Media on Marawi: Coverage of the Siege

Foreign and local journalists cover a military convoy in Marawi City on June. 28, 2017. | Photo by Froilan Gallardo

VIOLENCE TORE at the heart of Marawi City, the scenic capital of Lanao del Sur on May 23, 2017. Fighting broke out on what seemed a most ordinary day, as armed men clashed with government troops.  Locals shared photos of men carrying the ISIS-flag roaming the streets, the first recording of the outbreak between the military and the Maute group. No one had any idea about the seriousness of the crisis that would last five months.

The media reported what they saw, but reporters knew they could see only a small part of the conflict. What they reported was governed by the rules of coverage and they reported what they could, under the watchful eye of the military.

With support from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila, CMFR held a forum on April 26 presenting to some 70 representatives of stakeholder groups its findings based on a content analysis of media coverage of the five-month long siege.

Below is CMFR’s finding on the content analysis of reports from May 23, 2017 to October 31, 2017:

Content Analysis

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Qualitative Discourse

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