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More media attention needed on water contamination in Batangas

JEERS TO the lack of sustained media attention to, and scientific explanation for the harmful substances found in the groundwater in eight towns and one city in Batangas. Media... Read more

Media mum on possible Comelec misconduct

JEERS TO the general lack of media attention to the processes involved in the automated elections. A development as significant as the printing of ballots without the required witnesses... Read more

Report on Comelec hacking flawed — but flags Election 2022 digital vulnerabilities

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its breaking news report on the alleged hacking of Comelec’s servers, which it claimed to have verified. But the report did not detail... Read more

Headstart for 2022: TV Patrol gives Pacquiao pre-campaign boost

JEERS TO TV Patrol for giving boxer and senator Manny Pacquiao airtime to advance his 2022 political agenda through an exclusive interview four days after he lost against Cuban... Read more

Losing the right to know and other perils from vaccine brand non-disclosure

JEERS TO the media for letting public officials dominate the conversation on the DOH and DILG directive prohibiting the LGUs from announcing the vaccine brands available at inoculation centers.... Read more

Focused on events: No analysis from media on vaccination program issues

JEERS TO the media for their lack of interest in providing a sustained analysis and discussion of the country’s vaccination program. Media coverage has remained fixated on events such... Read more

Debate by proxy: Brouhaha that distracted the media

JEERS TO the media for squandering screen time and print space on the administration’s prattle after President Duterte withdrew from his own challenge to debate retired SC Associate Justice... Read more

Cebu media take part in dubious police “rescue”

JEERS TO some Cebu-based journalists for joining the police team in the latter’s supposed “rescue” of young Lumad students from the Talamban campus of the University of San Carlos... Read more

Sensational treatment, lack of facts mar report on RTC shooting

JEERS TO several media outfits that made a spectacle out of the fatal shooting of a regional trial court judge allegedly by her clerk of court in Manila. Breaking... Read more

GIA not Gallup Inc.: Parroting dubious surveys

PUBLIC OPINION polls are supposed to reflect the people’s sentiments. Thus, polls are an obvious source of information, reviewed and studied by interested parties, like governments, taking their cues... Read more