CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

A rice policy without real benefits: Inquirer.net examines Marcos Jr.’s campaign promise

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for its review of one of the campaign promises of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., now presumptive president to reduce the price of rice to PHP20 per... Read more

Beyond “peace and discipline”: Media highlight concerns over Sara as DepEd chief amidst education crisis

CHEERS TO media for highlighting the grave concerns over the appointment of Sara Duterte, presumptive vice president-elect, as the head of the Department of Education (DepEd). Read more

TV5 explainer: Wage hikes vs. current living costs

CHEERS TO TV5’s Frontline Tonight explainer which pointed out that the announced wage hikes for Metro Manila and Western Visayas hardly address current living costs. The segment reported the... Read more

Election Day 2022: Media focus on machine malfunctions; Analysts revisit campaign conduct in commentaries

FILIPINOS VOTED May 9 in the most consequential election since 1986 when “people power” overthrew the Marcos dictatorship. COVID-19 cast a shadow on the prospects of the event being... Read more

First encounter: Marcos Spox turns deaf to Rappler reporter

BARELY TWO days after the presumptive win of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his spokesperson, Atty. Vic Rodriguez, held a press conference at the Uniteam headquarters in Mandaluyong, during which he... Read more

This Week in Media (May 2 to 6, 2022)

THE NEWS media have shifted their focus from the campaign sorties to the preparations for the May 9 elections. Reporters on TV, print and online were not remiss in... Read more

News conventions rule coverage: A qualitative analysis of the coverage of primetime newscasts of the 2022 polls

DESPITE THE emergence of other communication platforms, television is still the most accessible form of mass media and continues to rate highly as a source of political news and... Read more

In Context: The long standing united front against Robredo

ON EASTER Sunday, April 17 this year, a strange and perplexing event took place that had little to do with the central tenet of Christian faith celebrated precisely on... Read more

This Week in Media (April 25 to 29, 2022)

More political heat as election nears; Disasters, government inefficiency torment ordinary folk Read more

TV coverage still on the same track; some gave space to voter education as Lacson and Moreno join forces to ask Robredo to withdraw

FOR TEN straight weeks of the campaign period, television coverage did little more than highlight what was said and done during campaign sorties. This period included efforts to devote... Read more