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 Defeat of Dynasties: A More Critical Look CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for a critical look into the defeat of some local dynasties. In a May 17 report, TV Patrol noted that political dynasties come and go and in most cases are only replaced by new ones. The newscast took off from the victories... Covering the May 13 Elections: TV Did the Better Job, But… NOTHING QUITE highlights the importance of media coverage as the elections in the Philippines, where fraud, vote-buying and violence have marred the political exercise. During the May 13 mid-term elections, the news media were at best only partly successful in discharging one of its most significant duties as public... Who will Rebuild Marawi? President’s Blame Game Escapes Media Lens THE MARAWI SIEGE left a trail of death, destruction and destitution in the city in 2017. Nearly two years after the radical Islamist Maute group laid siege on the country’s only recognized Islamic City, it is still in ruins, with over 12,000 families still displaced from their homes. In... Duterte in Beijing Again: Little Info, Less Analysis FOLLOWING THE magnitude 6.1 earthquake that rocked parts of Luzon and Visayas, President Rodrigo Duterte’s attendance in the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing from April 25 to 27 did not generate too much media attention, and for that reason, the visit did not hold much public interest. The... Silent on Local Polls: TV Still Hot on the National Campaign Trail, Puff Pieces Still Dominate Print THE LOCAL campaign kickoff on March 29 helped increase election-related reports, but brought little improvement to the reportage on the campaign. Most of the reports on TV were still on the campaign sorties of the candidates for the Senate, with little focus on local elections and candidates across the... Media on the Quakes: Missing the Science of It ON APRIL 22, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Luzon, its epicenter in Castillejos, Zambales, resulting in 18 fatalities and PHP505 million worth of infrastructure damage. The following day, a temblor with 6.5 magnitude struck in Eastern Samar with its epicenter in the municipality of San Julian and... Just Another Tall Tale: Covering the “Matrix” Story IN ITS April 22 banner story “OUST-DUTERTE PLOT BARED” (all caps supplied), The Manila Times alleged that a “coordinated media campaign” involved journalists in a plot to destabilize the Duterte regime. By-lined by Dante Ang, the newspaper’s chairman emeritus (and Duterte’s Special Envoy for International Affairs) and using only... “Tokhang-Style” Negros Killings: Reports Miss Violence as Policy THE POLICY of violence was lost in the reporting of the death of 14 farmers in Negros Oriental. Joint operations conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Public Safety Battalion, Special Action Force, the local PNP and the Philippine Army on March 30 killed 14 allegedly “hardcore criminals.”... SC Orders Release of “Drug War” Records but Media Attention Wanes THE SUPREME Court (SC) ordered the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to release police records documenting President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” on April 2. In an unexpected turn of events, the Court also directed the OSG to furnish copies to the Center for International Law (CenterLaw) and... PCIJ Investigates Dutertes’ Wealth THE STATEMENT of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) has been a reliable means of determining the honesty of government officials and employees — a way of tracking corruption during the terms of office served by those appointed or elected to government positions. Accomplished under oath by a public... « Previous1…7879808182…202Next »
