After Duterte became president, the foul-mouthed RJ Nieto would go live on his Facebook page to address the “fucking Malacañang Press Corps .” You’re “sons of bitches,” he would say to his camera.covering Cory Aquino’s presidency. As I write this I imagine the Marcos propagandist Nieto saying fuck you to my face, too, but I digress.
We were referred to as the brat pack for the simple reason, I guess, that we were seen as brats who demanded a lot from Malacañang: regular access to then-president Aquino; regular briefings with her spokespersons; visits by Cabinet secretaries to the press room for background information on new policies; easing of security restrictions from the Presidential Security Group, etc.
Once a week before every Cabinet meeting, we would be up early waiting by the door to the venue of the meeting, choosing vantage positions for our ambush interviews. On a lucky day, we were able to “ambush” all the senior Cabinet officials and get them to talk before and after the meeting. Once, Malacañang imposed a ban on the wearing of jeans when covering President Aquino, which, of course, sparked a war that the brats eventually won.
So it’s hard to see this any other way. The Marcos vloggers are the new state propaganda machine, united behind a single goal: sustain the Marcos narrative that got him to Malacañang, fan more hatred toward journalists and ease them out of the power corridors, and enthrall the public with their own versions of scoops and inside stories and selfies with the high and mighty.
Napasobra batak sa mukha ni Trixie, kaya palaging nakabuka bibig! Talo pa si Ai-Ai de las Alas!
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