Top 5 presidential aspirants and the multi-awarded journalist Jessica Soho are still making buzz in variety of social media platforms due to the phenomenal GMA’s The Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews happened on January 22, 2022.

Factual based receipts and questions were presented to the 4 aspiring presidential candidates namely Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquaio, Vice President Maria Leonor “Leny” Robredo and Mayor Francisco “Isko” Domagoso which made Filipinos’ political opinion simultaneously appears as a mass discussion via online for almost three-days now (excluding Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. since he declined from the invitation).

#JessicaSohoInterviews

On its third day, #JessicaSohoInterview is still on Twitter PH trending topics. People were complementing the veteran journalist Jessica Soho for boldly and without biased asking the set of questions to each aspiring candidates. Astounded as it may seem, each question is deliberately chosen and well-researched. On the other hand, some netizens created memes mostly stating about the interview as somewhat as same scenario during a thesis defense inside the classroom.

#MarcosDuwagParin

In line with declining the invitation of the presidential interview, Filipinos are bagging Bongbong Marcos about his credibility to run the government as its leader. Many are claiming that if the bare minimum requirement for a final interview in seeking a job is to show up, he must have been excluded on the list of aspiring candidates. This is the Top 1 hashtag in Twitter PH.

#LeniDuwag #LeniMatapang

The close fight between Vice President Leny Robredo and Bongbong Marcos made social media platforms to become a battle ground for their supporters. On January 24,2022, the hashtags landed in the Top 10 trending topic in Twitter PH whereas some Filipinos are questioning VP Leni’s bravery in facing an interview with DZRH (a radio station in the Philippines). In this said event, VP Leni was accused of declining an interview with DZRH because it will be done via live unlike with GMA’s taped and recorded interview. On the same day, she twitted and explained that DZRH interview with her was subjected to move its date due to conflict of schedule. This is an on-going story.

The reaction of Filipino netizens toward the first presidential interview is a proof of how critical and opinionated Filipinos are especially in political topics. Trolls were activated and scene to be more active while media wires are trying to spill not just the “tea” but information based on facts