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  • And now for the important news: Zubiri’s butt

    The Philippine Star reported Sen. Anna Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal‘s compliment on Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri‘s buttocks in its Aug. 14 front page. The Star did not explain why Madrigal’s... Read more

  • Print Monitor

    Floored by flour THE MANILA Times failed to clear the air insofar as lingering fears about products imported from China are concerned. The Times reported the complaints of the... Read more

  • Speaking of Media

    Shooting the messenger—again “The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is appalled by the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec)  threat to file electoral sabotage charges against at least... Read more

  • A Column That Bombed

    What’s perfume to a columnist is lechon sauce to her readers A Column That Bombed By Junette B. Galagala FROM OUT of the blue, a society reporter’s personal travel... Read more

  • The Religious Press and the Marcos Years

    Heroes of Press Freedom The Religious Press and the Marcos Years By Chit Estella ON OCT. 24, 1975, the first big strike to be declared during martial law broke... Read more

  • Online Monitor

    Death by interview INSTEAD OF shedding light on  issues surrounding transsexuals, GMANews.TV’s Aug. 22 webcasts fostered sexist views through unnecessary and crass questions. The interviewer was so unprepared for... Read more

  • How can journalism touch a nation’s conscience?

    How Can Journalism Touch a Nation’s Conscience? By P. Sainath HERE ARE essentially two streams in what we call journalism: journalism and stenography. The latter is by far the... Read more

  • Stop press repression in Bangladesh — AMF

    Let’s take a rest from the Malu Fernandez controversy shall we? Asia Media Forum expresses solidarity with Bangladesh Journalists The Asia Media Forum (AMF) expresses grave concerns over the... Read more

  • Malu’s back?

    Remember the much-ballyhooed (and supposed) apology of Malu Fernandez and her resignation from Manila Standard Today and People Asia: Statement from Malu Fernandez on the OFW Controversy “I am... Read more

  • Why did People Asia decide to publish Malu Fernandez’s story anyway?

    University of the Philippines journalism department chair Rachel Khan raised an important question in the still raging Malu Fernandez controversy: Why did the People Asia editors let Malu Fernandez’s... Read more