MANILA (UPDATED) - How does one fact-check senatorial candidate Nancy Binay if she is absent in television debates, forums, town hall meetings, and other gatherings that allow voters to see candidates up close?
Binay did not attend a single debate or forum ahead of the May 13 elections, according to UP sa Halalan, a joint project of the University of the Philippines System, ABS-CBN, and the Commission on Elections.
"There are candidates that we really want to fact-check but they don't attend the debates and they don't say anything," said UP sa Halalan's Dr. Nicole Curato, an assistant professor of sociology at UP Diliman.
Curato said on "ANC Presents: Election Watch" on Tuesday night that she also wanted to fact-check the foundation that the daughter of Vice-President Jejomar Binay, but it was unnamed.
Binay, however, did appear on a solo live guesting at ANC before the elections.
She also granted interviews in other ABS-CBN News programs.
"Nancy Binay has been quoted in the media to only engage in debate when she's already in the Senate," said UP Diliman Vice-President for Public Affairs Prospero De Vera, who is also a member of the UP sa Halalan project.
"There seems to be an inverse correlation between those who attend the most and those leading in the rankings," he added.
De Vera said those who attended all the debates seem to be candidates who are trailing in surveys and those who have no money to compete well.
"There are candidates, especially incumbents who do not attend debates and rely on television ads," he said.
Fact-checking the elections
A key component of the UP sa Halalan project are fact-checks on the truthfulness of claims made by candidates.
"Fact-checking is a standard practice in US elections. We thought we would pioneer the fact-check concept in the Philippines," De Vera said.
Curato said the best students in her classes help in the doing the fact-checks.
"There are at least two layers, sometimes three layers of people doing the fact-check," she said.
Curato said they focus their fact-checks on "empirically verifiable" statements made by the candidates.
De Vera said they encountered difficulty with some candidates who are "fond of using buzz words that they have difficulty explaining."
"We are confident that the fact-checks can stand on their own," he said.
Citing the need for freedom of information, Curato said fact-checks would be better if more sources of information can be accessed by the public.
"Use the constituent universities to better fact-check local candidates in the future," she added.
Curato said aside from the Internet, they also used print archives in their research.
"To be fair, the Senate and the Congress have been very helpful," she said.
She said lower House officials gave for free records of some candidates.
De Vera said they also translated fact-checks into more understandable language for voters to understand.
A freedom of information law will help fact-checkers in future elections, he said.
"It would be best if we could get the financial records from the office of the legislators," he added.
from abs cbn news site heto po link with video poh jan
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/05/07/13/nancy-binay-absent-all-debates-forums?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/05/07/13/nancy-binay-absent-all-debates-forums?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)
...which is why she is going to be absent on my ballot.
true poh mukang di na kailangan pag isipan yan
playing safe lang siya
at ayaw niya magisa sa debates pero ewan ko lang anung mangyayari sa senado pag pumasok siya
Sana may batas na di pwede bumoto ang mga walang pinag-aralan, sila kasi ang
madaling maniwala sa mga commercial at mga pangako ng mga pulitiko. Hayaan na lang sa mga educated ang pagpili ng leaders natin. Baka mabago pa ang takbo ng Pinas
why not the other way around poh?
kung pwede wag na lang patakbuhin yun mga ganyan na walang kakayahan at walang alam
But we can't disenfranchise voters just because they're poor or can't present an ITR. Constitutional right ito nating lahat. Unless we want to amend the 1987 Charter. But I agree with teaching everyone to be responsible especially when it comes to voting.
kelangan talaga na maturuan na ang mga karamihan
kung paano pumili ng kandidato
Kahit anong campaign ang gamitin para maging mode of teaching sa mga voter to vote wisely balewala rin kung bibigyan o babayaran ang boto nila
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totoo yan madami paring nagpapabayad sa boto nila
actually ang mga botante ay sumusugal na lang sa kanilang iboboto.. maski sinu pa iboto mo now wala na din mangyayri, the best thing to do is lahat ng naka upo alisin sa pwesto at palitan ng bago.
tama ka jan sir
kung pwede nga lang nga alisin lahat
why not the other way around poh?
kung pwede wag na lang patakbuhin yun mga ganyan na walang kakayahan at walang alam
why risk exposing herself in a debate? kahit gaano pa kagaling ang isang taong magsalita o makipag debate, risk pa rin ang pag expose sa sarili publicly.
she's leading in the polls. she doesn't need the extra publicity or exposure. yun lang naman ang point ng political debate di ba? to be seen and heard. manalo man sya sa debate, malaki ba ang benefit? eh kung masamid sya o mapuwing? sabihin nautal sya sa pagsagot o naiyak sya dahil sa pressure kaya natalo?
not agreeing to any debate doesnt mean wala o kulang ang kakayahan ng isang tao. hindi rin lahat ng magaling o mahilig magsalita at makipagdebate eh may kakayahan na -- mas malamang pa nga na kailangan lang ng publicity o pansin kaya bibo di ba?
oo nga pala, ano ba kinalaman ng debate sa fact-check na paulit ulit sinasabi? hindi lang naman sa debate ibinabase ang fact-checking ah. parang ipinilit lang nung article na banggitin si binay. medyo garapal na pagtira kay binay kasi sya lang binanggit. sya lang ba hindi pumunta sa mga debate?
hmmm...smelly...fishy...stinky...eewwyyy...hehehe
ang politika talaga sa pinas grabe basta popular ayos na.... kawawang pinas.
well hirap talaga dito puro ganito mga tumatakbo sa posisyon
at madami pa rin bumuboto sa kanila
well hirap talaga dito puro ganito mga tumatakbo sa posisyon
at madami pa rin bumuboto sa kanila
yap, kaya mas lalo nang kawawa ang pinas....
Ayan absent na sa lahat ng debates nakapasok pa sa top 12. Diyos ko po.
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pasok nga siya lol hahaha
pero bahala na daw si miriam sa kanila