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Out of context

PROVIDING CONTEXT is not a strong suit of the dominant media,* whether in the form of a few paragraphs recalling the background of events, a sidebar, or an entire article recalling the history of the public issues they report on. Context is often glaringly absent even...

Regional perspective on media reforms in Myanmar

I still think the advantage of Myanmar is that it is still in the beginning. It remains in that "sweet spot" of transition from where others like Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines have moved, as these countries bear the burdens of mistakes and lessons unlearned.

More thoughts on EDSA

On the first anniversary of People Power in 1987, I had pledged that I would come each year to remember; that I would light a candle somewhere on the site to signify that what happened there must not be allowed failure of memory or conscious dismissal of its reality.

A relic of colonial rule (Updated)

LIBEL AS a means of repression has been problematic in the Philippines even before the Revised Penal Code (RPC) went into effect in January, 1932. A libel law can be a legitimate means of redress for people the media have aggrieved, but the present law as defined in Article 353...

Criminal libel is unconstitutional (Updated)

THERE IS a lot to say about the Cybercrime Prevention Act. And a lot will still be said now that the Supreme Court has upheld some of its key provisions. This entry is simply to help us think about the conditions that made it necessary to ask the Supreme Court...

It’s not about lawyers either

THANKS TO the media, any incident including the pettiest crimes can become high profile subjects of debate and discussion. Since the mauling of comedian and TV host Vhong Navarro last January, media, particularly television audiences, have been deluged with reports on practically all aspects and angles of the incident...

Journalism’s not about the journalist

WHATEVER THE medium — whether print, broadcast or online — journalism is about the news, not about the journalist.

The lowest common denominator at work

On FB, I found an unlikely posting on the revelations tracking the mauling of a lunchtime show host. It came from an expert-academic friend whose account usually engages his friends about political and social concerns. His comments reflect a level of interest in the story. Or at the very least,...

Media and change: Expecting the impossible

THE MOST powerful organizations in the world are not governments but corporations, and among the most powerful corporations are the global media conglomerates. Corporations are the power behind even the most powerful governments, whose policies they shape through their influence over the men and women they help elect or...

Revilla’s bandwagon: A destructive campaign

But no one can expect corruption to be cleaned up overnight. In the Philippines, the virus has been given too much time to fester. It has weakened the political system and damaged the national culture. Entrenched bureaucracies cannot be reformed without the kind of "bloodletting" that begets more resistance...

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