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Reporting Aquino’s fifth SONA

THE PRESIDENT of the Philippines appears before a joint session of Congress and speaks to the public every year to report on the state of the nation. By tradition,... Read more

Careless and reckless

JEERS TO several media organizations for their careless and reckless reporting of a crime involving a minor. Read more

Crime as public spectacle

JEERS TO several media organizations for forgetting their responsibility to protect the identity and dignity of the dead. Read more

The incident involving celebrity-host Vhong Navarro gained massive media coverage which highlighted some failures of the press and raised questions on media coverage, news priorities, context and media perspective... Read more

Prioritizing basketball

JEERS TO TV Patrol for devoting a third of its air time to reports on the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals last June 21 to the exclusion of other,... Read more

Discouraging Suicide: The Media’s Responsibility

JEERS TO THE ABS-CBN, GMA7, Solar TV, TV5, and the Manila Bulletin for their careless reporting of a suicide at the Metro Rail Transit Guadalupe station last May 8. Read more

Tulfo covers Tulfo

THE AIRPORT brawl between columnist Ramon Tulfo and celebrity couple Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto last May 6 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 quickly became... Read more

When too much is too muchDevoting 50 percent of airtime to one story was excessive

“Excessive” was the fitting description of the amount of television airtime given Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup’s candidacy in this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant last Sept. 13. It was... Read more

When too much is too much

Jeers to 24 Oras and especially TV Patrol for devoting excessive airtime to Shamcey Supsup’s bid in this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant last Sept. 13. Read more

The media, the bishops and the missing ‘Pajeros’

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) revealed last June that some Catholic bishops had received assistance funds for the purchase of motor vehicles including sports utility vehicles (SUVs). The... Read more