CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR | Page 153 of 404
-
VP Vote Recount: Anonymous, Insider Sources Feed Marcos Propaganda
JEERS TO some media organizations for anonymously sourced reports about the vote recount, particularly votes allegedly lost by Vice President Leni Robredo due to the shading threshold set... Read more
-
Explaining What the Duterte EO Missed
CHEERS TO two news media organizations for explaining on Labor Day what was missing in President Duterte’s executive order (EO) supposedly ending “endo.” While most media accounts... Read more
-
Pattern of Restrictions Signals Crackdown on PH Press
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) reported a “growing animosity towards journalists” encouraged by political leaders in its annual world press freedom index released on April 25.... Read more
-
Tragic Stories Built on Trust
By Manny Mogato Senior Correspondent, Reuters THE STORIES are tragic. They are horrifying and shocking. They are too compelling for any journalist to ignore. But, as the bodies... Read more
-
Beyond the Death Toll, Humanizing the Victims
By The Nightcrawlers* THOUSANDS have been killed in this government’s so-called “war” on drugs. At the same time, thousands of words and images have been written and photographed on... Read more
-
A Bloody Trail of Patterns
By Aie Balagtas See Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer MY COVERAGE of the war on drugs began on July 3, 2016. It was President Rodrigo Duterte’s third day in... Read more
-
Cops Shift from Open to Opaque: What’s Secret about Drug War Data?
By Vino Lucero Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism RIGHT BEFORE the inaugural as president of Rodrigo R. Duterte and the launch of his so-called war on drugs, I... Read more
-
To the Max, Facts, Propaganda Cranked up in Battle for Marawi
Reflections of a TV correspondent I HAVE BEEN covering conflicts for over 20 years both here and abroad. I thought I’ve seen it all. Then came the battle... Read more
-
Speak Truth to Power, Keep Power in Check
RODRIGO R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the public discourse so radically in its favor in ways rude and bold. One tragic result: it has restricted and narrowed... Read more
-
SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, KEEP POWER IN CHECK!
World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2018 Manila, Philippines A Report by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Philippine... Read more