first time, the International Criminal Court released details about former president Rodrigo Duterte's charge of crime against humanity, which became the basis of his arrest." Nowhere in the segment -- or in the entire newscast -- did he make the supposed remarks shared in the false posts. AFP has debunked pro-Duterte misinformation flooding social media following the former president's arrest.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Edited clip shared in posts discrediting news coverage of protests calling for Duterte's impeachment
"ABIAS-CBN is exposed for spreading wrong information??" read a Facebook video's Tagalog-language caption disparaging Philippine media giant ABS-CBN. The video, shared on February 1, 2025, shows clips from the ABS-CBN news programme TV Patrol, with anchor Zen Hernandez saying in Tagalog: "Thousands flocked to various protests in different parts of Metro Manila today to call for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte and raise other issues." The clip then cuts to journalist Vivienne Gulla doing a live report in which she says: "Almost 500 went to the mobilisation here at EDSA Shrine to call on Congress to take action on the several impeachment complaints filed against Sara Duterte." ABS-CBN previously ran afoul of Duterte's father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, who warned of karmic repercussions for the broadcaster's critical coverage of his deadly drug war (archived link). The broadcaster was forced off air over a stalled operating licence renewal during his term in office, drawing fresh charges that authorities were cracking down on press freedom (archived link). The video circulated after protests in Manila urging the Philippine House of Representatives to impeach Vice President Duterte before they adjourned ahead of May's midterm elections (archived link). Duterte was impeached by lawmakers on February 5 -- the vote following the filing of a trio of complaints in December accusing her of crimes ranging from the "brazen misuse" of millions of dollars in public funds to plotting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos's assassination (archived link). The 46-year-old vice president, who is estranged from Marcos but remains his constitutional successor in case he is unable to perform his duties, has denied the allegations. Her fate now lies in the hands of the Philippines' 24 senators, two-thirds of whom must vote for her impeachment to remove her from office and disqualify her from future public positions. A trial date has yet to be set. Similar claims that ABS-CBN exaggerated the size of protests calling for Duterte's impeachment were also shared on TikTok. "Thousands? And then it turns out to be only 500?" read a comment on one of the posts. Another said: "Maybe the first reporter was paid higher because they said thousands. But the second reporter just said the protesters were only 500. Fix your news." The video, however, omits parts of the journalist's report where she discussed larger rallies held on the same day. A reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the altered video led to the full news segment published on the official Facebook page of TV Patrol on January 31 (archived link). The Tagalog-language title of the news report read, "Thousands protested to call for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte". Portions of the original clip -- from the 14-second mark to the 29-second mark -- were omitted in the version circulating on social media to make it appear as if the anchor's figures were contradicted by the reporter. In her complete report, the journalist says: "Almost 500 went to the mobilisation here at EDSA Shrine to call on Congress to take action on the several impeachment complaints filed against Sara Duterte and to oppose the 2025 national budget. "But aside from this, there were two other rallies, one at Liwasang Bonifacio and the other at the EDSA People Power Monument." She says organisers estimated around 10,000 protesters went to the rally at the EDSA People Power Monument, and around 3,000 people took part in the rally at Liwasang Bonifacio. The crowd figures cited are consistent with those reported by AFP and The Philippine Star (archived link). AFP has debunked other misinformation related to Duterte's impeachment.
