Vice Journalist: ‘There’s a Lot of Parallels’ Between Duterte and Trump

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TOBONI: "There are a lot of parallels between the two of them. You know, both try to intimidate reporters; you know, very aggressively during press conferences and in social media. Both of them try to circumvent the press, right? Trump is going straight to Twitter so he doesn’t have to be challenged by reporters, by the press corps. In the same way, Duterte -- one example is, when he was inaugurated he didn’t let independent journalists into the room, they had to sit outside. It was only state-run media. So there are a lot of parallels between the two of them."