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 This Week in Media (January 24 to 28, 2022) ON THE pandemic front, media reported this week the pilot run of vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11 to start on February 4 and the approval for public use of two self-administered test kits by the Food and Drug Administration, with 31 applications for the registration of other... This Week in Media (January 17 to 21, 2022) MORE AND more bad news top the end of the first month of 2022 – the continuing increase of COVID cases across all island groups, the death of two unvaccinated individuals who contracted the Omicron variant, hospital systems overwhelmed, even the shortage of paracetamol and over-the-counter medicine for colds... ANC spotlights Facebook campaign spending, points to loopholes in Comelec’s rules CHEERS TO ANC’s Rundown for expanding the discussion on the more significant role of social media in the election campaign. Rappler answers FAQs on Marcos Jr.s’ disqualification cases CHEERS TO Rappler for its report that explained what may happen if Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is disqualified from running in the 2022 polls. The report cited experts and reviewed legal steps and documents that provided more information and clarity to what is turning out to be the most contested... Drug war victims: Exhumed bodies dramatize need to preserve the record of government violence and injustice CHEERS TO Rappler for its report on the cold December morning when the bodies of some victims killed during the government’s drug war had to be exhumed from the graves in which they had been temporarily buried. No vax, no ride mess: GMA echoes PNP’s one-sided positive assessment JEERS TO GMA News Online’s story on the controversial “no vax, no ride” policy, which relied solely on the police and their assessment of the first day of its implementation. This Week in Media (January 10 to 14, 2022) ADDING TO the grim start of 2022, the second week of the year saw the steady rise in COVID-19 cases, breaching the three million mark within less than two weeks. On January 12, the country recorded an all-time high of 208,164 active cases. Report on Comelec hacking flawed — but flags Election 2022 digital vulnerabilities JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its breaking news report on the alleged hacking of Comelec’s servers, which it claimed to have verified. But the report did not detail its verification process. The report did not include Comelec’s reaction to it. Poblacion Girl: Getting distracted from the issues that matter JEERS TO News5 and GMA-7 for amplifying trivia and distractions related to the case of Gwyneth Chua, who violated quarantine restrictions after arriving from abroad last December. DZRH spotlights controversial candidate JEERS TO dzRH for the publicity it gave Rose Nono Lin’s campaign activities while failing to discuss her involvement in the Pharmally scandal. « Previous1…4748495051…202Next »
