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Silent on Local Polls: TV Still Hot on the National Campaign Trail, Puff Pieces Still Dominate Print
THE LOCAL campaign kickoff on March 29 helped increase election-related reports, but brought little improvement to the reportage on the campaign. Most of the reports on TV were still... Read more
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Media on the Quakes: Missing the Science of It
ON APRIL 22, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Luzon, its epicenter in Castillejos, Zambales, resulting in 18 fatalities and PHP505 million worth of infrastructure damage. The following... Read more
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Anselmo Roque, 80
VETERAN JOURNALIST Anselmo Roque succumbed to a lingering illness on Monday, April 29. He was 80 years old. Roque joined the Philippine Daily Inquirer in 1986 as its correspondent... Read more
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Just Another Tall Tale: Covering the “Matrix” Story
IN ITS April 22 banner story “OUST-DUTERTE PLOT BARED” (all caps supplied), The Manila Times alleged that a “coordinated media campaign” involved journalists in a plot to destabilize the... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (April 27 to May 3)
Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 27, 2019 Manila Times, April 29, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 1, 2019 The Philippine Star, May 2, 2019 The Philippine Star, May 3, 2019 Read more
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Radio Blocktimer Killed in Butuan City
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio blocktimer was killed in Butuan City on 20 April 2019. Butuan City is 799 kilometers south of Manila. “Blocktiming” is a Philippine practice in which... Read more
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The Manila Times Editor Asked to Resign After Criticizing Ouster Plot Story
THE MANILA Times Managing Editor Felipe Salvosa II resigned over the newspaper’s story on the alleged plot by media organizations and a lawyers’ group to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (April 20 to 26)
The Manila Times, April 21, 2019 Manila Standard, April 23, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, April 25, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 25, 2019 The Manila Times, April 26, 2019 Read more
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Rappler Again Banned from Coverage
CMFR/Philippines — A reporter of online news site Rappler was denied accreditation to cover the Department of Health’s (DOH) launch of its campaign to end tuberculosis on 23 April... Read more
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Ressa Among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
RAPPLER CHIEF Executive Officer and Executive Editor Maria Ressa is one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2019. Ressa joins other global leaders, artists and sports icons... Read more