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The Silent Media

Native Advertising: Not just a Problem of One

First Report: TV, Broadsheets Covered Most Well Known Candidates for Senator in First Two Weeks of the Campaign (Feb. 12-24, 2013)

Will we see more of the same news media coverage this year that has characterized every election campaign?

Pols circumvent 120-minute political ad limit

THE CMFR MONITOR OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2010 ELECTIONS POLITICAL ADS IN BROADCASTING AND PRINT (For the Period March 14 – 27) Less than two months after the official campaign period for national elections started, AGB Nielsen, in partnership with the non-governmental organization Pera’t Pulitika, released a study...

Media battlefield shrinks as candidates near 120 minute airtime limit

THE CMFR MONITOR OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2010 ELECTIONS POLITICAL ADS IN BROADCASTING AND PRINT (For the Period February 28-March 13) A month after the start of the official campaign period for the 2010 national elections, several groups including civil society and the media were monitoring and publicizing...

CMFR Monitor of Political Advertisements (February 9-27): The most moneyed candidates were also the most covered by television

In 2004, relatively-unknown trade secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas ran for senator. Spending 73% of his campaign finances on advertisements, Mr. Palengke, as his advertisements tagged him, made it to the Senate with the most votes. After two attempts, unknown and holding no position in the government , Ma. Ana...