Sotto's anti-RH speech copied from US blogger who writes about recipes

[samuraiX]

Sen. Tito Sotto's emotional story on the Senate floor last Monday about the death of his son may have come from his heart, but at least one lengthy passage from his speech came from someone else's blog.*
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Sotto's description of the purported ill effects of birth control pills on unborn children was lifted nearly word for word from the blog of "Sarah, the healthy home economist," a US-based writer who also opposes vaccines for children and offers recipes for goodies like grain-free pumpkin cookies.*

Sotto did not attribute any of his words or research to "Sarah, the healthy home economist," whose disclaimer cautions that "the nutritional and other information on this website are not intended to be and do not constitute health care or medical advice."

The plagiarism was first exposed by Alfredo Melgar on the blog Filipino freethinkers.*
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Here is a comparison of Sotto’s speech and Sarah’s blog:
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1. Sotto’s speech (from second to last paragraph):
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“According, to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, the use of the pill also causes severe gut dysbiosis. What is worse, drug induced gut imbalance is especially intractable and resistant to treatment either with probiotics or diet change.”
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Sarah’s blog:
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“According, to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, use of other drugs such as the Pill also cause severe gut dybiosis. What’s worse, drug induced gut imbalance is especially intractable and resistant to treatment either with probiotics or diet change.”
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2. Sotto’s speech:
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“Gut imbalance brought on through use of the pill negatively impacts the ability to digest food and absorb nutrients. As a result, even if a woman eats spectacularly well during pregnancy, if she has been taking oral contraceptives for a period of time beforehand, it is highly likely that she and her baby are not reaping the full benefits of all this healthy food as the lack of beneficial flora in her gut preclude this from occurring.”
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Sarah’s blog:
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“Gut imbalance brought on through use of The Pill negatively impacts the ability to digest food and absorb nutrients. As a result, even if a women eats spectacularly well during pregnancy, if she has been taking oral contraceptives for a period of time beforehand, it is highly likely that she and her baby are not reaping the full benefits of all this healthy food as the lack of beneficial flora in her gut preclude this from occurring.”
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3. Sotto’s speech:
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“Pathogenic, opportunistic flora that take hold in the gut when the pill is used constantly produce toxic substances which are the by-products of their metabolism. These toxins leak into the woman’s bloodstream and they have the potential to cross the placenta. Therefore, gut dysbiosis exposes the fetus to toxin.”
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Sarah’s blog:
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“Pathogenic, opportunistic flora that take hold in the gut when The Pill is used constantly produce toxic substances which are the by-products of their metabolism. These toxins leak into the woman’s bloodstream and guess what, they have the potential to cross the placenta! Therefore, gut dysbiosis exposes the fetus to toxins.”
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4. Sotto’s speech:
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“Not well known is also the fact that use of the pill depletes zinc in the body. Zinc is called 'the intelligence mineral' as it is intimately involved in mental development.”*
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Sarah’s blog:
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“Not well known is the fact that use of The Pill depletes zinc in the body. Zinc is called 'the intelligence mineral' as it is intimately involved in mental development.”

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the quality of senators we put into that office, so sad

kailan pa kaya tayo matuto

[suave]

samx... ang mali nya ba dito ay yung ginaya nya almost word for word? so kung ni re-phrased nya to eh ayos lang?

[leiger]

samx... ang mali nya ba dito ay yung ginaya nya almost word for word? so kung ni re-phrased nya to eh ayos lang?

Ganun pa rin. Pangongopya pa rin. Eh hindi naman nya ci-nite yung pinagkuhanan nya.

[voltaire]

The good senator's speechwriter could have at least given credit to the blogger or paraphrase the sentences, yes, but still its not enough to qualitatively gauge a senator.

[konzen13]

Sotto did not attribute any of his words or research to "Sarah, the healthy home economist," whose disclaimer cautions that "the nutritional and other information on this website are not intended to be and do not constitute health care or medical advice."

aside from no citation was made, I was wondering if our senator go as far as to verify the resume of this certain sarah. Anybody can be a blogger and hopefully, sarah knows what she is saying word by word, cause little knowledge is very dangerous.

Sarah is also kind enough to put a disclaimer suggesting that this cannot be used to constitute health care and medical advice. Certainly, it didn't include a disclaimer that it cannot be used to constitute a law, but somewhere in my common sense, this article with such disclaimer should at least have a second professional opinion before our senator have used it in his speech. Hopefully, he did his research cause we depend on them in making our law.

[samuraiX]

samx... ang mali nya ba dito ay yung ginaya nya almost word for word? so kung ni re-phrased nya to eh ayos lang?

i think the ppl above this post has answered that for me

you know during the imprachment trial, napabilib ako ni lito lapid at least candid siya

anyway meron pasiyang scene while giving his speech, kinopya lang pala
meron pa siya challenge that they can interview their doctor incase we dont believe him, kaso patay na pala ang kanilang doctor

[holydevil]

if this is true,which i believe is true.the staff who made the speech of Sen Sotto should be fired right away.i doubt it na siya mismo ang gumagawa ng mga speeches and researches niya.so,back to the question of the capabilities of our legislators.haaayz.

[suave]

in this case, ginamit ni Tito yung pagka artista nya.... hehehe... umiyak iyak pa eh.

But to be fair with tito sen, di naman natin itatapon ng ganun lang ang mga nagawa nya noon kung meron man dahil lang sa isang palpak na speech, di ba?

[konzen13]

in this case, ginamit ni Tito yung pagka artista nya.... hehehe... umiyak iyak pa eh.

But to be fair with tito sen, di naman natin itatapon ng ganun lang ang mga nagawa nya noon kung meron man dahil lang sa isang palpak na speech, di ba?

that's the drawback of being in the national politics, or kahit saang public position. people will remember the once mistake you did and will not even recall the thousands that you have done for them.

kaya sa mga kakandidato sa next na eleksyon, laging ingatan ang bawat hakbang at ingatan ang imahe

[suave]

that's the drawback of being in the national politics, or kahit saang public position. people will remember the once mistake you did and will not even recall the thousands that you have done for them.

kaya sa mga kakandidato sa next na eleksyon, laging ingatan ang bawat hakbang at ingatan ang imahe

sabagay tama ka kosang konzen...

uy baka lumalabas na pinagtatanggol ko si tito sen ha? di ko binoto yan. hehehe.
at kahit umiyak iyak sya eh di ako bilib sa speech nya. ginaya man nya yun o hinde...

PRO-RH BILL ako...

[samuraiX]

that's the drawback of being in the national politics, or kahit saang public position. people will remember the once mistake you did and will not even recall the thousands that you have done for them.

kaya sa mga kakandidato sa next na eleksyon, laging ingatan ang bawat hakbang at ingatan ang imahe

tama, imahe nila ang puhunan sa mga election besides their capability, kaya nga sa mga "politically mature" countries one slip or immoral or katang.ahan on their part majority of them resign from their position on their own or due to public pressure

[oversoul1404]

i think it's the fault of his ghost writer. haha, though im not surprised with such scenario. i believe it's already common knowledge that most of our beloved politicians have their respective ghost writers to appeal to the masses. let this be a lesson to our politicians to mean what they say, and know what they say. jumping into the bandwagon is one thing, but being the one who steers the bandwagon is a completely different thing.

EDIT: the news has already reached the original author: https://www.facebook.com/thehealthyhomeeconomist
im sure, there's a circus going inside sotto's gut now. but then, he's a senator, so he may have already been immune to such blunders.

[samuraiX]

Sotto: Why should I quote a blogger?

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III denied lifting passages written by a blogger who calls herself, “Sarah, the Healthy Home Economist.”

In an interview on Headstart on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel, Sotto said he did not plagiarize in his “turno en contra” speech against the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. Sotto guested on the show on Thursday, August 16.

“Itong blogger na sinasabi nila, eh pareho kami ng pinagkunan eh. Ang pinagkunan namin si Natasha Campbell-McBride. And in my speeches, even in my first speech and my second speech, I’ve always said, every now and then sinisingit ko, hindi po ako nagdudunong-dunungan ha. Hindi po galing sa akin ito.” (This blogger they’re mentioning, we got it from the same source. Our source is Natasha Campbell-McBride. And I’ve always said, I’m not pretending to be wise. This does not come from me.)

“Bakit ko naman iko-quote ang blogger? Blogger lang iyon. Ang kino-quote ko si Natasha Campbell-McBride.” (Why should I quote a blogger? She’s just a blogger. I’m quoting Natasha Campbell-McBride.)

The senator was referring to the doctor he cited as part of what he called expert opinion and scientific studies showing the damaging effect of contraceptives to children born to mothers who used contraception.

Sotto added that his staff did not examine blogs in getting research to debunk arguments of the RH advocates. Instead, he said they relied on books, columns and editorials.

The RH critic stressed that pro-RH groups should respond to his points instead of alleging plagiarism.

The similar passages were spotted by Alfredo R Melgar who wrote about it on the website of the Filipino Freethinkers, a group staunchly supporting the RH bill. Melgar wrote that the first part of Sotto’s speech delivered last Monday was closely similar to an entry of the US blogger.

“His scientific proof was copied entirely and almost word-for-word from an article by a blogger calling herself ‘Sarah, the Healthy Home Economist.’”

Melgar also said Sotto should have known that ‘Sarah’ had a disclaimer on her site saying, “The information on this website is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the advice provided by your doctor or other health care professional.”

‘Sarah’ also wrote, “The nutritional and other information on this website are not intended to be and do not constitute health care or medical advice.”

Melgar said that Sotto “ignored decades of studies and declarations by the World Health Organization and the Department of Health that contraceptives are safe, only to rely on an unknown blogger making wild claims. He even ignored the blogger’s disclaimer. Sotto’s reckless method of legislation is inexcusable.”

source: Sotto: Why should I quote a blogger?

nagdeny pa yung mokong

the way the blog was written was base on the opinion of the the blogger thats why it reads like this:

1. Sotto’s speech (from second to last paragraph):

“According, to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, the use of the pill also causes severe gut dysbiosis. What is worse, drug induced gut imbalance is especially intractable and resistant to treatment either with probiotics or diet change.”

Sarah’s blog:

“According, to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, use of other drugs such as the Pill also cause severe gut dybiosis. What’s worse, drug induced gut imbalance is especially intractable and resistant to treatment either with probiotics or diet change.”

tapos sabi pa niya "Itong blogger na sinasabi nila, eh pareho kami ng pinagkunan eh. Ang pinagkunan namin si Natasha Campbell-McBride. And in my speeches, even in my first speech and my second speech, I’ve always said, every now and then sinisingit ko, hindi po ako nagdudunong-dunungan ha. Hindi po galing sa akin ito.”

[konzen13]

source: Sotto: Why should I quote a blogger?


“According, to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, the use of the pill also causes severe gut dysbiosis. ...

Sarah’s blog:

“According, to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, use of other drugs such as the Pill also cause severe gut dybiosis. ...

nabasa ko lang sa mga comments, ganito ba talaga ung pagkasulat nang sppech din ni sotto? pati ung supposed grammar error ay pareho.hehe

[ukmac1986]

good god! ! pakitang gilas pa kasi e.. buti pa si lito lapid bihira magpakitang gilas pero nananalo sa botohan.