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Sued for libel, journalist receives death threat
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – After a Supreme Court justice filed 13 counts of libel against her in connection with an article she wrote last year, journalist Marites Dañguilan Vitug received death... Read more
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Government TV covered Teodoro most, ignored bottom dwellers
THE CMFR MONITOR OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2010 ELECTIONS BROADCAST DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (For the Period Feb. 9-26, 2010) The programs monitored were 24 Oras, Teledyaryo, and TV Patrol... Read more
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Radio blocktimer found dead in General Santos City
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Local police in General Santos City are investigating the killing of a radio blocktimer and columnist at a radio compound last 13 March 2010. The lifeless body... Read more
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Supreme Court justice sues journalist for libel
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court has filed libel charges against a journalist who wrote about his alleged role in his son’s seeking an elective... Read more
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CMFR Monitor of News Media Coverage of the 2010 National and Local Elections (February 10-27): Aquino the most covered presidential candidate in print
AQUINO WAS THE MOST COVERED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Print focused on the presidential campaign to the neglect of the senatorial and party list elections The Liberal Party’s Benigno Simeon “Noynoy”... Read more
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CMFR Monitor of Media Coverage of the 2010 National and Local Elections (Feb 9-27, 2010):The Most Moneyed Candidates Were Also the Most Covered by Television News
This year as in past elections, the candidates with the most resources were getting the most exposure via political ads. But they were also the most covered in the... Read more
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Cebu’s Bisaya-language Press Covered Local Politics Most In First Three Weeks of the 2010 Election Campaign
For the first three weeks of the national campaign, Cebu-based Bisaya dailies Banat and SunStar Superbalita focused more on the local elections in Cebu than the presidential elections. Even... Read more
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The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Monitor of Media Coverage of the May 2010 Elections (For the period Feb 9-27, 2010)
As expected, coverage of the first three weeks of the 2010 election campaign focused on the leading presidential contenders. In contrast, coverage of vice-presidential candidates, political parties, and party-list... Read more
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ABS-CBN News Online misread the CMFR-SEAPA March 3 Statement
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) takes exception to ABS-CBN News Online’s interpretation of its March 3 statement, which it issued with the Southeast Asian Press Alliance... Read more
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Lest We Forget
Revised statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance on the 100th day of the Ampatuan Massacre A hundred days have passed... Read more