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A TikTok video misused photos showing Manila Bay full of garbage to claim that this was the state of the body of water under five presidents before Rodrigo Duterte. Through […]
Several Facebook (FB) pages posted an image showing contrasting conditions of the Manila Bay, suggesting that outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte did a better job than his predecessor, the late former […]
The video was overlaid with an audio from another TikTok video where a crowd can be heard chanting “Marcos, Marcos pa rin”, with the former senator seen encouraging them to continue chanting his name. This was uploaded last Oct. 25.
The two shots were taken in two different areas of the Manila Bay, both under Duterte’s term.
Both were taken over the past nine months.
The ‘before’ photo, carried by the June 17 posts of Duterte Social Media Supporter and one other netizen, was published originally by local media network UNTV in August 2018, or two years into Duterte’s term.
The top image was taken two years into the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.
Nag post ang dating brodkaster na si Jay Sonza, isang Facebook (FB) user, at isang FB page ng dinoktor na litrato ng dolomite beach ng Manila Bay na ilang ulit nang pinasinungalingan ng mga fact-checker.
Former broadcaster Jay Sonza, a Facebook (FB) user, and an FB page posted a manipulated photo of Manila Bay’s dolomite beach that has been debunked several times by fact-checkers.
A sea vessel, two excavators, and other tools used for the rehabilitation of the bay were also edited out of the original image and digitally covered with sand.