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International Terrorism as Local News

MORE THAN 120 people were killed in the coordinated attacks in six locations by the international terrorist group Islamic State (IS) on November 13 in Paris. The ruthless killings sent a chilling effect across the globe, prompting French President François Hollande to vow revenge and declare war on the...

Testing MMDA’s Bike-Sharing Program

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for reviewing the bike-sharing program of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), one of the agency’s solutions to Metro Manila’s traffic problem.

The Inquirer on Ex-Tagum Mayor: Negligent and Irresponsible

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for publishing a report on former Tagum City mayor Rey Uy’s abandoning the Liberal Party to support the presidential candidacy of Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte, without mentioning the alleged links of the two officials to death squad operations in their respective cities.

Looking Back at the Lumad

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for following up on the plight of the Manobos in Surigao del Sur months after the killing of community leaders forced them to flee from their homes in September this year.

Reporting ‘Tanim-Bala’: The Need to Go Deeper

On September 18, Filipino-American Rhed Austria de Guzman recounted on Facebook her experience at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), alleging that airport personnel found two bullets in her luggage and that they demanded money to let her through. She insisted the bullet were not hers but paid them...

‘Scripted’ Protest: A Shaky Slant

JEERS TO ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for a slanted report on an anti-APEC protest and for using social media posts instead of its own reporting to “validate” it.

In context: Duterte’s ‘Last Minute Strategy’

CHEERS TO CNN Philippines’ Network News for recalling Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s previous statements regarding his on-again, off- again 2016 presidential run in light of his most recent announcement that he would indeed go for the Presidency next year.

APEC 2015 Coverage: Still Inadequate After All These Years

WHEN THE Philippines hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit the first time in 1996, it was touted as a coming out party for the administration of then president Fidel V. Ramos. Ramos anchored his socio-economic programs on “Philippines 2000,” a platform aimed mainly at trade liberalization designed to...

Rappler’s Roxas ‘Instaquote’: Out of context?

THE PULL QUOTE is a regular feature in publications layout. Used “to attract attention, especially in long articles, a pull-quote is a small selection of text ‘pulled out and quoted’ in a larger typeface.” But some readers merely scan, pick out the “pull out” or “instaquote” and don’t read the entire...

Insiders as sources for unofficial Supreme Court decisions (UPDATED)

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Interaksyon.com, and The Manila Times for reporting on yet to be released – hence, unofficial -- Supreme Court decisions and for using anonymous sources in these reports without a journalistically compelling reason.