The DOT Accreditation System: A Form of Prior Restraint
THE DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DOT), through its recently issued Media Accreditation Guidelines for the coverage of Boracay once it is closed to tourists, is in effect putting in place a system of selecting which media can report on Boracay. Such a system can allow access only to journalists and media organizations that government approves of. It serves to quiet journalistic inquiry, a mechanism to silence a critical press.
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FOUR DAYS IN FEBRUARY
TO MOST Filipinos, it all began with the cackle of voices over the transistor radio. “I was informed by my boys that there is to be an effort to arrest all members of the reformist movement. . .” then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile said, launching a revolt that would, within four days, oust an entrenched dictator and launch the Philippines into world history.
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Against Disinformation
THE DEMOCRACY and Disinformation Conference held last February 12 and 13 at the Ateneo de Manila University Rockwell campus in Makati City wasn’t exactly ignored by the media. But the coverage as a whole was not particularly enthusiastic about it either.
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Once Again, Stand for Media Freedom
THE CENTER for Media Freedom & Responsibility deplores as an infringement on press freedom the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte barring online news site Rappler’s reporter Pia Ranada and its editor and CEO Maria Ressa from covering the Office of the President.
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NEWS MEDIA organization Rappler is challenging in the courts the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) revocation of its Certificate of Incorporation. But the SEC decision should be sounding the alarm not only among journalists but for all Filipinos who believe in democracy and in the vital role that media plays in holding government accountable.
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