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EDSA People Power: Inadequate Challenge to Marcos Revisionism
THAT THE Marcos family has succeeded in revising history, and fielding Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a candidate for vice president in the 2016 elections is the ultimate proof... Read more
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First Presidential Debate: Controversy Over Media ‘Discrimination’
THE FIRST presidential debate held last month in Cagayan de Oro City provoked a controversy, with one news organization alleging that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) restricted freedom... Read more
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Simplifying Survey Terms
CHEERS TO Rappler.com for running a piece explaining and defining the terms often used in the surveys on voter preference for national candidates. Rappler posted “Confused by surveys:... Read more
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2016 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism
The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund is now accepting entries to its 2015 international awards for journalism, which aims to recognize the work of local reporters and freelance journalists in... Read more
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Sidebar | Candidates for Senate and Party-list: Hardly Noticed
AMONG THE newspapers CMFR reviewed from Feb. 9 to 20, The Standard was found to feature Romualdez quite frequently. Romualdez, Leyte’s 1st District representative, is on his third term. He... Read more
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Candidates for Senate and Party-list: Hardly Noticed
TWO WEEKS into the campaign period for national positions, both print and broadcast media have mostly focused on the presidential and vice presidential race to the near exclusion of... Read more
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Radio Broadcaster Convicted of Libel, Radio Station Ordered to Close in Gingoog City
CMFR/ Philippines- A radio blocktimer was convicted of libel while a local radio station was ordered to stop operations in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. Misamis Oriental is 1389 kilometers south of... Read more
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First Election Debate Goes Pfft: Coverage Filled with Sound bytes and Pull Quotes
GIVEN THE media hype and hoopla surrounding the holding of the first debate, the program went pfft, with little excitement to engage. What substance could have been drawn... Read more
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“Baby Snake”: TV5 Slithers Down the Bottom
JEERS TO TV5’s Aksyon Tanghali’s Balita-Serye segment for airing an extended report about a 37-year-old woman in Barangay Palkan, Polomolok, South Cotabato, who supposedly gave birth to a snake.... Read more