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Exposing the pols’ offshore accounts

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its comprehensive and timely two-part exposé on the undeclared offshore accounts of several Filipino politicians and former government executives. Coming as it did during election season, the expose should help voters choose better leaders.

Breakfast at Mary Grace

JEERS TO VERA Files for publishing a puff piece disguised as a “commentary” on athlete James Yap last April 2, 2013.

Playing the blame game: the media coverage of a minor’s suicide

The mainstream media participated in the blame game that started in cyberspace when a student publication broke the story of a freshman University of the Philippines student’s suicide mere hours after the incident through a note on a social media site.

Rappler replies on “Telco coverage”

We at Rappler take criticism seriously, not only because criticism provides us with the necessary input to hone our craft, but also because we believe no individual or institution is above criticism.

Revisiting Doña Paz

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA News TV for reminding the public of the horrors of the sinking of the passenger ship MV Doña Paz, which was the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in world history.

Telco coverage

JEERS TO Rappler for its coverage of telecommunications companies, the number of which increased towards the end of 2012. Readers criticize the website for the number of its news articles that are wither advertorials or one-sided.

Media can help build peace in Mindanao

PEACE, AT last. This was the sentiment of much of the public with the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) last Oct. 15.

More than reporting the stock market’s high

CHEERS TO 24 Oras and the BusinessMirror for providing an additional perspective on the implications of the Philippine Stock Exchange index’s (PSEi) breaching the 6000th mark last January.

Explaining the geopolitics of Scarborough

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for reminding readers of the basis of the Philippine claim on the much-disputed Panatag Shoal (or also known as Bajo de Masinloc and internationally known as the Scarborough Shoal).

Suspicious

JEERS To the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a practice that can only lead to readers’ suspecting that there’s a “special arrangement” between certain reporters and Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago. A series of stories involving the senator, because far from newsworthy, makes it seem that whatever she says...