Journalism Review Archives | Page 124 of 159

Trivializing death

JEERS TO a report that trivializes the death of a broadcaster who was shot dead in Quezon City on October 31.

Covering ‘Lando’: Lessons learned

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE to Typhoon Lando (International name: Koppu) demonstrated the improved level of disaster preparedness in the country. Government support has made possible more accurate forecasting by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). And the media once again showed its enhanced capacity to act as first...

Premature conclusion, editorializing

JEERS TO some media organizations for prematurely concluding that it was New People’s Army guerillas who killed a town mayor in Agusan del Sur and his son, and for editorializing in a news report.

Media focus on celebrities and trivia in reporting the filing of COCs

THE FILING of certificates of candidacy (COC) on October 12 to 16 signaled the start of the election year.Presumably serious political aspirants flocked to the national and local offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to formalize their intention to run for government posts. The Comelec reported that 130...

The LP twerking scandal: Beyond the lewd and obvious

OTHER MEDIA organizations were quick to pick up the story when news broke about a group called Playgirls performing what many thought was a lewd show during the birthday party of Laguna Congressman Benjie Agarao on October 1. The party was also the occasion for the oath-taking of new...

Reporting on the Lumad schools

MOST OF the reports by the media on the Lumad issue focused on the violence in their communities, militarization, and the alleged radicalization of the Lumad by the New People’s Army. But at the center of the controversy are the schools for the Lumad.

‘Same old, same old’ in local races

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the Manila Bulletin for running a story on local candidates in the coming elections.

The cost of war in Mindanao

CHEERS TO Rappler.com for taking a closer look at the history and cost of war in Mindanao from the administration of Ferdinand Marcos to that of Benigno Aquino III.

Media took their accustomed paths in Poe citizenship coverage

SENATOR AND presidential candidate Grace Poe’s citizenship has been under scrutiny for more than a month since 2013 senatorial candidate Rizalito David filed a disqualification case against her before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) on August 6 and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on August 17.

Red-tagging a Lumad school

JEERS TO Manila Bulletin’s Tempo for accusing in its headline a Lumad school of being run by the New People’s Army (NPA).