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Journalists, media workers harassed in Manila demolition
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Local anti-riot police detained and manhandled a group of journalists and media workers during the demolition of an allegedly illegal settlement in San Juan City last 11... Read more
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Publisher killed in Bohol province
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – NO SUSPECT has been identified in the 15 December 2011 killing of a local newspaper publisher in Trinidad City, Bohol province. Bohol is a province 640 kilometers... Read more
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Boy Abunda and the “entertainmentization” of news
Showbiz news used to consist only of a segment and were usually aired near the end—after the “hard” news on politics, business, and social issues. Today’s showbiz news is no... Read more
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The November visit of Hillary ClintonAnother opportunity missed
The overnight visit of United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last November received wide, though not necessarily meaningful coverage from the Philippine press. Among the television networks,... Read more
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Publisher shot dead in General Santos City
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Police are still investigating the killing of a newspaper publisher in General Santos City last 5 January 2012. General Santos City is a chartered city in... Read more
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Covering high profile crimesFocus on the sensational
The media coverage of the killing of Italian priest Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, Ramgen Bautista (former actor and son of former senator Ramon Revilla Sr.) and Ricky Pempengco (father of... Read more
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Media at workBeating the war drums in Mindanao
ON Nov. 2, 2011, The Manila Times, the country’s oldest newspaper, came out with a banner story that outscooped everybody else. “Mindanao War Inevitable,” the headline screamed in big black... Read more
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Media warmongeringPress calls for more violence in Mindanao
The coverage of the armed confrontation between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Lanao del Norte reversed the gains... Read more
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The Persistence of Impunity:A Bad Start for the New Year
Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) on the killing of Christopher “Cris” Guarin THE KILLING of General Santos newspaper publisher and RMN blocktimer Christopher Guarin hardly a... Read more
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Specious and Disingenuous (updated)
CMFR notes that Ms. Vitug’s attempt to get the side of UST and Corona, and her disclosing that she was either rebuffed or ignored, were both in keeping with... Read more