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Instant celebrity

JEERS TO The Manila Times for publishing on its front page a report on Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s guesting at a primetime comedy-variety show that belonged more in... Read more

Iranian American journalist Hamid Golpira died Tuesday, July 7, after a six-month battle with lung cancer. He was 55; Pioneering broadcast journalist Marlene Sanders, one of the first women... Read more

Careless and simplistic about suicide

JEERS TO several news organizations for another careless coverage on a suicide case. Read more

PR in Op-Eds

JEERS TO three major newspapers for publishing opinion articles that seemed to have been based on press releases. They not only used the same words; they also served the... Read more

Anti-communist group threatens journalists via SMS

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A self-proclaimed anti-communist group allegedly threatened via text message several journalists in Davao and Cagayan de Oro when they failed to cover a press conference hosted... Read more

Misleading

JEERS TO The Daily Tribune for its misleading story on the cause of further delays on the Pag-asa Island repairs. Read more

Aquino’s hair

JEERS TO The Philippine Star for publishing a report on President Benigno Aquino III’s jokes in his speech during the graduation rites of the Technical Education and Skills Development... Read more

Front page ‘love affair’

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for prioritizing a dating scandal over pressing issues. Read more

Insensitive, inhumane

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2 for its insensitive coverage of the plight of former child actor Jiro Manio who was found roaming the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3... Read more

Obit

TV JOURNALIST Akshay Singh died unexpectedly of a purported heart attack Saturday, July 4, while on assignment in Central India. He was 38; Prominent Native American journalist Bonnie Red... Read more