A photo showed TV actor Baron Geisler supposedly holding a placard with a text that says former ABS-CBN chairman Eugenio"Gabby" Lopez III should pay the company's debts and taxes.
In a caption for its post dated January 4, Facebook page Eagle eyes of the Philippines citizen-report said ABS-CBN is deceiving the public in not paying its taxes. It added that President Rodrigo Duterte should shut down the media network. The caption is accompanied by a photo of Geisler with a text on it that reads, “Mr. Gabby Lopez of ABS-CBN,."
A reader emailed the claim to Rappler for a fact-check. As of writing, the post has garnered 2,460 shares, 391 comments, and 1,242 comments.everse image search showed that it was taken from a video where Geisler makes an appeal for the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN. The image, then, was altered to make it appear that the actor was supposedly asking the company to pay its alleged unpaid debts and taxes. The original text in the placard reads"The video was posted on the Facebook page Defend Job Philippines on July 31, 2019. The page confirmed to Rappler that Geisler made the video for them in support of the #SaveABSCBNworkers campaign, a call on Congress to grant the franchise renewal of the network giant.
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