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Cheap Stunt: Asking a Non-question
JEERS TO Bing Abadan of the Daily Manila Shimbun for playing the role of ”straight man” to President Rodrigo Duterte—and for diverting the media audience’s attention from the real... Read more
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TV Reporter Assaulted by Freed Hostage’s Kin
CMFR/PHILIPPINES—A television reporter and a cameraman were allegedly assaulted by the relatives of a freed hostage victim 22 September 2016 in Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur. Zamboanga City... Read more
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Improving the Media Environment in Southeast Asia
A GROUP of 17 media experts from 9 ASEAN-countries gathered in a side-event at the 2016 Jakarta World Forum for Media Development (WFMD) on September 21 and 22 to... Read more
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Jokowi Bests Duterte: A Most Critical Period for Media in Southeast Asia
By Melinda Quintos de Jesus It cannot be helped. Our regional engagement is enhanced by the quality of our leaders. In the past decades, I have met with our... Read more
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TV5’s Ed Lingao receives 2016 Award of Distinction; ABS-CBN’s Gigi Grande named 2016 Marshall McLuhan Fellow
THE CENTER for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) awarded Ed Lingao of TV5 the 2016 Award of Distinction, and the Embassy of Canada presented the plaque for the 2016... Read more
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Evaluating the Impact of ‘War on Drugs’
CHEERS TO Philstar.com for developing an interactive microsite on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. Published on Sept. 19, 2016, Newslab.Philstar.com examines the administration’s anti-illegal drugs campaign through... Read more
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Veloso Execution: Damaging Damage Control
THREE MONTHS into the presidency, the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte still has not found a way to speak in one, clear and consistent voice – a failure... Read more
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Reporting ‘Endo’: Complicated, Confusing
AS PRESIDENTIAL candidate, Rodrigo Duterte vowed to end labor contractualization or “endo,” a practice that prevents workers from attaining the full benefits of regular employment. Duterte’s promise, together... Read more
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Distasteful Headline
JEERS TO the Manila Standard for a headline that reeked with sexual innuendo. On Sept. 21, the Manila Standard ran a banner story on the House of Representatives... Read more