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 Addressing issues much of the media missed CHEERS TO SOLAR Network News’ Opposing Views and ABS-CBN 2’s Beyond Politics for looking deeper into the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) and addressing issues most of the news media missed. The press in Philippine society By Luis V. Teodoro ONE OF the unique characteristics of the Philippine media situation is the readiness of media organizations and individuals to defend their rights as media practitioners as well as press freedom in general. The class suit media advocacy groups, journalists’ organizations and media professionals filed in 2006... CMFR STATEMENT: Philippine Day of Mourning WORLD PRESS Freedom Day has for many years been an occasion for mourning rather than celebration in the Philippines, where, since 1986, 140 journalists and media workers have been killed for their work, among them the 32 killed on November 23, 2009 in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. This year’s... A timely reminder CHEERS TO Rappler for reminding the public about the almost forgotten plunder case against Former President now Manila Mayor Joseph 'Erap' Estrada in 2001. Repeating the same mistakes JEERS TO SEVERAL news organizations for committing the same old errors in much of media coverage of suicide. Fire protection? What’s that? Cheers to ABS-CBN 2's TV Patrol for reviewing the current state of fire protection in the country and for looking into the unused 2 billion pesos budget of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) since 2009. Breaking confidentiality agreement (UPDATED) JEERS TO GMA 7's Born to Be Wild for breaching a confidentiality agreement with a source by disclosing the location of an unstudied and endemic spider species. Proofreading error? JEERS TO THE Manila Times for erroneously associating the acronym of the Philippine armed forces with an international news wire organization in a report published in their online news portal. The paper’s editor attributed the error to an over-zealous proof reader. Out of context By Luis V. Teodoro PROVIDING CONTEXT is not a strong suit of the dominant media,* whether in the form of a few paragraphs recalling the background of events, a sidebar, or an entire article recalling the history of the public issues they report on. Context is often... Regional perspective on media reforms in Myanmar By Melinda Quintos de Jesus The landscape of media freedom in Southeast Asia shows a mix of government regimes and media systems. To provide a regional perspective is therefore a complex task. « Previous1…139140141142143…203Next »
