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00:00And right now, let's invite Ms. Joanne Maglipon, the EIC of PEP.

00:12Ms. Joanne, you're used to this?

00:15No, I'm normally behind the desk.

00:19But welcome to our program.

00:22And we thank you for joining us in our campaign and our advocacy.

00:27Now, let's put it in the perspective of the Philippine Entertainment Portal or PEP.

00:34Of course, here in the show business, there are a lot of fake news spreading.

00:40For you, how do you fight those kinds of news, those kinds of lies all over the internet from the perspective of PEP?

00:53Actually, I have to begin by saying that I take entertainment journalism very seriously.

00:59Look at the way our Senate is filled with movie stars.

01:05We've had a movie star president.

01:09And the frontrunners, as of now, although early, for the midterms and for the next national presidential election,

01:20you have all these celebrity names.

01:24More than ever, therefore, I think PEP has to do its job.

01:29And the way to do it is, you know, it's incremental.

01:33It's case to case. It's every day.

01:35Every time you report on somebody, when you do a profile of a celebrity,

01:41make sure that you drop only the adjectives, adverbs, descriptions that fit.

01:48You do not go saying, oh, this productive, generous, etc. person is such.

01:57When you do not know for a fact, that's what I tell my team,

02:01when you do not know for a fact that they are indeed generous and productive.

02:06So, truth telling at show business level, to me, it's so urgent.

02:14Because the people, the majority, have name recall of these celebrities and it's do or die for the country.

02:22That's right.

02:23Well, you defined already your role, especially in the 2025 midterm elections.

02:28A lot of personalities from show business are going to join us here.

02:34But I think, and personally, reporting for entertainment,

02:37you're one of the most experienced ones in dealing with fake news and in trying to fight it.

02:43Personally, what are the challenges that you're facing now on a consistent basis regarding fake news?

02:50The problem with celebrities, they are guarded in very real ways by their production team, their managers,

03:04their networks, or whichever infrastructure surrounds them.

03:10The name, the imaging, it's so guarded that just to penetrate, get access, requires a lot of networking,

03:19requires a lot of people, person skills.

03:25You need to be liked.

03:27But at the same time, you know that you, as a journalist, are not in the business of being liked.

03:33You're in the business of getting, ferreting out what you can, the truth.

03:37So, it's always cesefos, I think.

03:41Really, an uphill battle, uphill.

03:45Okay.

03:46Ms. Joanne, I want to thank you for joining us here in the live stream.

03:49Yeah.

03:50Thank you, thank you.

03:51Thank you very much.

03:52It's an honor.

03:53Of course, that's the EIC, the Philippine Entertainment Portal, or PEP,

03:56joining us here, sa paglaban, or panatok natin, contra fake news.

04:00Salamat.

04:01Maraming salamat po.

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