What made vloggers cry during House hearing?

Manila Bulletin

Manila 6th district Rep. Benny Abante's intense grilling during the hearing on fake news and disinformation Friday, March 21 at the House of Representatives left pro-Duterte social media personalities literally sobbing and shaking.  Abante--apparently fed up with the supposed baseless claims being spread by the resource persons on social media--turned confrontational when he brought up during the inquiry the social media posts the latter had made.  READ MORE: http://mb.com.ph/2025/3/21/what-made-vloggers-cry-during-house-hearing

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00:30Mr. Chairman, just a matter of protocol, may I move to strike out the statement of the

00:42Chairman Abante addressed to M.J.

00:46Second, Mr. Chair.

00:47Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

00:48Any objection?

00:49There being none, the uttered word is stricken off.

00:57Any further questions?

01:00I rest, Mr. Chair, and thank you so much.

01:03I'm not angry at you, Ms. M.J.

01:07We're just threatening the truth here, you know?

01:11Okay, Your Honor, but again, I don't know where you get the idea that you are the criminal

01:19forces.

01:20Anyway, I...

01:21You go ahead, Mr. Chair.

01:22Okay, sir.

01:23You go ahead.

01:24My apologies.

01:25Yes.

01:26Okay.

01:27My apologies.

01:28My apologies.

01:29My apologies.

01:30Yes.

01:31Okay.

01:32My apologies.

01:33Okay.

01:34My goodness.

01:35Okay.

01:36You said, in Tagalog, ang tanga ng gobyernong to, not just as leaders, but as human beings.

01:50Is that what you feel?

01:52Sir, I apologize.

01:54I do not know what happened on December 28th to make me angry, but if I wrote it that time...

02:01You're apologizing?

02:02For not...

02:03No, sir.

02:04I mean, I do not know what situation on December 28th...

02:11Let me continue on.

02:12Let me continue on.

02:13Yes, sir.

02:14I do not know what happened on December 28th to make me angry, but if I wrote it that time...

02:38Mr. Chair, when one is angry, one says bad things, and in the situation that, sir, Mr.

03:05Chair, in the situation when I found out that our...

03:08Mr. Chair, you still have words, Mr. Chair, it means that you are actually telling your

03:20anger to your followers, your anger?

03:23Where did you get that anger?

03:26I mean, do you have the facts?

03:28Do you have the information?

03:30Do you have the documents, Mr. Chair?

03:33Sir, it's in the news that we will be in debt this year and last year.

03:38Sir, please, Mr. Chair, that's why I got angry because I saw someone hugging, embracing,

03:47and then, sir, I am not laying it on the congressman, I am laying it on the person who gave that

03:54person 5,000 despite that, sir, because we are taxpayers, it's painful, sir, that we will see...

04:01Ms. Quiset, you're being paid.

04:03Why? I'm asking you, where did you get this?

04:08You just got it from the news.

04:10You don't have the documents.

04:12You cannot even tell me if you're telling facts or truth.

04:15Sir, it's in the news that we will be in debt this year and last year.

04:19My goodness, you're going to base your statement, the government is stupid, in the news that

04:26you read, Mr. Chair, and then you're telling me you're a journalist, and you're telling

04:30me that you're speaking the truth?

04:32Mr. Chair, respectfully po, those are my feelings, kasi binamigay natin yung pera sa ATAP...

04:38Therefore, if that's your feeling, Mr. Chair, I demand that you apologize to this committee.

04:44I will apologize, Mr. Chair, for my bad words, or for... I apologize for my bad words, sir.

04:56I apologize for saying the word tanga in my post.

05:00Maraming maraming salamat, Mr. Chair, for admitting that, no?

05:04Siguro naman, makikita mo naman ang gobyerno, eh, sasabihin mo mga tanga kami.

05:12Siguro, pinapalagay mo, alam mo sa akin, Mr. Chair, ang pinapalagay ni Ms. Quiset, ha?

05:22Yung audience niya, mga tanga, eh.

05:24Yung na pinapalagay mo. Hindi ang gobyerno.

05:28Yung audience mo, mga tanga, kaya papaniwalaan nila sa nasabi mo, sapagkat yung audience mo mismo,

05:35ang hindi nakakaintindi.

05:38That is fake news, Mr. Chair, and that is what we're investigating right now.

05:45You see? I hope that you understand that, Mr. Chair.

05:50Mr. Chair, Ms. Quiset, do you understand what I'm trying to say?

05:54Ikaw, ang nandito sa akin yung mga sinabi mo tungkol sa amin, ha?

05:59Hindi ako sumagot diyan, eh.

06:02Hindi ko na kinakailangan pang-belabor yan.

06:06So, anyway, Mr. Chair, anyway, nakita ko naman na Ms. Quiset is now apologetic to what she said.

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