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Today, 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.

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Some lessons and reminders: How the press covered the 2010 campaign and elections


Given the particularities of the May 2010 elections, media coverage of the election campaign itself needed, and promised to be, many things: it needed to be thorough as well as pro-active, and focused on the issues but rigorously aware of the context—the larger picture—in which the campaign would proceed....

Tabloids focused on presidential race, covered Villar most


Tabloid coverage of the national elections Fourth Monitoring Period (March 28 to April 10, 2010) Like the broadsheets, selected major tabloids focused overwhelmingly on the major presidential candidates to the virtual exclusion of  lesser-known candidates. From March 28 to April 10, a monitor of three tabloids also showed scant...

Media and Elections


Last Jan. 16, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) invited journalists and representatives of civil society organizations in a roundtable discussion to review CMFR’s conclusions and recommendations in its media monitoring project in the 2007 elections. At the roundtable discussion, CMFR executive director Melinda Quintos also presented...

Media and 2010 Elections: Focus on blocktimers


As the 2010 elections draw near, journalists have urged the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) to look into radio blocktimers, particularly those funded by political candidates and government agencies. Blocktimers are individuals who buy blocks of radio time for programs which they then market to various advertisers...

2010 Elections: Same old, same old, but not quite


As in the 2004 and 2007 elections, corruption, governance, and human rights issues should be among the lead issues in the 2010 elections. But some things make this year’s polls different from the previous elections.

The CMFR Monitor of the News Media Coverage of the 2010 Campaign and Elections


Given the special nature of the 2010 elections, the media’s role as credible and critical sources of information and analysis during the election season bears watching. This year’s elections provide an opportunity to help the media plan for rational and balanced coverage: to draw out candidate views and plans...

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