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 âNewshenâ again? JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its continuous use of the outdated and sexist term ânewshenâ to refer to female journalists. Those non-existent âNGOsâ CHEERS TO CNN Philippinesâ Network News for reminding the public that there are other âquestionable," even non- existent non-government organizations (NGOs), not linked to Janet Lim-Napoles, but which were also involved in the pork barrel scam, and of the need to monitor the âprogress or the apparent lack of... PNP-AFP wrongful arrests CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2's TV Patrol for its investigative series on the Philippine National Police-Armed Forces of the Philippines (PNP-AFP) rewards system for the arrest of allegedly high- value terrorists and criminals in the Philippines. Reporting the Veloso Case: Biased, sensationalized, tasteless THE MANILA broadsheets as well as broadcast media covered the case of Mary Jane Veloso from the time it became news in the third week of January. They intensified the coverage as the date of her scheduled execution by firing squad on April 29 approached. The three broadsheets with... Coverage of the BBL (7-14 April 2015): Bias and Prejudice against Bangsamoro FORM APRILÂ 7 to April 14, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) recorded 71 reports in three major newspapers in the country (Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star) and 23 segments in primetime television news programs 24 Oras, Aksyon and TV Patrol on the Bangsamoro... Rice as war casualty CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for telling readers how conflicts in certain areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) result in lower agricultural productivity. Giving voice to their plight CHEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for giving voice to the largely unmentioned victims in any conflict: the displaced families. Creating ânewsâ JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a banner story which erroneously declared Mary Jane Veloso, a migrant worker in death row in Indonesia, dead. Looking into GOCC executivesâ salaries and benefits CHEERS to Network News of CNN Philippines for a report on the "hefty" salaries and benefits of executives of government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) three years after Republic Act No. 10149 became law. Battle-weary victims ask: When will this stop? CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for similarly reporting on the civilians displaced by conflict. « Previous1…1011121314…61Next »
