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 Broadcast media fomented the “Poleteismo” controversy THE BROUHAHA over visual artist Mideo Cruz’ “Poleteismo”(Polytheism) was the result of deliberate sensationalism by ABS-CBN 2’s “investigative” program XXX. By focusing on Cruz’ art installation (especially on its most controversial images) and falsely linking it to the raging and bitterly divisive reproductive health (RH) bill debate, XXX provoked outrage... Palace draft of freedom of info bill: Focus on restrictions? A scan of the initial draft of the Aquino administration’s Freedom of Information (FOI) bill reveals a focus on restricting rather than enhancing the right to information. The administration bill expands the list of information exempt from public disclosure, and through that alone already restricts the right to information. Lynch Mobs and Rabble Rousers As the often colorful language of Filipino journalists would put it, the “XXX” episode was an “SS” story, “SS” being shorthand for masturbation. No place for apathy It was in 2003 when I first covered a fact-finding mission on human rights violations (HRVs). I was months into what was then the newly established progressive media venture, Pinoy Weekly. The grisly human rights record of the Arroyo administration was just beginning; so was my journalism “career”. Obit: Breen, 65 Thomas Breen III, a veteran American journalist who covered the Philippines in the twilight of the Marcos dictatorship, died of cardiac arrest at his home last June 22, 2011. He was 65. AFP Press Release JEERS to Malaya for the report “AFP officials to attend DOJ probe on missing UP students,” which sounded like a press release from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Only military sources were quoted throughout the report. Complainants Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño, mothers of... Beyond Violence CHEERS to MindaNews for a comprehensive and balanced article on the Davao Mayor Sarah Duterte punching incident. While most news reports, especially those from major news organizations such as ABS-CBN2, emphasized the act of violence by repeatedly airing the video of the mayor punching the sheriff, MindaNews reported the... Obit: Wrokpoh, 38 Prominent Liberian journalist Patrick Wrokpoh died after undergoing medical treatment at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital in Monrovia last June 24, 2011. He was 38. Does Self-Regulation have a Future in the Philippines? THE MEDIA are not only failing to regulate themselves; more importantly, some media organizations are actually depending on the government to intervene, in effect eroding the very principle of self-regulation itself. Sidebar | Approved Amendments to Article 6, Crime and Crisis Situations, KBP Broadcast Code THE KAPISANAN ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines, KBP) approved the following amendments in a general membership meeting on Oct. 20, 2010. The amendments, which are in bold face, are meant to address issues and concerns about media coverage raised in connection with the... « Previous1…1213141516…21Next »
