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Media Focus Still Limited to Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates
Discourse Analysis for the Second Monitoring Period (Feb. 21 to March 5) REPORTS ON the presidential and vice-presidential candidates dominated TV airspace three weeks into the official campaign period,... Read more
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More Substance in the Presidential Debates
BY MOST accounts, the presidential debate held Sunday night was a better version of the first one the month before. Granting that the debate often bordered on sounding... Read more
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SC Ruling on Poe’s Disqualification: Media Succumbed to Speculation and Leaks
IN OTHER countries, particularly the United States, the judges or members of juries tasked to decide on a court case are sometimes sequestered so that they will have... Read more
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Voter Receipts: Redundant or Necessary?
NOT TOO many Filipinos are aware that the law requires the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide the voter a receipt of his or her vote. The Comelec... Read more
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On the Campaign Trail
ATTACHED TO, or embedded in a candidate’s political campaign, reporters are forced to follow a set schedule, a task that can be repetitive and sometimes useless in terms of helping... Read more
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Election Surveys: Beyond the Numbers and the “Horse Race”
SURVEY RESULTS on voter preferences are a staple of election reports, gaining wider public interest as the election nears. CMFR’s election monitors over the years have found that these... Read more
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Disguising Ads as Editorial Content
JEERS TO three major dailies for passing off an advertisement as editorial content. On March 15, 2016, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippine Star, and the Manila Bulletin ran... Read more
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Gaming the Party-List System
CHEERS TO Rappler.com for running a story that examined the party-list groups and their nominees for congressional positions. In “2016 party-list nominees: Taking a ‘shortcut’ to Congress?” posted... Read more
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PAGCOR Photography Contest Now Accepting Entries
Professional and amateur photographers are invited to send their entries to the 4th PAGCOR (Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation) National Photography Competition.Filipino nationals at least 18 years of age as... Read more