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Insensitive, inhumane

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2 for its insensitive coverage of the plight of former child actor Jiro Manio who was found roaming the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3... Read more

Departing from the usual

CHEERS TO two news programs for giving attention to those sector often marginalized by the media, and for airing a digestible backgrounder on the Moro struggle. Read more

Information or entertainment?

THE CENTER for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) conducted a 24-hour monitor of the three major television networks— ABS-CBN 2, GMA 7 and TV 5 – on April 27,... Read more

Careless and reckless

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

Unverified, sensationalized reporting (UPDATED)

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Bandila for blatantly violating the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas’ (KBP) Broadcast Code of the Philippines and the network’s own internal “Standards Ethics Manual”... Read more

Covering the Sin Tax Bill: Mostly focused on Policy Issues

PROMINENTLY IN the news in October and November this year was the “sin” tax bill (now known as Republic Act No. 10351 or An Act Restructuring the Excise Tax... Read more

Boy Abunda and the “entertainmentization” of news

Showbiz news used to consist only of a segment and were usually aired near the end—after the “hard” news on politics, business, and social issues. Today’s showbiz news is no... Read more

Biased

JEERS to ABS-CBN 2’s Bandila for a biased report on former Batangas Governor Antonio Leviste on the alleged special treatment given to rich prisoners in the New Bilibid Prison.... Read more

Rallying Behind Bandila

ABS-CBN performs ‘act of leadership’—but who’s following? Rallying Behind Bandila By Hector Bryant L. Macale It promised leadership. When ABS-CBN announced it was reformatting its late night news, viewers... Read more