The headline of the story of newzlater.blogspot.com on the recent deportation of Party of European Socialists deputy secretary-general Giacomo Filibeck is false.
The story, “European Socialist went wild after being denied entry to the country,” featured an April 16 video that splices together a news report on Filibeck being denied entry into the country for partisan political activity and unrelated news items.
Nowhere in the video does it state or show Filibeck went into a fit of rage. No legitimate news outfit reported the same claim.
In a video posted April 16 on the PES Facebook page, Filibeck is seen calmly talking about his deportation while on a plane.
After newzlater.blogspot.com posted the story, the site was taken down and now leads to a broken link. The video remains available on Youtube page Tokhang TV and has drawn more than 90,000 views.
The biggest traffic generators were Facebook groups President Rody Duterte Facebook Army, Duterte Ako Hanggang sa Huling Laban, and President Duterte V.P Marcos Worldwide Supporters.
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