Name: Rea Luz M. Hernandez Date: Section: FT 3101 Score/Rating: 1. What are some of the most well-known historical hoaxes in Philippine history? There are six hoaxes in Philippine History based on the documentary video. First, the Code of Kalantiaw and La Loba Negra made by Jose Marco. The second is about Dr.Jose Rizal wherein the novel entitled ''Sa Aking mga Kabata'' and the controversial signature in the retraction document. Lastly, in the Marcos government is the ''Tribe of Tasaday'' and the ''War Hero'' 2. What is the purpose of the documentary ‘’History with Lourd: Greatest Hoaxes in Philippine History’’ how does it change our understanding of history/ The purpose of this documentary is to give awareness to Filipinos especially the young generations that there's a place of truth and every secret has to be right to revealed when it is a very long time. We all know that history is our identity so if our history is not reliable and it becomes a lie, there's no history at all. Furthermore, it changes our understanding of history in a way that every part of our history is not an exception to the lies and false information that happened before and maybe most Filipinos don't have a conversation about this. 3. Why did Jose Marco become the most successful Conman in the study of Philippine History? I think he became the most conman in the study of our history is that he wanted to put his name in Philippine history. Another reason is his ego, he wants to be well-known someday and it turns out that he succeeded because of his fake documents. Also, the financial factor because in this way he can sell the documents and have money on that. 4. What are the hoaxes during Marcos administration? What kind of historical did historians use to uncover those hoaxes? The tribe of Tasaday in south Cotabato and it was discovered by Manuel Elizalde the leader of the presedential arm for national minorities. This was clear in public that these people when the Stone Age period began are not seen by the citizens. This was used by the regime of Marcos because of the original culture made by the people of the tribe. Elizalde is one of the closest friends of Marcos so he ask for permission to close the tribe to preserve the natural culture. Apparently, historian experts asses the credibility of the tribe, and when Marcos was fired from the position as president, Elizalde leave the Philippines carry the development funds and it became a show like nothing happened. Additionally, the ‘’war hero’’ by Marcos is also a hoax. He claimed that he received the awards and medals by fighting in World War II according to his biography. It said that he became a leader of the group Maharlikas and it was his prbopaganda also. But the u.S military claimed that Marcos has no record together with his group fighting against World War II. According to the research of Congress and retired army colonel Bonifacio Guiilego there’s no record of him receiving the award from World War II. 5. What lesson did this documentary impart especially in relation to the spread of fake news? The documentary video wants to convey to the audience is be careful about the information that we see or hear on social media, we don’t know what is true or not especially now that there is the internet and it there’s a lot of websites that you can access once you search it. We also know what technology can offer, it can maybe a good or bad thing. In addition, I hope that people nowadays should make the use of social media more meaningful, such as creating documentaries like this. 6. What measures can be taken to prevent the spread of false historical information and hoaxes in the digital age?
