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An Uneasy Peace: Media and government continue to eye each other with suspicion
Media and government continue to eye each other with suspicion An Uneasy Peace By Nathan J. Lee More than a month after Presidential Proclamation 1017 was lifted, journalists remain... Read more
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Déjà vu Over EO 511
An Arroyo order triggers alarming memories of a media clampdown Déjà vu Over EO 511 By Hector Bryant L. Macale Is Gloria doing an Erap by issuing Executive Order... Read more
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The Tale of the (Missing) Tape
By Hector Bryant L. Macale On March 10, Presidential Chief of Staff Mike Defensor said that television station ABC-5 had a taped interview with Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim announcing... Read more
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REVIEW: REVIEW: Palace Documentary justifies PP1017
REVIEW: Palace Documentary justifies PP1017 SEEING TREASON n By Datu Jamal Ashley Abbas The movie Good Night and Good Luck (2005) showcased what many consider as television journalism’s finest... Read more
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Crisis: International
Tarlac journalist slain A community journalist was gunned down by unidentified men on his way home on April 2 in Tarlac City. Orlando Mendoza, a columnist for several local... Read more
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Crisis: International
Police closes down radio station An independent radio station in Uganda was closed down on Mar. 13 for airing a show critical of the military and a ruling party... Read more
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Government and the Business of Media
By Jose L. Pavia When government runs media, it is in effect saying that the best way to tell the story of government is for it to do the... Read more
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Probe Team probed
Claiming that an interview of a fugitive soldier could be tantamount to sedition, Department of Justice ordered a probe on a television documentary program last 21 April. The interview... Read more
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CA summons gov’t on press freedom petition
The Court of Appeals (CA) asked the Executive Department to answer the petition made by a group of media organizations and journalists questioning the government’s actions against press freedom.... Read more
