Journalism Review Archives | Page 139 of 159

Beyond the numbers

CHEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras, Solar TV’s Solar Network News, and Rappler for providing a more in-depth coverage on the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Central Visayas last October 15 than is usual in much of the media.

Once more, with feeling: Conflict of interest

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and its columnist Conrado de Quiros for violating a fundamental ethical principle in journalism—independence, which can be compromised by conflicts of interest.

Beyond hate crime reporting

CHEERS TO GMA-7’s Balitanghali and 24 Oras for going beyond the usual reporting of "hate crimes".

On protecting whistleblowers

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for not letting the public forget the plight of whistleblowers and reviewing the capacity of the Witness Protection Program (WPP) of the Department of Justice to do what it’s supposed to do–to protect witnesses. (September 13) Failon Ngayon looked back at the lives...

Online fury fuels movement in the making

Media reports based on the National Bureau of Investigation’s probe of an alleged P10-billion scam involving the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel has revived public interest and generated widespread discussion. The reports sparked more than just the kind of idle talk about corruption in government. Commentary and...

Evaluating the programs of the Aquino gov’t

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN Corporation and GMA Network for keeping tabs on the performance of President Benigno S. Aquino III based on his campaign and inaugural promises as well as his past state of the nation addresses (SONA).

The pros and cons of cash grants

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s Cheche Lazaro Presents for its in-depth review of the state of the government’s human development plan called Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. (Sunday’s Best, ABS-CBN 2, July 21 ; ABS-CBN News Channel/ANC, July 22)

Pork-barrel scam: a billion per year for ten years

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a six-part investigative series that revived public interest in and widespread discussion on the pork barrel, which for years has been the object of claims that it is a major source of corruption. The subject of the report was the alleged P10-billion...

Prioritizing basketball

JEERS TO TV Patrol for devoting a third of its air time to reports on the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals last June 21 to the exclusion of other, more relevant stories, in the process raising questions on the news priorities of some media organizations. PJR Reports monitored the...

Sinning Against the ‘Sin’ Tax Bill

JEERS to Malaya Business Insight for its aggressively biased reporting of the deliberations on the “sin” tax bill spanning a year from March 2012 until 2013, after the passage of the bill into law last December 2012. From March 2012 to March 2013, Malaya Business Insight (MBI) published at...