We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the Time of La Niña CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for looking into the state of government’s pending flood-control projects as summer segued into the rainy season. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) announced the onset of the rainy season Tuesday, May 24. The weather bureau expects the El... Election Canvassing: Explaining the Rules CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and Rappler for reporting the rules of the canvassing by Congress of the votes for president and vice president as the legislature began its count on Wednesday, May 25. CNNPhilippines.com posted “Rules of Canvassing: How does Congress do the official count of votes for... Malacañang Shredding: Chit Chat Journalism JEERS TO Rappler.com for trivializing a legitimate, important story by running it as chit chat. Using unnamed sources, Rappler published on May 21 “They’re shredding documents at the Palace?” claiming that official documents were being shredded in Malacañang a few weeks before the inauguration of Rodrigo Duterte as... Mischaracterizing Purisima: Arrested, Nabbed or Surrendered? JEERS TO several media organizations for the headlines in reports that mischaracterized the “arrest” — or “surrender” — of former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima, who was taken into custody by the PNP’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on May 20 at the NAIA... “IT Experts”: Disingenuous Use of Single, Anonymous Source JEERS TO The Standard for running a one-sided report based on unverified information from a single anonymous source. On May 23, 2016, The Standard published  “IT experts: Servers shipped to Laguna to rig vote” on its front page. The report quoted unnamed “IT experts” who claimed that the... Exposing the Perversion of the Party-List System CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for looking into the state of the party-list system. In “Perversion of party-list system hit; SC blamed,” the Inquirer reported how the party-list system, which was supposed to improve the representation of marginalized sectors in the House of Representatives, has been “perverted”... Online Sites Push Envelope through Visuals CHEERS TO several news websites and online platforms of news organizations for the effective use of visuals on the breakdown of votes. News organizations started reporting the numbers garnered by candidates, as soon as the vote counting machines began transmitting results. On the digital platform, BilangPilipino.com, GMA... Deceptive and Sensational JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using “mass murder advocate” to describe Davao City Mayor and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte in one of its reports. On May 9, the lead in Inquirer’s banner story “Duterte man to beat” read “The race for Malacañang ends in national balloting today... Trillanes vs. Duterte: Asking the Tough Questions ON APRIL 27, based on information provided by vice presidential aspirant and incumbent Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, the Philippine Daily Inquirer broke a story on Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged nondisclosure of Php211 million in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) (“Trillanes: Duterte didn’t... Helping Voters CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and Rappler for their informative “how to” pieces on the proper way to vote in the upcoming May 9, 2016 elections. CNN Philippines’ May 3 “Election dos and don’ts: How to vote on May 9” explained the 12-step procedure, accompanied by brief explanations. It included... « Previous1…116117118119120…202Next »
