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Foreign
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2022
The
Marcos Makeover
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"How
does Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of a dictator, who was ousted in a people
power revolt 36 years earlier, how can history have been changed so
drastically? With the help of social media platforms," says Maria Ressa,
journalist and Noble Peace Prize laureate. Ferdinand
Marcos Jnr, the son of his dictator father Ferdinand Snr, is poised to become
the next President of the Philippines. Once
synonymous with corruption and authoritarianism, the Marcos family has
succeeded in restoring its once tarnished reputation. So how
did this miraculous makeover happen? Reporter
Bonny Symons-Brown visits the Philippines on the eve of momentous national
elections to find out how Bongbong Marcos became so popular his rivals barely
stand a chance. She finds
a nation deeply divided over its recent political history. Ferdinand
Marcos ruled the country for two decades with an iron fist, imposing martial
law and jailing and torturing his political opponents. The
President and his glamourous and powerful wife Imelda flaunted their lavish
lifestyle as they stole billions from the nation's coffers. In 1986,
they were chased out of the country by a 'People Power' revolution but today
many Filipinos have forgotten why and forgiven the family. "I
think people get tired of the mudslinging against the Marcoses, and people
now realise that the best president and the best administration we had was
President Marcos," says Larry Gadon, a senatorial candidate on Marcos
Jr's ticket. He dismisses
the stories of torture and human rights abuses under martial law as
'propaganda'. But
Cristina lived it. A young activist during the martial law years, she was
picked up by police, interrogated and tortured. "We
have to continue to tell the story so that it doesn't happen again," she
says. Journalist
and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa says part of the problem is the massive spread
of disinformation online. "What
social media has done is to spread lies faster than facts', she tells
Symons-Brown. "And this will help pave the way for a win." This is a
timely and disturbing story about how the powerful weapon of social media can
be deployed to rewrite history. |
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Episode
tease |
Music |
00:10 |
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BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: In the Philippines, the most important
election in a generation is about to take place. The namesake son of dictator Ferdinand
Marcos is poised to be president. |
00:13 |
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Marcos Jr’s rise has divided the nation and become a referendum on fact
versus fiction. Fuelling it all, is a
social media machine that’s rewriting history. |
00:30 |
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"How is
social media influencing this election? |
00:44 |
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MARIA: It will determine who wins. I mean, how
crazy is that? Right? |
00:47 |
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TINA: The
young ones, they don’t know that this happened and
they believe that the Marcoses had a good government. LARRY GADON:
All of these lies against the Marcos are all propaganda. |
00:52 |
Title:
The Marcos Makeover |
Music |
01:06 |
Bongbong
campaign rally in Tarlac City |
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: In Tarlac
City, two hours north of Manila, the streets hum with a familiar cry. |
01:12 |
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RUBEN: "Stay
tuned, it looks like the president is arriving soon." |
01:21 |
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BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos
Jr is in town and thousands of local fans have come to support him. |
01:27 |
|
Music |
01:34 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter:
Known as Bongbong, or BBM, his initials are more than a catchy slogan. They’re part of
an elaborate effort to distance the Marcos family from their brutal history. |
01:45 |
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WOMAN SUPPORTER: Marcos have
done some things that people would disagree, but there are still a lot of
positives. |
02:01 |
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So for me that’s the reason why
I’m still supporting Bongbong. Why not give it a try, right? |
02:08 |
|
Music |
02:13 |
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BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Thousands of people
have been turning up here since dawn just to catch a glimpse of the man |
02:23 |
Bonny
to camera at rally. Super: |
that
they hope will be the next president of the Philippines. |
02:28 |
Campaign
rally |
The excitement here is incredible when you think this family was run
out of the Philippines a few decades ago. But the Marcoses never went away. And they’ve been masterful at using social media to attract a new
generation of supporters who don’t know – or remember – the dark reality of
the Marcos Sr dictatorship. |
02:36 |
Vlogger
livestream from rally |
RUBEN:
"Shout out to our 3k viewers, to our community. Again
don’t forget to share our livestream." |
03:01 |
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BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Marcos Jr avoids journalists, preferring
vloggers like Ruben, who livestream, comment and post only positive messages
about him. |
03:07 |
Ruben
interview |
"Do
you think you're more powerful than the mainstream media following the
campaign?" RUBEN: I think so. Because some of the media is so
biased about Marcos and they never show anything that Bongbong Marcos - a
good deed. |
03:17 |
|
As
vloggers, we show the other side of the coin to the people. This is the real
Marcos, not the one that mainstream said. |
03:34 |
Bonny
in crowd at rally |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Marcos Jr’s got more than 10 million
followers across Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter. His campaign is turbocharged by his own social
media team, who produce hours of videos reframing the Marcos story. |
03:43 |
Tribute
to Marcos Snr video |
BONGBONG MARCOS: "If there is one thing that I think clearly
sets my father apart is that he had a very clear vision for our country. He
viewed his work as president as one of nation building. Of building up our
country to make it better." |
04:05 |
Bongbong
speech at rally |
"I believe that we’ll see the day that
our lives will be better, and our future will be brighter." |
04:25 |
|
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Leading polls with 56 per cent support, Marcos Jr
seems unstoppable. One of the Marcos campaign’s staunchest allies is
this man. |
04:35 |
Gadon
in car surrounded by supporters |
RALLY MC: "Up next is a lawyer. Not just
any lawyer, but a brave lawyer with strong convictions who doesn’t back down.
|
04:48 |
Rally
MC |
Attorney
Larry Gadon!" |
04:59 |
Gadon
campaigning at rally |
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Vying for a Senate seat in these elections, Larry
Gadon is a fixture at Marcos rallies. |
05:03 |
|
LARRY GADON: "You don’t believe all those
lies about Bongbong Marcos. All of that propaganda.
Because you guys aren't…" CROWD: "Stupid!" BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: The suspended lawyer |
05:09 |
Drone
shots city |
is notorious for his crude, violent and sexist
language. But the Marcos Jr campaign
says he’s been loyal. "How did you feel when Ferdinand Marcos Snr
was removed |
05:22 |
Gadon
interview |
from power?" LARRY GADON: I was
crying for a whole week. I did not – I wasn't able to go out of the house. I
was really hurt by what happened to President Marcos. |
05:34 |
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BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: So do you feel like this is
a comeback of sorts? LARRY
GADON: Yes. Bongbong Marcos is a comeback for the Marcoses. |
05:50 |
|
I think
people get tired of the mudslinging against the Marcoses, and the people now
realise that the best president and the best administration we had was
President Marcos. |
05:57 |
Archival.
Imelda & Ferdinand duet |
|
06:14 |
Archival.
Marcos Snr regime |
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: For two decades Ferdinand Marcos Sr and his
wife Imelda ruled like king and queen. Although
he was elected in 1965 and again in ‘69, the charismatic couple were a
package deal. Initially, the economy grew under Marcos
and the president spent big on infrastructure. But cracks appeared. |
06:23 |
|
Archival
reporter: "He’s proclaimed himself president, prime minister, chief of
the armed forces and one-man government, all in one." BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: In 1972, toward the end of his final term
in office, Marcos Sr declared martial law. |
06:49 |
|
Archival
reporter: "Elections have been cancelled. Criticism of his actions and
his regime has been outlawed. His political opponents have been jailed." |
07:04 |
|
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Thousands
were murdered, tortured, or disappeared while Ferdinand and Imelda blew
millions on property, fine art and jewellery. By
1986, the Philippines could take no more. |
07:13 |
Marcos
overthrow |
Archival
reporter: "The economy is in ruins, the country has been bitterly
divided, emotionally and politically. |
07:33 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: A popular uprising driving the Marcoses
into exile, where Marcos Sr later died. |
07:38 |
Tina Bawagan and Etta Rosales have dinner at
home |
Music |
07:44 |
|
TINA:
"What are the updates about the case you filed?" |
07:50 |
|
ETTA:
"Of course we suspect that it's going to come out in favour of
Marcos." |
07:54 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Tina Bawagan and Etta Rosales are
sisters. Both were arrested and tortured during martial law. And both have
devoted their lives to holding the Marcos dictatorship to account. |
07:59 |
|
ETTA:
"So we’re going to file to appeal this to the Supreme Court. Because if
you don’t, you're stupid." |
08:13 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: The sisters come from a military family. Tina was in primary school
when Marcos Sr became president. |
08:19 |
Tina
interview |
TINA: You know, we had a pretty good
life. My mother used to campaign for Marcos because she and my father knew
him personally. She soon learned of his corruption. |
08:27 |
Street
scenes. Night |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Tina was 27 and a member of the underground
resistance to the Marcos regime when she was detained by soldiers. |
08:40 |
|
TINA: I was seated in a chair, handcuffed. Then they started asking
questions. |
08:48 |
Tina
interview at home |
None of my
answers satisfied him. So he slapped my face. Then
he’d slap me again. Slap, slap, slap. |
08:54 |
|
Then they
would put a sharp object over my chest, and then they were fondle my breasts.
And then the worst of it was that they put an object inside my vagina. And I
shouted, but it was like no one could hear. |
09:03 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: The physical torture only stopped when
soldiers got word of her family’s military connections. But Tina remained in
detention for a month. |
09:23 |
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TINA There
are so many other stories, a lot more horrible than mine. I know of some women who were raped, but
they cannot tell it because there is a stigma. |
09:39 |
|
It’s
important to tell it again and again and again, because so many of our
countrymen don’t know it anymore. The young ones, they don’t know that this happened and they believe that the Marcoses had a good
government, a benevolent government, that we were fine then. We have to continue to tell the story so that it doesn’t
happen again. |
09:57 |
Street
scenes. Day |
Music |
10:35 |
Bonny
at martial law wall of remembrance |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: At a quiet shrine in the capital, those who fought against the
Marcos regime are remembered. Despite many eyewitness accounts and official reports
about the violence, Larry Gadon dismisses it all. LARRY GADON: That
is all propaganda. BONNY: No one
was killed, disappeared or tortured? |
10:51 |
Gadon
interview |
LARRY GADON:
Those are rebels. They choose to fight the government, then if they die,
that’s their fault. Don’t tell me you’ll fight the government, and you will
just receive a slap on your face. BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: They were fighting a dictatorship. |
11:13 |
|
LARRY GADON:
Those are propaganda. We were all free during that time. The
majority of Filipino people do not believe those lies, those
propaganda, of human rights violations. Otherwise
they would not go to BBM’s rallies. |
11:30 |
Tacloban
GVs |
Music |
11:45 |
Super: |
|
11:53 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: On the island of Leyte, in the central
Philippines, people have a special place in their hearts for the
Marcoses. Imelda Marcos grew up here,
in Tacloban, where her family dominates local politics. |
12:07 |
Bongbong
rally |
ALFRED: "It is my pleasure to introduce the
next president of the Republic of the Philippines, President Ferdinand
Bongbong Marcos." |
12:26 |
|
BONGBONG
MARCOS: "Thanks very much
for the warm welcome. It is really nice to come home
again to Tacloban and be with you all. " |
12:39 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: Tonight’s rally is a family
affair. Marcos Jr’s three sons are beloved on social media and this time he’s
brought his youngest, Vincent, along. |
12:51 |
Vincent
on stage |
BONGBONG
MARCOS: "Now no one is paying attention to me. Everyone is
looking at Vincent. I'm quite sure that my mother is watching the
livestream. Let’s say hello to Imelda. Hello Imelda!" |
13:03 |
|
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: This is how dynasties
are made. If Marcos Jr pulls this election victory off, the family will
emerge as the most powerful political clan in the country. |
13:23 |
Chemmy
watches livestream of rally |
BONGBONG
MARCOS: "Success is not only winning in the coming
election in May. The real victory is when we can say we are here, we are
Filipinos and together we will rise again. Thank you so much and
goodnight." |
13:36 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: What will you do if BBM wins? |
14:04 |
Chemmy
interview |
CHEMMY: I will
laugh hard. At last BBM wins! It was really supposed
to be BBM in 2016. There was cheating that happened. That’s why we’re really
annoyed. |
14:08 |
Chemmy
at home, watches social media |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: Chemmy Rivas was born in Tacloban. And like so
many people I spoke to, her loyalty to the Marcoses goes back generations. |
14:24 |
|
CHEMMY: They say
that it was good during Marcos Sr. Based on the stories of my grandmother –
she is dead but according to her – it was beautiful back then. |
14:36 |
Chemmy
interview |
My mum and aunties
say the same thing. If Bongbong wins, it might also be good again. |
14:54 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: She spends about five hours on social
media a day and it’s reinforced her views about the Marcos family. |
15:07 |
|
CHEMMY: This is
just based on what I’ve heard from older people and from what I’ve seen on
Facebook. |
15:14 |
Chemmy
watches social media video |
SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO:
"People said that Marcos had the money and it
was stolen from the people. Can you imagine that? They just twisted
everything." |
15:23 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: The platform is awash with
videos like this, which claim the Marcoses weren’t corrupt. |
15:33 |
Chemmy
interview |
CHEMMY: How can
they say that about corruption? I read that the Marcoses were really rich even before he became president. |
15:46 |
Town
GVs |
Music
|
15:57 |
|
MARIA
RESSA: One hundred percent of Filipinos on the internet are on Facebook.
Facebook is our internet. BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Journalist Maria
Ressa is the founder of news outlet Rappler and a fighter in the global war
against disinformation. MARIA
RESSA: There were definitely Marcos networks of
disinformation. |
16:09 |
Maria
interview |
A lot
of them were taken down, but then they’ve regenerated
and this will help pave the way for a win. The elections in the Philippines
on May 9th are emblematic of everything that is wrong, right? How
does Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of a dictator who was ousted in a people
power revolt 36 years earlier, how can history have been changed so
drastically? With the help of social media platforms. |
16:30 |
Maria
and team at work |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: For years, Maria
Ressa and her team have been mapping the spread of disinformation networks in
the Philippines. |
16:59 |
Maria
interview |
MARIA
RESSA: When we looked at this over time from 2016, all the way to 2022, what
we saw was that these networks began to take over the centre of the
information ecosystem and slowly push out the traditional news groups. And
these news organisations that thought they had tremendous power were
essentially pushed to the side and the centre of the information ecosystem
was taken over by disinformation networks. |
17:07 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: In January, Twitter suspended
more
than 300 accounts and hashtags promoting Marcos Jr’s campaign. The company
found they breached its rules on spam and manipulation. |
17:33 |
|
MARIA
RESSA: You cannot have integrity of elections if you
don't have integrity of facts. And what social media has done is not only to make
facts debatable, but to actually spread lies faster
and further than facts. |
17:46 |
Our
Lady of EDSA shrine |
Music
|
18:00 |
|
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Ruben, tell me what time it is in New York? |
18:11 |
Zoom
call with Ruben Carranza |
RUBEN
CARRANZA: It’s 7.25pm. |
18:14 |
Ruben
at work |
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Lawyer Ruben
Carranza was a government investigator charged with tracking down the
billions of dollars stolen by the Marcoses and their
associates. |
18:20 |
Zoom
call with Ruben Carranza |
RUBEN
CARRANZA: One estimate that the commission I served in continues to use is
somewhere between 5 billion dollars to as much as 10 billion dollars. |
18:30 |
|
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: How did they get away with it? RUBEN
CARRANZA: They were able to hide the corruption they committed by using
political violence and repression. At the same time, they were able to steal
as much as they could because they controlled all levers of power in the
state. This was also cruelty. Children
were dying of malnutrition; the Marcoses went on shopping, stealing, hoarding
ill-gotten wealth. |
18:40 |
Imelda
Marcos at court hearing |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: The
commission has recovered about 3.3 billion US dollars and another 2.4 billion
is under litigation. Dozens of cases
have been brought against the family.
Imelda Marcos was convicted of graft in 2018 but is out on bail and
appealing the verdict.
She's never gone to jail – a fact which feeds the lie they never stole
anything at all. |
19:08 |
Ruben
zoom call |
RUBEN
CARRANZA: That's also the reason why Marcos Jr is running, to make sure that
his mother will continue to have the impunity that they've had for decades. |
19:36 |
Our
Lady of EDSA shrine |
Music |
19:46 |
Driving
shots. Presidential campaign posters line fences |
|
19:50 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: In a sea of presidential aspirants, only one has any chance of
stopping a Marcos Jr victory. |
19:54 |
Leni Robredo campaign rally |
Leni Robredo beat
Marcos Jr for the vice presidency in 2016, then spent years fighting his
official protest of the result. |
20:01 |
|
LENI ROBREDO: "You are witnesses. For
everyone who voted for me here, I did not betray your trust in me." |
20:16 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Before entering politics, Robredo was a human
rights lawyer. She’s running for the presidency on an anti-corruption
platform, and a promise to reduce poverty. |
20:27 |
|
LENI ROBREDO: "The real strength of our
country does not come from money or machinery." |
20:38 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: But she’s not cutting through. Only 23% of
voters support her. |
20:46 |
Kiko Pangilinan poses for photo with
supporters |
Her
running mate is Senator Kiko Pangilinan. "Why do you think so many
people are voting for the Marcos campaign?" |
20:57 |
Kiko
interview |
KIKO PANGILINAN: Unfortunately, we
don't think the Googles and the Facebooks and the TikToks are doing enough.
We feel they should be doing more. A lot of voters have no time to digest.
They’re too busy trying to make a living. They’re just too busy trying to
keep their heads above water. So whatever is there
that is repeated over and over and over again, they tend to absorb that. |
21:06 |
Jaja
organising voter education session |
JAJA FUGOSO: "We're going to have a discussion! Let's go,
we're starting. Hurry! Mother, we're about to start the discussion.
Discussions like these are very important for poor people like us." |
21:37 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: For this community
in the capital Manila, daily life is a struggle. One in four Filipinos live
in poverty, and disillusionment with politicians is high. |
22:00 |
Jaja
addresses community |
JAJA FUGOSO: "Our minds are being poisoned by fake news
and false history." |
22:15 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Jaja Fugoso has been
working in this community for two years.
She’s conducting voter education sessions ahead of polling day. |
22:23 |
Jaja
interview |
JAJA FUGOSO: This community doesn't have electricity, no TV or
radio, all people have are their cell phones. So they get their news from Facebook, and they get their
history from TikTok, and YouTube. |
22:32 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Phone
data costs a dollar. And if you run out of credit, the Facebook newsfeed is
free. |
22:52 |
|
JAJA FUGOSO: People are confused about what is real and what
is fake. The impact of social media is really obvious
in communities like this. The candidates take advantage of this. This is
where they spread and present their platforms and disinformation. |
22:58 |
Maria
interview |
MARIA RESSA: |
23:22 |
Marcos/Duterte
campaign posters, Duterte rally |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Our requests for an
interview with Marcos Jr have been repeatedly stonewalled. So
I decided to try putting some questions to his running mate, vice
presidential candidate Sara Duterte. |
23:42 |
|
SARA DUTERTE: For all of us, this is our UniTeam
of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte. |
23:59 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: She’s the daughter of current president,
Rodrigo Duterte. I wanted to know why these two political dynasties have
decided to join forces. |
24:07 |
Bonny
questions Duterte |
"You could have easily run for president on your
own. Why did you decide not to do that?... What’s the relationship between
your family and the Marcos family? SARA DUTERTE: No comment, thank you. |
24:18 |
|
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: We’re soon surrounded by security. |
24:33 |
Security
stop questioning |
"I don’t
understand why you’re stopping us." |
27:37 |
|
REX:
It not that she doesn't want to answer questions it's just these people came
out for her. |
24:42 |
|
PRESS
SECRETARY: The reason I asked you to submit questions is we need to relay the
questions to Ma'am Sara and then… |
24:46 |
|
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: So that you can then vet the questions and decide
whether to provide an interview or not. PRESS
SECRETARY: No, no, no. BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: This is an obfuscation tactic by your campaign to
avoid hard questions. REX:
No, no, if we wanted to frustrate you, we wouldn’t even approach you now. |
24:53 |
Ruben
in to Jay's flat for broadcast |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: On the other side of
the city, vlogger Ruben is churning out more Marcos Jr content. |
25:20 |
|
JAY CHO: "Now
Ruben is editing the next news item that will come out on Balitam Pinas. |
25:32 |
|
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Ruben is the vlog’s sole
employee. His boss is Jay Cho, who runs the page from his flat. JAY
CHO: The mainstream media in the Philippines is a bit sketchy nowadays, |
25:42 |
Jay
interview |
because
they didn't like Bongbong Marcos, and even the father of Bongbong Marcos. A lot
of people in the Philippines and even abroad are depending on the vloggers
because they report non-edited news, such as like what we’re doing. |
25:52 |
|
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Facebook pages like yours have been accused of
spreading misinformation. Do you think you spread misinformation? |
26:15 |
|
JAY
CHO: No, because I only spread support for Bongbong
Marcos. I didn't say, oh, this other politician, this other presidential
aspirant is this or that, this or that. I only speak
for the support of the Filipinos for Bongbong Marcos. I didn't indulge in negative
campaigning as Bongbong Marcos said. |
26:22 |
Ruben
editing |
BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: They say the Marcos
campaign doesn’t pay them. But the ad revenue they generate from Facebook is
enough to support them both. |
26:47 |
Jay
interview |
"Do
you see yourself as a Marcos fan first or a businessman first?" |
26:56 |
|
JAY CHO: I look at
myself as a supporter and if I earn for what I'm doing it’s just the perks of
it. |
26:59 |
Ruben
editing |
"Hurray to
BBM-Sara vloggers. Keep up the good work. Filipinos love BBM." |
27:10 |
Jay
interview |
BONNY SYMONS-BROWN,
Reporter: Do you feel that you are partly responsible for why he's so popular? JAY
CHO: Well, um, yeah, a little bit. Yeah. Maybe. BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: How does that feel? JAY
CHO: Well, it's my, it's called in Filipino, it's ambug. |
27:18 |
Bongbong
campaign rally |
It’s my way of
giving back to the people. |
27:37 |
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LARRY GADON: People love him. You can see.
Bongbong Marcos will win. |
27:47 |
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BONNY
SYMONS-BROWN, Reporter: Did you ever think you’d see the Marcoses in power
again? |
27:59 |
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TINA:
Oh no. Not at all. Well, at least not in 1986. We were so happy that they left and we thought they would never return. |
28:02 |
Credits
[see below] |
|
28:14 |
Out
point |
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28:31 |
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