2007 | Page 15 of 24 | CMFR
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Online Monitors
Assessing the party-list system Bulatlat wrote an informative and insightful two-part special report that focused on a very crucial question as this year’s elections draw near: “Nine years after... Read more
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TV Monitors
A pro-GMA station Primetime Teledyaryo, the news program of state-owned NBN-4, leaves no doubt that it is a pro-administration station; its reporters, administration spokespersons. Last March 19, Joseph Parafina... Read more
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Print Monitors
Sharing a point of view The Manila Standard Today seems to be looking at the elections through the lens of the administration. Quoting Team Unity (TU) spokesman Antonio “Tonypet”... Read more
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Speaking of Media
A simple arrangement “I’ve heard stories about reporters who are now on the payroll either of re-electionist senators or those taking a first crack at the senatorial campaign. This... Read more
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Editor’s Note: Elections and acts of terror
ELECTIONS HAVE always turned the spotlight on politicians, particularly the candidates. What they do—and what they don’t do—is the stuff that journalists write about. This issue of the PJR... Read more
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Arrest of Ocampo triggers surge in party list elections coverage
The filing of charges against Bayan Muna’s Congressman Saturnino “Satur” Ocampo, his arrest, the attempt to fly him to Leyte, and his detention at the Manila Police District headquarters... Read more
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Solon prevented from speaking to the media
Members of the press were prevented from interviewing detained Bayan Muna (Nation First) Representative Satur Ocampo by his police custodians, who claimed that media interviews would be risky for... Read more
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Newspaper editors and publisher post bail for libel
The publisher, along with seven editors of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, one of the Philippines’ major dailies, was detained for an hour at a Manila Police Station on 20... Read more
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CMFR Monitor of News Media Coverage of the 2007 National Elections First Report: TV, broadsheets covered TU most in first three weeks of campaign
First Report (February 13 – March 2) The media advocacy group Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has found that the six leading television news programs and the... Read more
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Radio station bombed
An unidentified individual onboard a motorcycle bombed the service vehicle of dxCC (828kHz), a radio station of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN), parked in front of the station in... Read more


