Lozada, De Venecia video on YouTube gaining popularity
By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 10:06:00 02/21/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A supposed wiretapped conversation between Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada Jr. and Jose “Joey” De Venecia III on YouTube has been getting more views, and has also been “remixed.”
YouTube is a popular online video sharing website that allows anyone to upload video clips.
The video titled “Crying Babies,” features an animated film showing a small and a bigger pig talking to each other. The audio clip, however, uses a supposed wiretapped conversation between Lozada and De Venecia over a meeting they were planning.
The clip lasted for 3:28 minutes.
At this writing, YouTube’s user viewer counter has recorded more than 7,000 views since the video clip was uploaded a day ago. It has also received several honors from YouTube, including the “#44 Most Discussed (Today)” video clip posted online.
The clip, posted by a certain "tusongbaboy," has also been "remixed" by another a certain "pilipinasVSgloria."
Another video clip also uses the alleged wiretapped conversation but it replaced the animated film with photos of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the First Gentleman, Neri, Abalos, Lozada and the ZTE Corp. logo.
A quick search on Google produced at least one blog which reposted the same video clip. But a look at YouTube showed that several blogs have already linked to this video clip.
In an earlier report of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, De Venecia did not deny he was the voice behind the alleged wiretapped conversation.
Lozada was not available for comment.
Lozada is now the key witness in the ongoing Senate inquiry into the controversial $329-million national broadband network (NBN). Lozada was supposedly a technical consultant to former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri who has also testified that he was offered a bribe by former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. to approve the ZTE Corp. proposal.
ZTE Corp. is the Chinese supplier named in the NBN contract.
De Venecia has also testified at a Senate Blue Ribbon inquiry and disclosed that he had been asked to "back off" from the deal allegedly by the First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo. Arroyo’s lawyers have denied the allegation.
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