CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR | Page 268 of 403
-
Covering or seeking cover?: The curious cases of blocktimers in Negros Occidental
It is the election season, when politics, the news media, and entertainment are thrown into one merry, colorful, noisy, and moneyed mix. It is also the time when some... Read more
-
PJR Reports turns into a special annual
Starting this year, PJR Reports will be released as a special annual report on the state of the press. Read more
-
Exposing the pols’ offshore accounts
CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its comprehensive and timely two-part exposé on the undeclared offshore accounts of several Filipino politicians and former government executives.... Read more
-
Breakfast at Mary Grace
JEERS TO VERA Files for publishing a puff piece disguised as a “commentary” on athlete James Yap last April 2, 2013. Read more
-
Playing the blame game: the media coverage of a minor’s suicide
The mainstream media participated in the blame game that started in cyberspace when a student publication broke the story of a freshman University of the Philippines student’s suicide mere... Read more
-
CA again nullifies reinvestigation of Ortega slay
Another Division of the Court of Appeals (CA) has nullified the creation of a second panel of prosecutors to reinvestigate the killing of broadcaster and environmentalist Gerardo Ortega, and... Read more
-
Broadcaster assaulted for “negative” commentaries
ALLEGED RELATIVES OF a local candidate in Lanao del Norte attacked a broadcaster in Iligan City last 18 March 2013. Iligan City, a chartered city in Lanao del Norte,... Read more
-
Part of the solution
SPECULATING ON the reasons for a suicide and attributing it to a single cause is a common and misleading habit of the media. The media also tend to make... Read more
-
Habemus Papam! The Papal Conclave in the Age of Media
I GUESS it was bound to happen. We have witnessed what the news can do with a religious and spiritual event. Sure, the papacy has global political impact, but... Read more