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Duterte’s Rape Comment: More Needed from the Media

DURING A campaign rally in Quezon City last April 12, presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte recalled how during his first year as mayor in Davao City, a prison riot broke out in the Metrodiscom Detention Center. He recounted how Jacqueline Hamill, an Australian missionary who was ministering to prisoners,...

After Kidapawan: Media Look at Drought Mitigation Efforts

CHEERS TO BusinessMirror and Vera Files for running pieces that looked more closely at the El Niño weather phenomenon and government attempts to mitigate its impact in light of the recent clash in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato. From April 11 to 13, BusinessMirror published “Farmers suffer El Niño’s...

Reporting the Kidapawan Clash: Lots of Questions

THE VIOLENCE that erupted in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, on April 1, when police officers opened fire on protesting farmers and activists, is one of those events that begs a lot of questions. The terror it brought to many, particularly the casualties and their families and friends, screamed...

No Contest: Reporting Unopposed Candidates

CHEERS TO several media organizations for looking into and reporting on the phenomenon of candidates for various posts who are running unopposed — an issue crucial to the health of Philippine democracy but rarely gets media mileage during elections. Because elections in a democracy are all about choice, the...

$81-Million Bank Heist: Unnecessary, Irrelevant Racial Reference

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin, the Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star for its repeated and often unnecessary and irrelevant racial reference to the suspects in the money laundering scandal implicating the a branch manager of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and businessmen involved in casino...

Disguising Ads as Editorial Content

JEERS TO three major dailies for passing off an advertisement as editorial content. On March 15, 2016, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippine Star, and the Manila Bulletin ran a photo of McDonald’s promotional “4th National Breakfast Day” on their respective front pages. The photos appeared in the papers...

Gaming the Party-List System

CHEERS TO Rappler.com for running a story that examined the party-list groups and their nominees for congressional positions. In “2016 party-list nominees: Taking a ‘shortcut’ to Congress?” posted on March 13, Rappler’s Michael Bueza writes that “reelectionists, political dynasts, former congressmen and government officials, and legitimate members of...

Showing the Money Trail

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its use of an infographic to show the movement of the funds in the money-laundering scandal that erupted early this month. The money trail can be confusing and the graphics surely works better than text. On Feb. 15, the Inquirer accompanied the story...

EDSA People Power: Inadequate Challenge to Marcos Revisionism

THAT THE Marcos family has succeeded in revising history, and fielding Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a candidate for vice president in the 2016 elections is the ultimate proof of the reality of impunity in Philippine society and its failure to exact accountability for corruption and other crimes. The...

Simplifying Survey Terms

CHEERS TO Rappler.com for running a piece explaining and defining the terms often used in the surveys on voter preference for national candidates. Rappler posted “Confused by surveys: What do terms mean?” on Feb. 18, providing an explanation of the terms usually used in surveys. Among the terms...