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Senatorial campaign was least covered on TV; Aquino most covered by TV Patrol World, 24 Oras

THE CMFR MONITOR OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2010 ELECTIONS BROADCAST DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (For the periods March 1-5 and 8-12, 2010) The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)... Read more

Cebu’s English-language dailies shifted coverage from local to presidential elections

Weeks 3 and 4 (February 28-March 13) of the monitoring period showed an increase in the percentage of election-related reports in Cebu’s English-language dailies from 19 percent to 22... Read more

Same cast takes center stage in weeks 4 and 5 of the election coverage

THE CMFR MONITOR OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2010 ELECTIONS BROADCAST NEWS TIMEKEEPING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 1-12, 2010 In the first three weeks of the monitor, many... Read more

Remembering Marlene Esperat

A Press Statement of the Esperat family on the 5th Death Anniversary of journalist Marlene Esperat 24 March 2010 IT HAS been five years since journalist Marlene Esperat was... Read more

JUSTICE FOR MARLENE ESPERAT WILL HELP END IMPUNITY

Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) on the 5th anniversary... Read more

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

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

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

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

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