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 Propaganda or public information?The blocktiming landscape in Pampanga IN JULY 2012, Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo "Tarzan" Lazatin surprised his town mates when he turned his back from his known ally and friend Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan and decided to run for city mayor in the upcoming midterm elections. Being pro-active JOURNALISTS AND media advocacy groups have for years been urging a stop to the Philippine National Police and other government investigating bodies’ long-standing practice of presenting crime suspects to the media even before they have been charged, much less convicted. The January 25 order of Interior and Local Government... Reading habit CHEERS TO GMA News TV’s State of the Nation with Jessica Soho for a feature report last Jan. 15 on the reading habits of Filipinos and promoting reading among its viewers. Explanation please JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for not explaining a legal term it used in its Oct. 23 report. Media Damnation (updated) THE PHILIPPINE news media have a problem: how to make what’s turning into one of the most boring elections in Philippine history interesting as well as meaningful to a weary electorate that this early is already demonstrating that it will elect senators this May on the sole basis of... Supreme Court discourse on Cybercrime Law I THINK the online community in the Philippines should take some time to listen in on the presentation of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. It is not easy listening. Not all of it is riveting or compelling. But the opportunity... Free TV, the tabloids and elections THE PHILIPPINE media have often been accused of bias in the coverage of elections. But inadequacy rather than partiality has been their more telling flaw. The year that was in the news media PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. Aquino III was exceptionally critical of the press in 2012, among his complaints being inaccuracy and its alleged focus on the bad news that he said discouraged tourism and foreign investments. Gay kidnapper JEERS TO TV Patrol for unnecessarily emphasizing the alleged sexual orientation of a kidnapping suspect in a Nov. 28 report. Political dynasties CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s Failon Ngayon and Solar News for providing in-depth reports on political dynasties. « Previous1…148149150151152…202Next »
