TV host Kris Aquino is not new to politics, being the daughter of a former president of the republic. Still, it seems she is now, once again, being made to realize how dirty politics could really be.
In a move meant to seemingly smear the candidacy of her brother presidential candidate Sen.Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III, a malicious picture of Baby James, Kris’ son with basketball player James Yap, is now making the rounds of web-based social networking sites.
The photos, said to have been first uploaded on the popular network website Facebook last year, show the young tot giving the middle finger.
Although the first picture [Baby James in yellow shirt] is somewhat disputable given that it shows Baby James apparently holding on to a dog tag chain and the protrusion of the middle finger looked quite inadvertent; the second picture [Baby James in black shirt] shows him blatantly displaying the finger right towards the camera.
Aquino is seemingly dismissive of the photo in a tweet message:
“Angel (Locsin) texted me na in Facebook, there's an edited picture of Baby James na naka-dirty finger. How foul naman to pick on a ... 2-year-old! Super major karma whoever is behind that! To prey on the innocence of a child! Hayyyyyy! So evil!”
A photo expert, who was asked to examine the photos, agrees that the second picture was faked through digital manipulation.
“The quality is very low but yeah…it looks quite sufficient. The person or persons who did this sure have plenty of time in their hands. Still, I maintain it’s a fake,” said the expert who requested anonymity.
That said, it looks like the damage has been done with many netizens already reacting to the photos.
From Twitter:
“There's an edited picture of Baby James na naka-dirty finger...dirty tricks of politics...”
“An edited picture of baby james with dirty finger???-THAT'S MEAN! sobra!!! it's unfair!!! whew! how dirty politics can get!!! grabe!”
Some comments from Facebook:
“Dirty finger from baby James, kung anu-ano kasi tinuturo eh , OMG!”
“Sweet baby james :)”
“He is a baby [there’s] nothing wrong with that... maybe there is a dirt in his middle finger, that’s why he pointed that way...kayo talaga!!! ‘pag may pamilya involve sa politika, pati bata isasali nyo!!!”
“I've encountered many kids in my work [doing the same]…it is [just] an [innocent] action, no meaning...”
“… we need to correct them before they believe in growing that the act was not bad at all… we need to teach them proper values and behavior at an early age, mahirap na kasi turuan pag matanda na.”
The showbiz website STIR alleged that the first picture originated from the account “arajasmina.multiply.com” on April 20, 2008 with the text: “happy 1st birthday baby james!”
A certain pamsalcedo commented on April 25, 2008: “Parang naka dirty finger si baby james.”
arajasmina replies on April 26, 2008: “kaka-one year old lang ni bagets, wag mo munang bigyan ng malisya hahahah.”
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