ICYMI: Misinformation and disinformation persist in the country because it is rooted in the gross inequality among Filipinos and the people’s frustration with the democratic system’s failed promises, former vice president Leni Robredo said.
“It is one where following the rules and working hard does not guarantee the achievement of their dreams — this is what starts the frustrations. The promise of fairness and equality put forward by our democratic order has, for many gone unfulfilled. Such a situation has become deeply entrenched over the generations, yielding a deep undercurrent of frustration that was transformed into anger and set into overdrive by the purveyors of disinformation,” she added.
“‘Even before the campaign, they have branded us based on what color we are wearing. So that is the biggest indication that polarities already exist in our society,” she added. She believes that even though she lost to Marcos by a wide margin, the house-to-house campaign was a victory — in the sense that it showed how to address disinformation, which is to build damaged communication lines between people.
“If disinformation wants to prevent consensus, and has eroded the spaces that allow for such consensus to be built, then we must either repair those spaces or build new ones,” she added.
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