Journalists in Manila slam China’s manipulation claims: ‘Barefaced lie’
Journalist groups in the Philippines slam Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying who claims journalists who embed in the Philippines’ resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal ‘manipulate’ their work.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/journalists-statements-reactions-slam-china-manipulation-claims/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/journalists-statements-reactions-slam-china-manipulation-claims/
Transcript
00:00 Journalist groups in the Philippines slam China's foreign ministry and its embassy in Manila.
00:06 Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying claims journalists who embed in the Philippines resupply missions to Aung and Sioul
00:14 manipulate their work to project the Philippines as a victim.
00:17 The Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines say this claim is "a bare-faced lie."
00:24 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines says it takes offense at the insinuation Hua first made.
00:30 Hua posted a series of graphics painting the Philippines and the journalists who join resupply missions as troublemakers.
00:37 FOCAP adds a free and independent press reports not only what they are told but what they observed, framed by historical and political context.
00:47 (upbeat music)