A right or a privilege?

CHEERS TO GMA News for its four-part special “Biyaheng Totoo” which looked into the basic problems of the country. (24 Oras, State of the Nation with Jessica Soho, May 14-17,)

Gossipy

JEERS TO the Manila Times for a front-page report on President Benigno Aquino III’s love life—or lack of it. Not only was there really no story; it didn’t even cite any source.

Stereotyping Muslims

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a front page photo caption that stereotyped Muslims, and Muslim women particularly, last May 9.

Wasted airtime

Jeers to 24 Oras for failing to provide background and context to a report on Joseph Estrada’s birthday party and future political plans.

Biased reports

Jeers to The Daily Tribune for two biased reports.

Focus on indigenous peoples

Cheers to Saksi deviating from the usual Manila-centric type of reporting to bring public attention to a case of ancient burial theft and the state of an endangered language in Quirino province.

Headlining Trivia (on Prezi)

Headlining trivia

Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for making a brawl between public figures its May 7 lead story at the expense of other issues.

DNA as evidence

Cheers to Vera Files for a two-part investigative report on  the plight of rape victims in the country. The March 5 investigative report “Systemic silencing: Little incentive to cry ‘rape!’” (http://verafiles.org/systemic-silencing-little-incentive-to-cry-rape/) and “Few rape cases filed, prosper” on March 6 (http://verafiles.org/12466/) found that many rape cases in the country...

Preparing for the elections

Cheers to the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) for its timely focus on next year’s elections, which are only a little more than a year away. ANC started looking into issues related to the 2013 midterm elections with its ANC Presents: Road to 2013 special which first aired last April...