EJKs fake news? It’s ‘Trump effect’
Power, a former journalist and a professor of public policy, also cited as another “Trump effect in action” Myanmar leaders’ dismissing reports of killing and displacement of the Rohingya people as fabricated news. AP/John Locher, File
MANILA, Philippines — It was “Trump effect in action,” a former United States diplomatic said of President Duterte’s claim that allegations of extrajudicial killings are fake news propagated by members of the opposition.
Samantha Power, former US ambassador to the United Nations, shared on Twitter an article about Duterte’s claim that the criticisms on his war against illegal drugs are spread by politicians who lost in the elections.
“Duterte says well-documented extrajudicial killings ‘fake news’ spread by ‘the guys who cannot accept defeat,” Power tweeted.
“Trump effect in action,” she added, apparently in reference to Trump’s repeated use of fake news as a defense against criticisms.
Power, a former journalist and a professor of public policy, also cited as another “Trump effect in action” Myanmar leaders’ dismissing reports of killing and displacement of the Rohingya people as fabricated news.
The former diplomat served under the administration of former president Barrack Obama, a target of Duterte’s repeated tirades for his critical stand on the Philippine leader’s war on drugs.
Trump and Duterte are expected to meet next month at the leaders’ summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and dialogue partners.
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