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 Specious and Disingenuous (updated) CMFR notes that Ms. Vitug’s attempt to get the side of UST and Corona, and her disclosing that she was either rebuffed or ignored, were both in keeping with journalistic ethics and protocol. Asian Media Barometer: The Philippines 2011Excess of freedom, impunity; Deficit of ethics, self-criticism The Philippine media community, one of the freest and most rambunctious in all of Asia, is an incredible, hopefully not incorrigible, story of dissonant currents and practices. Ghosts and goblins The media went all superstitious and supernatural two weeks ago with the usual avalanche of news and special reports about ghosts and goblins before and during All Saints ’ Day, or it’s known in the West, Halloween. Spelling it the right way Even after the death of Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi, everyone including Philippine newspapers were still having problems spelling his last name. Custom-Made “Journalists” By Philip Tubeza || Right after being appointed to his post, newly designated Customs commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon raised a lot of eyebrows when he announced that he would be cracking down on "pseudo-journalists" at the Bureau of Customs (BOC). The Spratlys dispute: Questions, Questions The ongoing dispute between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) was in the news these past few months. But the coverage of the issue was sporadic and dependent on recent events. The media, the bishops and the missing ‘Pajeros’ The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) revealed last June that some Catholic bishops had received assistance funds for the purchase of motor vehicles including sports utility vehicles (SUVs). The agency cited the 2009 Commission on Audit (COA) report on PCSO, which said that the assistance was unconstitutional. Notes on CMFR’s Media Monitor In monitoring media coverage, CMFR reviews the text/broadcast output of the media organization. CMFR’s critique focuses on the news “product” or text. We do not normally look at the process that resulted in the product; we assume that that product is the result of editing/vetting processes in the news... A Year After: The Press and the Aug. 23 Hostage Taking One year after the bloody Aug. 23, 2010 hostage taking incident in Manila, has the Philippine press learned any lesson from the coverage? On the Christopher Lao controversy What happened to Christopher Lao is an issue of social media excess more than it is of journalism ethics. « Previous1234…7Next »
