We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Internet perils When it comes to journalism in the age of new media, the same rules about sourcing that have been around for sometime still apply: choose your sources carefully, double check what they say, verify their claims from documents and other sources, and never rely on anonymous sources. Elections and the crisis of information ELECTIONS ARE the only means through which an allegedly free people can delegate their sovereign powers of governance to leaders they can trust to enforce their will. Electing the right officials isn’t the same as removing the wrong ones, whom they can oust through direct action, recall through a petition... PR time ELECTIONS ARE among the best of times for public relations organizations and practitioners. Philippine politicians need favorable media exposure, or exposure whether good or bad. Being mentioned in the media keeps the politician in the public mind if not its eye, and it doesn’t usually matter whether the mention... Journalism or stenography? IT CAN do so, but CMFR has never claimed as the basis for its monitor and critique of media performance the journalism experience and qualifications of its staff, only the same right as other citizens to express their opinions on institutions that claim to be serving and speaking for... Enough ONE COULD argue that whatever happens to Kris Aquino matters. Not only is she the daughter of Ninoy and Cory Aquino; she is also one of the sisters of the current President of the Philippines, and one of the highest paid and most well known TV and movie... Part of the solution SPECULATING ON the reasons for a suicide and attributing it to a single cause is a common and misleading habit of the media. The media also tend to make it seem as if killing one’s self vindicates the suicide, which is not only wrong, but also dangerous. In one case,... Coalitions wanted Non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, have been recognized in the laws of many states as expressions of the right to association, but have also come about because of the political and other deficiencies in society. Since the fall of the Marcos dictatorship, every election in the Philippines has been the occasion... Papal Bull THE RESIGNATION of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope has been in Philippine news media—in TV, radio, and print—from the time he first announced his intention to resign the Papacy up the present, when the focus of the Philippine press has shifted to the preparations for the conclave of cardinals... Challenge to the dominant press THE PHILIPPINES has a long alternative press tradition that goes back to the reform and revolutionary movements of the late 19th century—from Marcelo H. Del Pilar’s Diariong Tagalog, to La Solidaridad, Kalayaan, El Heraldo de la Revolucion, and El Renacimiento. In contrast to the dominant press—conventionally and wrongly referred... FOI and FOE in the campaign agenda Both the right to information and freedom of expression should be in the agenda of press and public discourse in the 2013 elections, and should help transform an otherwise ho-hum elections. « Previous1…56789…12Next »
