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 (July 12 to 16, 2021) DESPITE A clearly defined campaign period, Filipino politicians probably enjoy one of the longest campaign periods in the world. Without clearly set primaries and caucuses which help track the progressive build-up of a candidate’s bid for public office, politicians feel free to promote themselves through all kinds of... Premature campaigning via media: Spotlight on incumbents gives them pre-campaign boost OVER TWO whole months before the filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2022 elections, some politicians are already going to great lengths to keep their names in the media. Beyond ‘he said, she said’: Inquirer and InterAksyon find more proof of crisis in PH education CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and InterAksyon for citing other studies to back up evidence already presented by the World Bank in its critical assessment of the state of PH education. This Week in Media The eruption of Taal volcano on July 1 cast the public in deeper gloom; but did not displace COVID-19 as the nation’s paramount fear or concern. But it did add to the continuing tension even as President Duterte resorted to levity, betraying his lack of awareness of how... Media fixated on Duterte-Pacquiao word war; ignore corruption issues JEERS TO the media for getting hooked on the verbal tussle between President Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Manny Pacquiao, and for ignoring the opportunity to follow through on the senator’s allegations of corruption in the current administration. Covering Taal: Media more responsible than the President CHEERS TO the media for their swift and science-based reporting on the eruption of Taal Volcano last July 1, without hype or sensationalism. Cheers as well for critically countering President Duterte’s insensitive remarks about capping the volcano with comments from netizens and some senators. Media still mum on leadership vacuum; PNOY remembered THE DEATH of former President Benigno Aquino III, or PNoy as he himself asked to be called, shocked the country because it was so unexpected. While Aquino kept his life mostly private, but he had made public the serious illness which hospitalized him at the end of 2019. PNoy... Radio program airs offensive comments on Aquino death JEERS to guest host and lawyer Larry Gadon for grossly insensitive remarks and his use of foul language when he announced the death of former President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III. Not a race: Aquino’s death reported in media rush to be first JEERS TO those media organizations that cared more about beating the competition in announcing the death of President Benigno S. C. Aquino III. On June 24, The Daily Tribune tweet at 8:41 a.m. read: “BREAKING: Various sources claimed that former Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III died this morning at... No longer an ‘Isolated Case’: Media miss the pattern of state killings PUBLIC OUTCRY took over the internet as a law enforcer, Police Master Sergeant Hensie Zinampan, killed a 52-year-old woman in Quezon City on May 31 mainly because he felt “disrespected” by the victim’s family. A similar case happened in December 2020. Police Senior Master Sergeant Nuezca was off-duty in... « Previous1…5556575859…203Next »
