Journalism Review Archives | Page 115 of 161

Distasteful Headline

JEERS TO the Manila Standard for a headline that reeked with sexual innuendo. On Sept. 21, the Manila Standard ran a banner story on the House of Representatives hearing on the alleged involvement of Senator Leila de Lima with the New Bilibid Prison drug syndicate. The headline read...

Fact-Checking Duterte’s ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ Order

CHEERS TO VERA Files for fact-checking a Sept. 14 claim by the Philippines representative to the United Nations that President Rodrigo Duterte did not issue orders for the police to “shoot-to-kill” drug suspects. In “VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No shoot-to-kill order from Duterte?” (Sept. 17), VERA Files looked...

Covering Duterte’s Outbursts

IT WAS the expletive heard around the world. President Rodrigo Duterte made headlines again on Monday, Sept. 5, when he was reported to have cursed United States President Barack Obama in his answer to a question from media after his pre-departure speech at the Davao International Airport. Duterte was...

Sensationalizing a Crime Scene

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Umagang Kay Ganda for sensationalizing a crime caught on camera. The story “Lalaki, patay sa pananaksak sa Quezon City” aired during the Sept. 7 episode of the morning program used a video clip of an actual crime being committed. According to the reporter, the...

Davao Bombings: Helpful Historical Background

CHEERS TO Sun.Star Davao and Rappler for providing a timeline on previous bombings in Davao City in light of the recent attack that shook that city. In an article published Sept. 3, Sun.Star Davao compiled a list of bombing incidents in Davao City since 1981 (“History of bombings...

Marcos Burial: Keeping Track of a Controversy

CHEERS TO Rappler for consistently covering the controversy over the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. As the Supreme Court (SC) started hearing oral arguments for and against it on Aug. 31, Rappler posted pieces that discussed the points raised by...

The Peace Process: Clarifying Issues, Explaining Concepts

CHEERS TO the People’s Alternative Media Network (Altermidya) and Manila Today for publishing articles that help explain the ongoing peace talks between the government and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Altermidya published on Aug. 25 an alphabetical list of issues related to the peace process(“Want peace...

Drug War EJKs: Cross-Checking Cayetano’s Murder, Homicide Stats

CHEERS TO Rappler for spotting inaccuracies in Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s graph showing a “drastic” drop in the number of murder and homicide cases recorded during the first month of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration compared to the previous years. Rappler also pointed out inconsistencies between Cayetano’s data and that...

‘Most Shabulized’: Fact-Checking Duterte’s Claim

CHEERS TO VERA Files for fact-checking the claim by President Rodrigo Duterte that Iloilo is the “most shabulized” or most drug-affected province in the Philippines by citing data from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). In “IS THAT SO? Is Iloilo the ‘most shabulized’ area in PH?,” (Aug....

Verifying Duterte’s Stats

CHEERS TO Rappler for verifying the accuracy of a statement by President Rodrigo Duterte about the number of police and military men who have died in the line of duty in the course of the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign. On Aug. 24, President Duterte claimed that an average...