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Tabloid Columnist Accuses PTFoMS Director of Sending Death Threats; Task Force Director Denies Allegation
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A tabloid columnist reported receiving death threats allegedly from the executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) after his articles criticizing the... Read more
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LIBEL WATCH: Journalist Held by Police, Another Charged, One Case Dismissed
CMFR/Philippines – Several journalists faced libel challenges in November. One broadcaster accused of libel was held by the police, while a libel complaint was filed against another, an... Read more
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Media Fails to Fact-Check Spokesperson
Screengrab from PTV4’s YouTube account. ON TUESDAY, December 5, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque faced media and announced the decision to declare the CPP-NPA as a terror group: “It’s not... Read more
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PDEA and Media Scored: Careless Reporting of a Drug Bust
THE MEDIA should find it easy enough to report a drug bust. Police reporters have years of experience chronicling such episodes. Ethical issues, however, hound this kind of reporting... Read more
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The Media and the Duterte Presidency: Impunity Acute and Benign, Fettered Flow of information
by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism THE PRESS in the... Read more
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PROLONGED AGONY: Looking Back at the 8 Years of the Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre
Eight years, zero conviction. This summarizes the 2017 update on the trial of the accused in the Ampatuan massacre of 2009. With more than 100 charged, even a... Read more
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Media on 31st ASEAN Summit
Screen grab from the ASEAN 2017 official website The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit is always a major media event, especially in the country that hosts it,... Read more
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More Mud from Mocha
CMFR would rather ignore Mocha Uson. But she is a public official, involved in presidential communication. AS SUCH, what she says or blogs should be subject to scrutiny. ... Read more
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Radio Broadcaster Shot Dead in Surigao del Sur
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified men shot and killed a local radio broadcaster and injured his partner Tuesday night, 24 October 2017 in Bislig, Surigao del Sur. Surigao del Sur... Read more