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 Reporting Aquino’s fifth SONA THE PRESIDENT of the Philippines appears before a joint session of Congress and speaks to the public every year to report on the state of the nation. By tradition, news organizations and journalists report what he says as well as the people’s reaction. Obiter Dictum and the Impeachment Motions against President Aquino By Melinda Quintos de Jesus PRESIDENT AQUINO delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to members of the three branches of government. He was welcomed to the august hall of the legislature with extended applause, and 85 times hand clapping cheered him as he spoke. Outside, militant activist... Deliberate misunderstanding JEERS TO philstar.com for misunderstanding a report, and then carelessly highlighting a comment to support its conclusion. FOI and the right to know CHEERS TO Rappler.com for reviewing freedom of information (FOI) laws worldwide, and the state of access to information in the Philippines and the right to know. Notes on the dominant press By Luis V. Teodoro As ethical as well as professional duty, truth-telling and accuracy are fundamental to media and press practice. But in the dominant (wrongly referred to as the “mainstream”) press, it is also the principle most often observed in the breach rather than the compliance. Constitutional Crisis? Did it not start with the SC Ruling? By Melinda Quintos de Jesus CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS would be the outcome, some say, of President Aquino’s decision to file a motion for reconsideration of the High Court’s ruling on DAP. Notes on the alternative press By Luis V. Teodoro A NATIONAL conference on the alternative press is likely to be held in October at the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication in Diliman, Quezon City, with the stated purpose of, among others, recalling, and if necessary, redefining and reframing both the concept as... Whoah! By Melinda Quintos de Jesus THE SUPREME Court decision on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) had some quarters ready to march to press for the President’s impeachment. I suspect those who felt that Nora Aunor was unfairly excluded by PNoy from this year’s list of National Artists would have joined... Rethinking ‘mug shot’ publication By Luis V. Teodoro THE PUBLICATION of the “mug shot” of any individual is ethically questionable, but has been routine media practice in the Philippines. In some countries, for example in the United States, the publication of mug shots is usually accompanied by the warning that the person so... The “Media Circus” By Melinda Quintos de Jesus IF THE media were truly a mirror of society, then we must be the most irrepressibly frivolous people in the world, hooked on having and making fun, attaching to every activity the function of endless entertainment. « Previous1…136137138139140…202Next »
