Roger Balanza paid media hack

Duterte says he just uses foul language because he is fed up with paid media hacks who twist his statements; He punched and floored one Balanza before

Finally Mayor Rodrigo Duterte bared his detestation to paid media hacks especially writers who twist his statements.

He bared this when he spoke as the commencement speaker for Lyceum of the Philippines graduates Saturday at PICC Plenary Hall.

Take it from the mayor who had been a victim of black propaganda and truth twisting in his previous mayoral runs in Davao City where he has a rival.

Roger Balanza

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Before the LPU graduates, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he does not have such a bad mouth in reality but he just uses foul language because he is fed up with paid media hacks especially writers who twist his statements.
“Hindi ako ganoon kabastos, pero sinasadya ko iyon because, you know, mabayaran sila, especially the writers, and there are a lot of them. They would really slant, and every statement I make they would slant. Sinasadya ko tuloy, talagang minumura ko sila,” he said.

In his speech that was almost profanity-free, Duterte took the chance to explain why he talks the way he does.

He said he is actually taking “the posture of a radical” when speaking in a brutally frank manner. This is to challenge the ruling class and the public officials who seem to only care for the elite.

“Sinasadya ko talaga iyang bunganga ko. I am testing the elite in this country because, historically, we are fundamentally a feudal country,” he said.

“I am testing the waters of radicalism. (I act) as if I am irreverent, (but) it’s not really true. I pray to God always. Baka patayin ako ng dalawang ito,” he said referring to rivals former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and Vice President Jejomar Binay.

Then the mayor also took a swipe at paid media hacks in the capital.

Minutes before ending his speech, he recalled the hostage-taking incident in Davao City in 1989 involving an Australian missionary that became the subject of his controversial rape remark. Duterte could not stop himself and blurted out a curse word while describing the criminals who killed some of the hostages.

He then apologized for it, saying he put aside his usual vulgarity-laced speeches for that event “in deference to the academic institution.”

Duterte graduated from LPU with a Bachelor of Arts, major in Political Science, degree in 1968.

Meanwhile, a blocktime broadcaster in Davao City said that the mayor really knows by heart on story twisting by paid media hack journalists as Duterte had been a victim of this in few of his mayoral runs where he has rival before.

The broadcaster, who asked not to be identified, said that Duterte had been hit black and blue by “money making writers and journalists daw like Roger Balanza” during his previous mayoral runs versus ex-Mayor Ben de Guzman and versus ex-Speaker Boy Nograles.

Balanza for all his lies, fabricated  stories and truth twisting against Duterte, was punched, knocked out and floored by Duterte a few months after he won in his comeback mayoral bid against reelectionist De Guzman in 2001 polls.

The mayor got back at Balanza who portrayed Duterte as evil by using lies, half truths, distortions and twists out from Duterte’s statements during the 2001 electoral campaign period, recalled the broadcaster who was then a member of  De Guzman media team.

But the mayor is known to be forgiving, understanding and generous to mediamen in his city .  Duterte later forgave Balanza.

Davao City editors and mediamen have acknowledged the mayor to be a master publicist and public relations (PR) wizard himself. He obviously knows media handling, issue mapping and projection, that’s why whatever that comes out from mouth is made of stuff that could really spin wide and thick.

Mediamen supporting Duterte are only following him acting his media force multipliers. (Rural Urban News with much of mayor’s quotes and report from gmanetwork news)

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