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 Media focus on celebrities and trivia in reporting the filing of COCs THE FILING of certificates of candidacy (COC) on October 12 to 16 signaled the start of the election year.Presumably serious political aspirants flocked to the national and local offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to formalize their intention to run for government posts. The Comelec reported that 130... Media off to a good start as pols announce candidacies CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and Rappler.com for their efforts at providing background information on the vice presidential aspirants in the 2016 national elections as the period for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) officially began. The LP twerking scandal: Beyond the lewd and obvious OTHER MEDIA organizations were quick to pick up the story when news broke about a group called Playgirls performing what many thought was a lewd show during the birthday party of Laguna Congressman Benjie Agarao on October 1. The party was also the occasion for the oath-taking of new... Reporting on the Lumad schools MOST OF the reports by the media on the Lumad issue focused on the violence in their communities, militarization, and the alleged radicalization of the Lumad by the New People’s Army. But at the center of the controversy are the schools for the Lumad. ‘Same old, same old’ in local races CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the Manila Bulletin for running a story on local candidates in the coming elections. The cost of war in Mindanao CHEERS TO Rappler.com for taking a closer look at the history and cost of war in Mindanao from the administration of Ferdinand Marcos to that of Benigno Aquino III. Media took their accustomed paths in Poe citizenship coverage SENATOR AND presidential candidate Grace Poe’s citizenship has been under scrutiny for more than a month since 2013 senatorial candidate Rizalito David filed a disqualification case against her before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) on August 6 and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on August 17. Red-tagging a Lumad school JEERS TO Manila Bulletin’s Tempo for accusing in its headline a Lumad school of being run by the New People’s Army (NPA). Distasteful—and exploitative JEERS TO several media organizations for showing a video of women in scantily clad costumes dancing suggestively during a Liberal Party (LP) gathering and birthday celebration on October 1. Gore on the front page JEERS TO The Philippine Star for publishing on its front page a graphic photo of the 2006 killing of an Abra congressman. « Previous1…123124125126127…203Next »
