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Duterte and the Media: On the Rocks (Updated)
A YEAR into his presidency, Rodrigo Duterte’s speeches remain peppered with expletives and tirades, the most controversial of which have been directed at respected institutions: the church, international human... Read more
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Documenting Social Media Abuse
CHEERS TO Rappler for its investigation of the fake social media accounts, trolls and bogus sites during the elections and its application as propaganda afterwards. The misuse and... Read more
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Information Access: On Paper but Not in Practice
CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for reporting the failure of some government agencies to respond to its requests for information on the conduct of... Read more
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The Press and Public Officials: Apart Because Different
PERHAPS, THE public sees people in the news as all cut from the same cloth. Whether they’re working journalists, or elected or appointed to public office, the public stage... Read more
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Inquirer Redesigns Paper, Website
THE PHILIPPINE Daily Inquirer launched their redesigned newspaper and website Thursday, Oct. 6. The redesigned newspaper presents a sleeker layout with more visual elements and white spaces in contrast... Read more
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Online Threats against Journalists Mark Duterte’s 100 Days
IT STARTED even during the campaign. Journalists critical of anything about then candidate Rodrigo Duterte were savaged on social media and it has not stopped. Duterte’s defenders rain... Read more
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Knowing Your Source: Think Before You Click
THINK BEFORE you click. You may be sharing propaganda as truth—and thus, helping to dumb down people who access the Internet and social media. The Internet, as a wide... Read more
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Looking into the Aguirre “Takeover”
THE MEAN season for Senator Leila de Lima seems far from over as the House of Representatives continue to hound the senator by presenting high-profile prisoners, among others,... Read more
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War Over Words: Interpreting Mr. Duterte
By Melinda Quintos de Jesus THE BROUHAHA over President Rodrigo Duterte’s reference to Hitler’s Holocaust is not the first in his relatively brief career as a national politician. Perhaps, we... Read more
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Duterte’s Hitler Comparison: The President’s Outrageous Mistake
ANOTHER DAY, another outrageous statement—and yet another frantic attempt at damage control. On Sept. 30, President Rodrigo Duterte gained worldwide notoriety anew when he compared himself to Adolf... Read more