CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Rappler traces, analyzes propaganda network against activists

CHEERS TO Rappler’s investigative report on how government propaganda has shifted the target of its demonization from “drug addicts” in 2016 to activists, red-tagging and labeling them as terrorists.... Read more

Focus on presidential race: Coverage on candidates ramp up before COC filing

Media kept track of the presidential aspirants who had declared their candidacies or had been endorsed by political parties from September 19 to October 1, 2021. Read more

This Week in Media (September 27 to October 1)

POLITICS GAINED more news space and airtime during the week despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s continuing threat to Filipinos all over the country. But the two are intertwined, since COVID-19... Read more

Lost in a loophole: The legality of premature campaigning in the current election law

ELECTION FEVER has spread months before the official filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) from October 1 to 8. Eight months prior, posters and tarpaulins bearing political faces and... Read more

Media flag military censorship of university libraries

RODRIGO DUTERTE may not have declared Martial Law, but his government nevertheless uses the military in many aspects of civilian rule. Retired officers of the AFP and PNP have... Read more

Inquirer highlights the impact of climate change on urban poor

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its in-depth report on the impact of current threats on the lives of the urban poor. The special report draws out with... Read more

Rappler reporter removed from a House committee messaging group

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A party list representative heading the House investigation on the government spending for its pandemic response called out in a hearing a Rappler reporter for its story... Read more

DICT unit confirms AFP link to cyberattacks against alternative media

CMFR/PHILIPPINES -- On September 23, 2021, AlterMidya and Bulatlat, two media sites that were under cyber attack, published the contents of a report from the Computer Emergency Response Team... Read more

A call to the Philippine Army: Respect for press freedom in word and deed

THE FREEDOM for Media Freedom for All (FMFA) a coalition of press freedom advocates, condemns the Philippine Army’s Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) cyberattacks on the websites of two... Read more

This Week in Media (September 20 to 24)

NOT MUCH was heard about the COVID-19 situation this week, except for the daily case counts and the spread of the infection in religious establishments in Metro Manila. Much... Read more