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Filipinos’ Trust In UN, EU Drops; Trust In News Media Now Below Zero

May 27, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Filipinos’ trust in the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) has dropped, based on the Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) latest survey.

The SWS said that of the 1,200 adults surveyed from March 25 to 28, 58 percent have “much trust” and 13 percent have little trust in the UN while 27 percent were undecided.

In recent weeks, both the UN and EU have offended the pride and sensibilities of Filipinos with their statements or actions criticizing or condemning the Philippine 🇵🇭 government’s war on drugs and corruption.

Meanwhile, a still-unreleased SWiS Survey on Filipinos’ Trust in the news media shows that the rating has now dropped to below zero. Survey respondents decried the fake and biased news they read or hear in legitimate news media like The Inquirer, Rappler, GMA News, ABS-CBN, New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post and CNN.

The below-freezing trust rating in news media is truly unprecedented.

International, Media, Social Media

Inquirer Sued For Attempted Murder!

May 24, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

BALI, Indonesia (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – When it rains, it pours. That’s what’s happening to the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Instead of publishing news headlines, it is IN the headlines. And all because it has been publishing fake news.

First, the Inquirer is in hot water after it published photos on its website supposedly showing the aftermath of the siege on Marawi City earlier this week. Photos showed burning vehicles and what seemed like major chaos in the streets of Marawi. Except that the photos it used were from the 2013 bombing in Cotabato City.

Now, the national daily is being sued by the lawyers of Mary Jane Veloso.

Veloso is the Filipina who was arrested and sentenced to death for smuggling heroin into Indonesia 🇮🇩 . She was scheduled to be executed, along with others, on April 29, 2015 but was granted a last-minute stay of execution so she could act as a witness during the trial of her alleged human trafficker in the Philippines 🇵🇭 .

The next morning, however, the Inquirer printed a bold headline announcing the execution of Veloso. We now know, of course, that Veloso, to this day, is very much alive.

The lawsuit filed this morning alleges that the Inquirer tried to murder Veloso. It is being charged with attempted murder and sued for an undisclosed amount. (Sources say that the amount is much bigger than what the Inquirer owes in back rent for the Mile-Long prime property it is currently occupying in Makati, Metro Manila.)

Moral of the story: Fake news does not pay!