TULFO & FAKE NEWS

Erwin Tulfo apparently was a victim of fake news. On the basis of a false story that Sen. Risa Hontiveros praised Mautes for being the “epitome of courage and resilience,” Tulfo went into an attack binge in his radio program for more than 30 minutes, slowing down only in his assault against Hontiveros when he was told by a staffer that the story was bogus. He claimed that he apologized but he didn’t. Instead, he said that Risa retracted her statement about the Mautes.

Lingao on Facebook called public attention to the error. And Erwin Tulfo, later joined by his brother Ben, turned on Lingao.