A senior reporter of GMA Network Inc., Joseph Morong, used Social Media as a platform to discuss matters with bashers after covering President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting with the IATF and the National Task Force which was taped last April 23rd and aired April 24th.
Morong’s Twitter account was seriously hit by trolls accusing him of selective reporting when he was just transcribing what the President said.
Pres. Duterte: pano sugpuin ang mga magnanakaw sa gobyerno.
Put*ng*na ka, huhubaran kita sa harap ng tao. Our country comes first to us @gmanews
— Joseph Morong 🇵🇭 (@Joseph_Morong) April 24, 2020
transcribing what the president said. as much as possible en toto. otherwise, self-censorship? https://t.co/DYyU0qBTpE
— Joseph Morong 🇵🇭 (@Joseph_Morong) April 24, 2020
ito po yung statement na sinabi nya before that quote: Pres. Duterte on Trillanes: Putangna parebelde rebelde ka pa dyan. Hindi ka pala marunong.
— Joseph Morong 🇵🇭 (@Joseph_Morong) April 24, 2020
Magbalita ka ng may sense!! Ganyan ba ang journalist? Para kang nasa tabloid GMA ka pa naman.
— GarciPM (@GarciPM) April 24, 2020
In defense, Joseph encouraged one troll saying, “Laban lang Sir. Kaya natin to”.
Laban lang Sir. Kaya natin to https://t.co/NjGGRPvLhU
— Joseph Morong 🇵🇭 (@Joseph_Morong) April 24, 2020
Morong just laughed off all criticisms fired against him:
sa kabila po un hehe https://t.co/Ce1eK2OnKa
— Joseph Morong 🇵🇭 (@Joseph_Morong) April 24, 2020
@ABSCBNNews Collab nga diyan with @gmanews
— ad daemonium interfectorem (@defixiones666) April 24, 2020
@Joseph_Morong (probably) right now: https://t.co/ZOD6xsQDJr pic.twitter.com/tTvQfgmIgt
— IR∃N∃ 🌻 (@itsIRENEvelasco) April 24, 2020
Serbisyong Totoo, walang Kinikilingan wala pinoprotektahan ganon yun sakanila. Hehehe
— Don (@NextOptionDon) April 24, 2020
Broadcast journalist Joseph Morong is the 2015 winner of the Marshall McLuhan Fellowship Award for Investigative Journalism. Morong has over 15 years of journalism experience covering the justice and political beat for the TV network.
He is an anchor of NewsTVLive and a regular reporter for State of the Nation with Jessica Soho, GMA News TV’s flagship newscast that presents and dissects pressing issues in the Philippines.
He was also presented at a forum by the Philippine Press Club of Ontario in Toronto (PPCO) on February 10, 2016. Morong discussed “Communicating the message of the marginalized: Media’s coverage of the Bangsamoro Peace Process in Southern Philippines.” He discussed how the media had been covering the peace process in the restive Mindanao and related issues, and how it could improve the narrative of peace and non-violence in this Philippine region.
