BY ARGYLL GEDUCOS
The state-owned People’s Television Network (PTV) took responsibility for the social media post that erroneously replaced President Duterte’s surname with the hashtag #DutertePalpak (Duterte is a failure).
“The erroneous message that was inadvertently posted by the PTV New Media, as it turned out, was the result of auto-correcting systems in the text entry phase and a failure to adequately review and screen the message that actually got posted.” the network’s statement read.
According to the network, those responsible for the incident will be sanctioned.
“The management will certainly institute disciplinary actions against members of the social media team who are behind the erroneous posting,” it said.
Malacañang was quick to deny that the Duterte administration failed in addressing the pandemic, blaming the fast-rising number of cases on the nature of viruses to mutate. (Argyll Geducos)