FOCAP condemns Chinese embassy’s claims on ‘manipulated’ West Philippine Sea videos

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The Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines strongly rejected and condemned yesterday China’s “false and baseless” claims that journalists manipulate videosthey recorded in the South China Sea to present the Philippines as a victim.

“In line with this, the association strongly rejects and condemns the false, baseless claims by the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying and the Chinese embassy in Manila that journalists ‘manipulate the videos they recorded’ in South China Sea to ‘project the Philippines a victim’,” FOCAP said in a statement.

Members of FOCAP include both Filipinos and foreign nationals from around the world, some of whom have embedded in Philippine missions. “A free and independent press reports not what they are told, but what they observe, framed by historical and political context,” it said.FOCAP noted that the work of journalists, including members of FOCAP and especially when carried by multiple media outlets, speaks for itself.

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