Cayetano: Politicians passing off fake news as facts

Former Speaker and Taguig-
Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Fact-checking information on politics and COVID-19 jabs they get on Facebook, YouTube and Tiktok seem to be “not in the DNA” of Filipinos, according to Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano as he stressed the importance of verifying information about candidates and vaccines from social media.

In a press briefing on Thursday, he lamented the spread of fake news about COVID-19 and some candidates’ “propaganda” being passed off as facts.

“Right now, it’s really besting each other’s propaganda,” he said. “And maybe it’s not in our DNA to do fact-checks.”

Cayetano called fake news “our biggest enemy,” noting that candidates won’t say bad things about themselves.” —Julie M. Aurelio