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Freedom House Releases 2016 Freedom of the Press Report
INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG Freedom House released last April 27 its 2016 Freedom of the Press report, which assesses the degree of print, broadcast, and digital media freedom in 199... Read more
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Helping Voters
CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and Rappler for their informative “how to” pieces on the proper way to vote in the upcoming May 9, 2016 elections. CNN Philippines’ May... Read more
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TV News Programs as Campaign Logs
Editorial Note: Up to the last week before the elections the TV news programs remained neutral but failed to provide the critical information that citizens need when casting their... Read more
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Electoral Cockfight and Horserace
PREVIOUS CMFR monitors have pointed out the dominance of election-related reports in primetime newscasts (“Campaign Trail Story Dominates Election News”). But the reports tend to be repetitive, providing mere... Read more
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The Ties that Bind
THE FEBRUARY election monitor of CMFR had already noted the ties that could possibly explain the favorable media mileage senatorial aspirant Martin Romualdez has been getting, particularly in The... Read more
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Sober Conclusion to the Presidential Debates
THE THIRD and last presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was the sober conclusion of the PiliPinas Debates 2016 series, with less personal attacks and... Read more
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Santiago’s Health: A Political and Public Issue
UNLIKE HER four rivals for the presidency, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago has generated considerably less steam. Having held only four campaign rallies with her running mate and having... Read more
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“Comeleak”: Identity Theft and Election Fraud
CHEERS TO several news organizations for quickly cautioning the public on the perils of the massive security leak of the Commission of Elections (Comelec) website that exposed the... Read more
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Covering the Bangladesh Bank Heist: Missed Opportunity
NEARLY THREE months have passed since the Bangladesh government lost millions of dollars in what seemed to be an elaborate bank heist orchestrated by hackers in February. While... Read more