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Boy Abunda and the “entertainmentization” of news

Showbiz news used to consist only of a segment and were usually aired near the end—after the “hard” news on politics, business, and social issues. Today’s showbiz news is no... Read more

The November visit of Hillary ClintonAnother opportunity missed

The overnight visit of United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last November received wide, though not necessarily meaningful coverage from the Philippine press. Among the television networks,... Read more

A waiting game in year two of the Ampatuan Massacre trial

By Melanie Y. Pinlac Published in PJR Reports, November-December 2011 Some developments in the trials of the alleged killers of journalists tend to suggest the continuing dominance of the... Read more

Publisher shot dead in General Santos City

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Police are still investigating the killing of a newspaper publisher in General Santos City last 5 January 2012. General Santos City is a chartered city in... Read more

Covering high profile crimesFocus on the sensational

The media coverage of the killing of Italian priest Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, Ramgen Bautista (former actor and son of former senator Ramon Revilla Sr.) and Ricky Pempengco (father of... Read more

Media at workBeating the war drums in Mindanao

ON Nov. 2, 2011, The Manila Times, the country’s oldest newspaper, came out with a banner story that outscooped everybody else. “Mindanao War Inevitable,” the headline screamed in big black... Read more

Media warmongeringPress calls for more violence in Mindanao

The coverage of the armed confrontation between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Lanao del Norte reversed the gains... Read more

The Persistence of Impunity:A Bad Start for the New Year

Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) on the killing of Christopher “Cris” Guarin THE KILLING of General Santos newspaper publisher and RMN blocktimer Christopher Guarin hardly a... Read more

Specious and Disingenuous (updated)

CMFR notes that Ms. Vitug’s attempt to get the side of UST and Corona, and her disclosing that she was either rebuffed or ignored, were both in keeping with... Read more

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