CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Covering Taal: Media more responsible than the President

CHEERS TO the media for their swift and science-based reporting on the eruption of Taal Volcano last July 1, without hype or sensationalism. Cheers as well for critically countering... Read more

Media still mum on leadership vacuum; PNOY remembered

THE DEATH of former President Benigno Aquino III, or PNoy as he himself asked to be called, shocked the country because it was so unexpected. While Aquino kept his... Read more

Radio program airs offensive comments on Aquino death

JEERS to guest host and lawyer Larry Gadon for grossly insensitive remarks and his use of foul language when he announced the death of former President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino... Read more

Not a race: Aquino’s death reported in media rush to be first

JEERS TO those media organizations that cared more about beating the competition in announcing the death of President Benigno S. C. Aquino III. On June 24, The Daily Tribune... Read more

PRESS CHAMPION AND ADVOCATE

THE Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility mourns the passing of former President Benigno “Noynoy”Aquino III. We condole with his family and with the rest of the nation... Read more

No longer an ‘Isolated Case’: Media miss the pattern of state killings

PUBLIC OUTCRY took over the internet as a law enforcer, Police Master Sergeant Hensie Zinampan, killed a 52-year-old woman in Quezon City on May 31 mainly because he felt... Read more

Like father, like daughter: Reprising Duterte’s 2015 campaign strategy

JEERS TO the media for reporting Sara Dutere-Carpio’s pre-2022 campaign without pointing out that the family is using the same tactic that the father used in his presidential run... Read more

Media Review

AS THOUGH the pandemic had not made life miserable enough, power outages have added to the difficulties that the public must bear. With so many unemployed and experiencing even... Read more

ABS-CBN’s analysis of rising cases in regions identifies urgent needs

CHEERS TO ANC’s Dateline Philippines for doing more than just citing the number of COVID-19 cases around the country. In an interview format, the program presented a... Read more

From “herd immunity” to “population protection”: What’s the difference?

CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for catching on to the government’s latest semantic ploy, which essentially lowered the national vaccination target. Other reports merely echoed the Health department’s announcement without saying... Read more