PHILIPPINE HISTORY – PRELIM OUTPUT

Submitted by: Allison Ariem

1) Identify at least 3 websites (FB, YT, TikTok) targeting Philippine viewers that are
publicly available which have been flagged / identified for spreading disinformation.

Website 1: YouTube
Website 2: Facebook
Website 3: TikTok

2) From each site, provide 3 examples of content containing the specific particular claim
(preferably false) being made as well as the URL

Website 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EgHnh4SC4Q

> content 1 – “There’s so much pressure on their side during those times.”
> content 2 – “History is like a tsismis. It’s filtered and dagdag na rin.”
> content 3 – “Hindi natin talaga alam what’s the real history. Nando’n na ‘yong idea
pero may mga bias pa rin talaga.”

Website 2: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be
%2FwAj0LEoNWIo%3Ffbclid
%3DIwAR04pCeSRQV8XCUkCMEjJZ40FjHttPrPKcsVJPGGq9C00IvPWIz56tQYlfI&
h=AT2OOKZ6_6PwNJ0UghqHfbqY1iSIshELiwp8SnBHXRLbEeBqHpO9UaB2VWaL
mWmVlS1Wzp7Zp4tUzB5hue1paY6__T2dXr7YxqUZ4fYfZ-
ozn_ywQSAVC_jGW6omcYJ6pe0e&__tn__=H-
R&c[0]=AT1HXkOOwhw2t0xTdIjZkReWOIAbxHRyH7czFGWF0JA5ijZppWcluO8oa
CKV3fEkJGsCReFXdVjpMLz-je8sIoREWe9TpurhtiPhEwJuDk-
0RPsY43t9MVue6UzBo5xlzpun

> content 1 – “Tsismis noon, kasaysayan ngayon.”

> content 2 – “Pinag tismisan niyo noon tapos ginawa niyong kasaysayan ngayon.”
> content 3 – “Magkaiba ang academic sa street wise.”

Website 3:
> content 1
> content 2
> content 3

3) From these examples of content, choose one false claim

 Website 1: “History is like tsismis.”

Website 2: “Pinag tismisan niyo noon tapos ginawa niyong kasaysayan ngayon.”

Website 3:

4) Using at least 3 primary sources (APA 7th edition format), provide an explanation why
specific claim may be considered disinformation and therefore should not be believed.

Website 1:
There is a big difference between an information being considered as a “gossip” and a
“history”; these words are invented separately for a reason. Both has a chance of being
proven true or false, but only “history” underwent proper analysis before arriving to a
conclusion (Contreras, 2022).

“You can only have a judgement and you can only have an opinion if you did the
methodology of history already,” (Chua, 2022). Unlike “gossip” that could easily be
spoken by anyone without any references (e.g a make-belief story by your neighbor just
to have something to talk about), “history” is supported by primary sources that were
criticized over and over again before even passing on the information gathered
(Mentzarlis, 2018).

Website 2:

A vlogger’s channel called “Ben Barubal” is infamous for spreading hateful messages
addressing to those who are not supporting Bongbong Marcos during the election.
Recently, he called out Maria Ressa, a recipient of a Nobel Prize, and accused her of libel
(Ben, 2022).

Moreover, he made a video defending Ella Cruz (issue stated on the first topic of this
paper) for saying “History is like trismis.” He claimed that the TV 5, a channel in the
Philippines, started that thought and should be held accountable.

“The show actually showed how various historians gather evidence, validate the true
story of the historical events, and analyze their implications,” (Chua, 2022) --- a
statement released by a historian who came forward to explain how the accused show
truly worked.

As a mater of fact, the show “History with Lourd: Tsismis Noon, Kasaysayan Ngayon”
followed all necessary steps of analyzing and criticizing an issue in order to pull out the
truth out of people and situations (Esquire, 2018).
Website 3:

References
Ben. (2022, July 11). Barubalan Time. Retrieved from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAj0LEoNWIo&t=401s

Chua, X. (2022, July 14). Fact CHeckED: History with Lourd. Retrieved from YouTube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHTCFlGGjGU

Contreras, A. (2022, July 9). History and Gossip. Retrieved from The Manila Times:
https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/07/09/opinion/columns/history-and-gossip/1850309

Esquire. (2018, September 13). Lourd de Veyra's History with Lourd Book, Launching at the
MIBF. Retrieved from Esquire Magazine: https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/books-and-
art/lourd-de-veyra-book-mibf-a00203-20180913

Mentzarlis, A. (2018). Fact Checking 101: Journalism "Fake News" and Disinformation.
Retrieved from Module 5 UNESCO:
https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/module_5.pdf