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This Week in Media (October 3 to 7, 2022)

LESS THAN a week after his return from New York, amid continuing recovery efforts for the victims of Super Typhoon Karding, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to Singapore on October 1 to attend the Formula One Grand Prix event.

Not enough or too much: Rappler challenges Duterte’s claim to end education woes

CHEERS TO Rappler for its in-depth report on the claim by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte that she is asking for an additional PHP100 billion so she could end the problems of public education.

This Week in Media (September 26 to 30, 2022)

JUST LAST September 20, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was urging “industrialized” nations attending the United Nations General Assembly to do more in addressing the climate crisis, as developing countries such as the Philippines are affected the most. And yet, while still in the USA, he did not publicly announce...

ALLTV’s Marcos interview shows early signs of media cronyism

JEERS TO the September 13 interview with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. of celebrity host and vlogger Toni Gonzaga-Soriano. It was an insult to the public, a PR piece disguised as a conversation with the highest official of the land. It was bereft of any policy to address disasters...

This Week in Media (September 19 to 23, 2022)

FIFTY YEARS since Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s declaration of Martial Law, his only son is now president. The Marcos family’s efforts to return to power have culminated in Marcos Jr.’s election, with many Filipinos believing that Martial Law was a “golden age,” an era of peace and progress....

This Week in Media (September 12 to 16, 2022)

BUDGET HEARINGS in Congress are necessarily detailed. They are important undertakings that have not received the kind of journalistic coverage they deserve. Their relevance to good governance, corruption and public welfare has not been made more interesting to ordinary people.

Mask on or off? Inquirer.net questions new policy, government messaging

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for its inquiry into the recently implemented voluntary mask-wearing policy. Aside from presenting data showing COVID-19 as a continuing concern, Cristina Eloisa Baclig reported the government’s decision-making process on the matter, which hardly inspires public confidence.

Inquirer.net, Facts First review government view of poverty

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Facts First which both discussed and challenged the recent Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report and drew the line on poverty where it matters most: food. The two accounts questioned government’s assessment and calculation of poverty three holds by consulting sources who criticized both as unrealistic.

This Week in Media (September 5 to 9, 2022)

REPORTERS were occupied with the two state visits this week of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.: the first to Indonesia (September 4-6) and the second to Singapore (September 6-7). The media gave banner treatment to the first foreign trips of Marcos as President. Reports described the line-up of meetings...

Reporting crime: Heart and ethical sensitivity needed

JEERS TO some Baguio-based news organizations, which sensationalized the killing of a woman by using photographs of her corpse from August 30 to September 7.