# Claim 500

The presidential spokesperson said the ban followed the president's loss of trust in the outlet's reporting, which he called fake news.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The presidential spokesperson said the ban followed the president's loss of trust in the outlet's reporting, which he called fake news.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: "lost trust" and "fake news"
- About: [incident 2018-philippines-bans-rappler-presidential-palace](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-philippines-bans-rappler-presidential-palace)
- Source: Philippines bans Rappler reporters from presidential palace. https://cpj.org/2018/02/philippines-bans-rappler-reporters-from-presidenti/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2018-02-21

## Quotation from the source

> lost trust

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