Hostage taking Archives | CMFR

• Hostage-taking crisis in San Juan mall: Media could have done better

  SADLY, HOSTAGE-taking incidents are not new in this country; there have been enough to teach the police how to handle these situations so as to prevent more harm. But... Read more

• Notes on CMFR’s Media Monitor

  In monitoring media coverage, CMFR reviews the text/broadcast output of the media organization. CMFR’s critique focuses on the news “product” or text. We do not normally look at the... Read more

• A Year After: The Press and the Aug. 23 Hostage Taking

  One year after the bloody Aug. 23, 2010 hostage taking incident in Manila, has the Philippine press learned any lesson from the coverage? Read more

• Agusan Del Sur Hostage-taking: Lessons from the Past

  By Karlin E. Galao, Mari Joie A. Ladia, and Norman Lee Benjamin Riego Unlike the coverage of the Ducat and Mendoza hostaging incidents, the media coverage of the Agusan... Read more