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 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... Like father, like daughter: Reprising Duterte’s 2015 campaign strategy JEERS TO the media for reporting Sara Dutere-Carpio’s pre-2022 campaign without pointing out that the family is using the same tactic that the father used in his presidential run for 2016. Media Review AS THOUGH the pandemic had not made life miserable enough, power outages have added to the difficulties that the public must bear. With so many unemployed and experiencing even worse poverty, the economy continues to contract; the World Bank slashed its growth forecast for the Philippines from 5.5 percent... ABS-CBN’s analysis of rising cases in regions identifies urgent needs CHEERS TO ANC’s Dateline Philippines for doing more than just citing the number of COVID-19 cases around the country. In an interview format, the program presented a discussion of critical implications of the recent surge in cases from NCR to the provinces. From “herd immunity” to “population protection”: What’s the difference? CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for catching on to the government’s latest semantic ploy, which essentially lowered the national vaccination target. Other reports merely echoed the Health department’s announcement without saying why it was questionable. Four years after the siege: Media zoom in on Marawi with various frames of plight and fight NEARLY A third of the estimated 300,000 people have yet to return home; 330 bodies retrieved from ground zero buried unidentified in cemeteries; 3,000 families displaced continue to live in crowded temporary homes. Media Review MEDIA COVERED a range of issues during the latter half of May, among them the still urgent threat of COVID-19; Duterte’s engagement of Enrile as presidential cheerleader on the WPS; the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the Marawi siege; and the divergent legislative priorities in Congress. ... Leonen impeachment case: Attempt to reprise Sereno ouster fails MORE THAN five months after its initial filing, the impeachment case against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen collapsed in total failure last May 27. By a unanimous and multi-partisan vote of 44-0, the lower chamber’s committee on justice junked the impeachment complaint filed by one Edwin Cordevilla, secretary... Holding back: Media split on covering Bong Go’s poor performance in Senate LAST MAY 20 and 25, neophyte Senator Christopher “Bong” Go struggled to answer veteran politician and Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon’s questions about Go’s proposed bills to increase bed capacities and to re-nationalize hospitals. Some reports noted Go’s faltering performance, the kind of coverage Go has not quite gotten... « Previous1…5556575859…202Next »
