Rodrigo Duterte: Difference between revisions

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Duterte's campaign also gave rise to an online army, which aimed to spread fake and misleading news,<ref>https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/964969/rappler-links-duterte-2016-campaign-to-certain-fake-news</ref> discredit his rivals and critics, including most of mainstream news media.<ref>https://www.rappler.com/nation/176615-duterte-online-defenders-trolls-hired-campaign</ref> At the 2016 elections, Duterte became the oldest person to assume the Philippine presidency; the record was previously held by Sergio Osmeña at the age of 65.

After assuming office, Duterte's vocal critics–the majority of whom are either women, activists or religious leaders–became target of harassment online, removal from office, or imprisonment, such in the case of Rappler's Maria Ressa, Vice President Leni Robredo, Senator Leila de Lima, Senator Risa Hontiveros, then-chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, ABS-CBN, Jejomar Contawe, and Bishop Pablo Virgilio David.<ref>https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/list-duterte-insults-second-year</ref>

After assuming office, Duterte's vocal critics–the majority of whom are either women, activists or religious leaders–became target of harassment and fake news online, removal from office, or imprisonment, such in the case of Rappler's Maria Ressa, Vice President Leni Robredo, Senator Leila de Lima, Senator Risa Hontiveros, then-chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, ABS-CBN, Jejomar Contawe, and Bishop Pablo Virgilio David.<ref>https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/list-duterte-insults-second-year</ref>

Duterte was also noted for frequently praising dictators Adolf Hitler and [[Ferdinand Marcos]], culminating in the controversial burial of Marcos at the ''Libingan ng mga Bayani'' (Heroes' Cemetery) reserved for soldiers, patriots and national heroes and declaring a non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte on September 11.

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  Duterte's campaign also gave rise to an online army, which aimed to spread fake and misleading news,<ref>https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/964969/rappler-links-duterte-2016-campaign-to-certain-fake-news</ref> discredit his rivals and critics, including most of mainstream news media.<ref>https://www.rappler.com/nation/176615-duterte-online-defenders-trolls-hired-campaign</ref> At the 2016 elections, Duterte became the oldest person to assume the Philippine presidency; the record was previously held by Sergio Osmeña at the age of 65.
-After assuming office, Duterte's vocal critics–the majority of whom are either women, activists or religious leaders–became target of harassment online, removal from office, or imprisonment, such in the case of Rappler's Maria Ressa, Vice President Leni Robredo, Senator Leila de Lima, Senator Risa Hontiveros, then-chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, ABS-CBN, Jejomar Contawe, and Bishop Pablo Virgilio David.<ref>https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/list-duterte-insults-second-year</ref>
+After assuming office, Duterte's vocal critics–the majority of whom are either women, activists or religious leaders–became target of harassment and fake news online, removal from office, or imprisonment, such in the case of Rappler's Maria Ressa, Vice President Leni Robredo, Senator Leila de Lima, Senator Risa Hontiveros, then-chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, ABS-CBN, Jejomar Contawe, and Bishop Pablo Virgilio David.<ref>https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/list-duterte-insults-second-year</ref>
 Duterte was also noted for frequently praising dictators Adolf Hitler and [[Ferdinand Marcos]], culminating in the controversial burial of Marcos at the ''Libingan ng mga Bayani'' (Heroes' Cemetery) reserved for soldiers, patriots and national heroes and declaring a non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte on September 11.