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 Looking at the state of construction workers CHEERS TO ABS-CBN News Channel’s (ANC) Dateline Philippines for looking into the plight of construction workers. In an April 10 report, Dateline Philippines raised issues on the safety and income of construction workers. The report said the surge in construction in recent years is one of the key indicators... News reports or PR pieces? JEERS TO several media organizations for publishing and airing stories that are PR pieces on the possible presidential candidates in the 2016 elections. Insensitive—again JEERS TO several news organizations for their insensitive treatment of the coming out story of American Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner. Information or entertainment? THE CENTER for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) conducted a 24-hour monitor of the three major television networks— ABS-CBN 2, GMA 7 and TV 5 – on April 27, 2015 and a 5-day (April 27-May 1, 2015) monitor of nine broadsheets – BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, Malaya Business Insight,... ‘Aswang’ in Central Mindanao? JEERS TO several news organizations for a sensationalized report on alleged “aswang” (a mythical creature of Philippine folklore) attacks. Sidebar | May 4 News: Pacquiao and others THE HIGHLY anticipated Pacquiao-Mayweather fight was aired by the broadcasting networks ABS-CBN 2, GMA-7 and TV5 on May 3. All eyes on Pacquiao, the boxerBut what of the legislator? DUBBED THE “Fight of the Century”, the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. boxing match on May 2 (May 3 local time) received heavy international and national media coverage. A match five years in the making, the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight was hard to ignore not only because it involved two of the... Demeaning JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using a photo, which occupied about one-third of its front page, of the winner of a Miss Bikini pageant. Blurring the line between news and ads JEERS TO GMA News Online for failing to identify whether one of its articles was a news report or an advertisement. Looking at IP displacement CHEERS TO TV Patrol for looking at the displacement of indigenous people in Mindoro. « Previous1…910111213…61Next »
