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Beyond “peace and discipline”: Media highlight concerns over Sara as DepEd chief amidst education crisis

CHEERS TO media for highlighting the grave concerns over the appointment of Sara Duterte, presumptive vice president-elect, as the head of the Department of Education (DepEd).

TV5 explainer: Wage hikes vs. current living costs

CHEERS TO TV5’s Frontline Tonight explainer which pointed out that the announced wage hikes for Metro Manila and Western Visayas hardly address current living costs. The segment reported the labor groups’ reaction that the increases are inadequate for both urban and provincial workers.

Election Day 2022: Media focus on machine malfunctions; Analysts revisit campaign conduct in commentaries

FILIPINOS VOTED May 9 in the most consequential election since 1986 when “people power” overthrew the Marcos dictatorship. COVID-19 cast a shadow on the prospects of the event being held. The pandemic had severely strained the already poor state of the national health care system. The crisis caused the...

First encounter: Marcos Spox turns deaf to Rappler reporter

BARELY TWO days after the presumptive win of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his spokesperson, Atty. Vic Rodriguez, held a press conference at the Uniteam headquarters in Mandaluyong, during which he blatantly ignored a question from Rappler reporter Lian Buan.

This Week in Media (May 2 to 6, 2022)

THE NEWS media have shifted their focus from the campaign sorties to the preparations for the May 9 elections. Reporters on TV, print and online were not remiss in instructing voters about filling out the ballot, and reminding them about what is prohibited in polling precincts, as well as...

News conventions rule coverage: A qualitative analysis of the coverage of primetime newscasts of the 2022 polls

DESPITE THE emergence of other communication platforms, television is still the most accessible form of mass media and continues to rate highly as a source of political news and information in the Philippines.

This Week in Media (April 25 to 29, 2022)

More political heat as election nears; Disasters, government inefficiency torment ordinary folk

TV coverage still on the same track; some gave space to voter education as Lacson and Moreno join forces to ask Robredo to withdraw

FOR TEN straight weeks of the campaign period, television coverage did little more than highlight what was said and done during campaign sorties. This period included efforts to devote valuable airtime to the issues in special segments. But the greater number of reports stayed focused on the presidential campaign...

Print keeps Marcos Jr. on their front pages; online media spotlight issues on the ground

LESS THAN a month before election day, controversies and changes in candidate endorsements and in survey findings underscored developments in the presidential race, and kept it in print and online media.

This Week in Media (April 18 to 22, 2022)