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In Defense of Press Freedom
Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2011 AS IN THE PAST, WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2011... Read more
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When sources resent media
by Marlon Alexander Luistro When disasters such as tsunamis, typhoons and earthquakes strike, people usually turn to the media for news and information. But who else will the people... Read more
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Remembering JOSE PAVIA: Journalist and Freedom Fighter
(Melinda Quintos de Jesus’s speech during the necrological service for Jose “Joe” Pavia, April 21) It is a little difficult to place myself in the chronology of recollection and... Read more
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PCIJ reports on the access to information under the Aquino administration
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) released 1 May 2011 an audit of how government agencies dealt with requests for information under the Benigno Aquino III administration. PCIJ... Read more
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Double jeers
Double jeers to BusinessMirror for: 1) missing a cue from its infamous columnist and thereby failing to report the biggest story of the day today (April 29) and 2)... Read more
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Slain journalist’s widow faces contempt charges
A widow of an Ampatuan (Maguindanao) massacre victim and a director of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) are facing possible contempt charges for publicly criticizing... Read more
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PJR Reports asks: comments, rants, suggestions?
CMFR’s flagship publication, the PJR Reports (formerly the Philippine Journalism Review) is the result of a continuing monitoring activity of how the press covers and reports events and issues.... Read more
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Libel charges against publisher and columnist dismissed
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local court in Metro Manila dismissed a libel case against a columnist and the publisher of a national daily last 31 March 2011. The order was... Read more
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“Nobody home” at op-ed
Jeers to Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Amando Doronila for providing one more argument in favor of a right of reply law by reacting today to a supposed letter to... Read more
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Journalists allege manhandling by US envoy’s escorts and military hospital guards
CMFR/Philippines – Journalists covering the turnover of donations by the US Embassy to a military hospital in Quezon City said they were manhandled by the envoy’s escorts and by... Read more