Before government communicators lay the blame again on the media, foreign or local, it should be clearly understood and remembered by all that it was not the media that triggered all the talk about killings in President Duterte’s war on drugs. Liberation is a major French newspaper; it was founded by no less than the celebrated philosopher and writer, Jean Paul-Sartre. The object of Malacanang’s protest is, of course, the jolting “serial killer” charge. The government’s “serial killer” problem appears to be the reverse of the fable. President Duterte from the beginning of his presidency told the truth that he would conduct a bloody war against drugs.

Source: Manila Times October 10, 2016 16:18 UTC