May 2015 monitor Archives

Muddling through aid distribution mess

THE EXTENDED community quarantine (ECQ) has pushed more Filipinos deeper into poverty. The government’s aid has been slow to trickle down and at the rate that things are going,... Read more

Deceptive and Sensational

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using “mass murder advocate” to describe Davao City Mayor and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte in one of its reports. On May 9,... Read more

Sidebar | May 4 News: Pacquiao and others

THE HIGHLY anticipated Pacquiao-Mayweather fight was aired by the broadcasting networks ABS-CBN 2, GMA-7 and TV5 on May 3. Read more

All eyes on Pacquiao, the boxerBut what of the legislator?

DUBBED THE “Fight of the Century”, the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. boxing match on May 2 (May 3 local time) received heavy international and national media coverage. A match... Read more

Demeaning

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using a photo, which occupied about one-third of its front page, of the winner of a Miss Bikini pageant. Read more

Blurring the line between news and ads

JEERS TO GMA News Online for failing to identify whether one of its articles was a news report or an advertisement. Read more

Looking at IP displacement

CHEERS TO TV Patrol for looking at the displacement of indigenous people in Mindoro. Read more

‘Newshen’ again?

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its continuous use of the outdated and sexist term “newshen” to refer to female journalists. Read more

CHEERS TO CNN Philippines’ Network News for reminding the public that there are other “questionable," even non- existent non-government organizations (NGOs), not linked to Janet Lim-Napoles, but which were... Read more

PNP-AFP wrongful arrests

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2's TV Patrol for its investigative series on the Philippine National Police-Armed Forces of the Philippines (PNP-AFP) rewards system for the arrest of allegedly high- value... Read more