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From “herd immunity” to “population protection”: What’s the difference?

CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for catching on to the government’s latest semantic ploy, which essentially lowered the national vaccination target. Other reports merely echoed the Health department’s announcement without saying why it was questionable.

Four years after the siege: Media zoom in on Marawi with various frames of plight and fight

NEARLY A third of the estimated 300,000 people have yet to return home; 330 bodies retrieved from ground zero buried unidentified in cemeteries; 3,000 families displaced continue to live in crowded temporary homes.

Media Review

MEDIA COVERED a range of issues during the latter half of May, among them the still urgent threat of COVID-19; Duterte’s engagement of Enrile as presidential cheerleader on the WPS; the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the Marawi siege; and the divergent legislative priorities in Congress. ...

Leonen impeachment case: Attempt to reprise Sereno ouster fails

MORE THAN five months after its initial filing, the impeachment case against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen collapsed in total failure last May 27. By a unanimous and multi-partisan vote of 44-0, the lower chamber’s committee on justice junked the impeachment complaint filed by one Edwin Cordevilla, secretary...

Holding back: Media split on covering Bong Go’s poor performance in Senate

LAST MAY 20 and 25, neophyte Senator Christopher “Bong” Go struggled to answer veteran politician and Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon’s questions about Go’s proposed bills to increase bed capacities and to re-nationalize hospitals. Some reports noted Go’s faltering performance, the kind of coverage Go has not quite gotten...

Losing the right to know and other perils from vaccine brand non-disclosure

JEERS TO the media for letting public officials dominate the conversation on the DOH and DILG directive prohibiting the LGUs from announcing the vaccine brands available at inoculation centers. The coverage resorted to quoting the reactions of a handful of national and local officials who were in agreement with,...

Impact, accountability and rehabilitation: Unanswered questions on the PGH fire

AMID THE raging heat wave, fire struck past midnight of May 16 the country’s largest COVID-19 hospital, the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). The disaster forced the evacuation of hundreds of vulnerable patients, including infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Media Review

Every two weeks, CMFR will provide a quick recap of the media coverage of the biggest stories or issues, noting the same slips that our monitors have been doing. We intend this as a quick mapping of news, providing a guide for journalists and identifying gaps in reporting, the...

Focused on events: No analysis from media on vaccination program issues

JEERS TO the media for their lack of interest in providing a sustained analysis and discussion of the country’s vaccination program. Media coverage has remained fixated on events such as the arrival of vaccines, Duterte’s controversial vaccination and the proposed mega-vaccination site on the Nayong Pilipino Foundation property. Reports...

Debate by proxy: Brouhaha that distracted the media

JEERS TO the media for squandering screen time and print space on the administration’s prattle after President Duterte withdrew from his own challenge to debate retired SC Associate Justice Antonio Carpio.

From “herd immunity” to “population protection”: What’s the difference?

Four years after the siege: Media zoom in on Marawi with various frames of plight and fight

Media Review

Leonen impeachment case: Attempt to reprise Sereno ouster fails

Holding back: Media split on covering Bong Go’s poor performance in Senate

Losing the right to know and other perils from vaccine brand non-disclosure

Impact, accountability and rehabilitation: Unanswered questions on the PGH fire

Media Review

Focused on events: No analysis from media on vaccination program issues

Debate by proxy: Brouhaha that distracted the media

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