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  In a pig’s eye

  CARTOONS HAVE been part of Philippine newspapers since the late Spanish era. They flourished in the reformist press during the propaganda and revolutionary period, and gained greater popularity during... Read more

• Their kind of “Journalism”

  In a supposed interview with Marjo Tucay, editor in chief of the University of the Philippines student newspaper the Philippine Collegian,GMA7 TV's Howie Severino implied that by... Read more

• CommentaryTV, Willing Willie, the Public Sphere

  by Melinda Quintos de Jesus Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports THE CONTROVERSY hounding the television show Willing Willie does not begin and end with the boy, Janjan,... Read more

• HIS OWN WORST ARGUMENT

  (Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the August 25 privilege speech of Representative Rodante Marcoleta of the Alagad Party List) Representative Rodante Marcoleta’s August 25 privilege... Read more

• The Gaza crisis: NOT AS DISTANT AS THE MEDIA THINK

  (This commentary will appear in the upcoming January-February 2008 issue of the PJR Reports.) By H. Harry L. Roque Jr. THE PHILIPPINE media have allowed the crisis at the Gaza strip... Read more

• Commentary: Gestures

  Commentary: Gestures By Luis V. Teodoro ON MAY 3,  World Press Freedom Day, two days after his release from the hospital, Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo announced that he was... Read more

• COMMENTARY – Journalist Killings: A Policy of Indifference

  Bangkok — A day after Fernando Batul, a radio broadcaster in Palawan, was shot to death by gunmen, Justice Secretary Raul Gon-zalez announced that that the government would allow... Read more

• COMMENTARY || 1017: The President’s Coup

  By Vergel O. Santos CERTAIN things are likely to be overlooked about the presidential proclamation of a state of national emergency—1017. Here are three that deserve particular attention for... Read more