The President elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte breaks the mold:
In a press conference called on Tuesday to announce his cabinet in his southern hometown of Davao, Duterte said journalists who took bribes or engaged in other corrupt activities also deserved to die.
"Just because you're a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you're a son of a bitch," Duterte said when asked how he would address the problem of media killings in the Philippines after a reporter was shot dead in Manila last week.
The Philippines is one of the most dangerous nations in the world for journalists, with 174 murdered since a chaotic and corruption-plagued democracy replaced the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos three decades ago.
"Most of those killed, to be frank, have done something. You won't be killed if you don't do anything wrong," Duterte said, adding that many journalists in the Philippines were corrupt.
And this:
Duterte also said freedom of expression provisions in the constitution did not necessarily protect a person from violent repercussions for defamation.
"That can't be just freedom of speech. The constitution can no longer help you if you disrespect a person," he said.
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Philippines' Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists