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Making sense of Calida’s second quo warranto

SOLICITOR GENERAL (SolGen) Jose Calida filed a quo warranto petition in the Supreme Court on February 10 asking the high court “to forfeit” ABS-CBN’s franchise, challenging the media and... Read more

The nCoV travel ban: Beyond the regional scope

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte ordered a temporary ban on the entry into the Philippines of tourists from China and its special administrative regions of Macau and Hongkong. But some visitors... Read more

Quoting Quiboloy: What’s the point?

WHY WASTE the news? Jeers to several media organizations for paying attention to an absurd claim of a founder and leader of a religious group who said that he... Read more

Headline on sexually-transmitted dengue misleads, reflects bias against homosexuality

JEERS TO the Manila Standard for a misleading headline that reinforces prejudice against homosexuals. International news agency Agence France Presse (AFP) on November 8 first reported that Spanish health... Read more

Unnecessary depiction of violence

JEERS TO media reports of 24 Oras, State of the Nation with Jessica Soho (SONA), CNNPhilippines.com and Rappler for the use of unfiltered videos in their coverage of the... Read more

Youngest Drug War Victim’s Death: Media Echo Official’s Indifference

JEERS TO the media for their uncritical reporting on the latest child casualty in the Duterte “drug war,” with coverage so bereft of context. Three year-old Kateleen Myca Ulpina... Read more

PR Piece for PNP

JEERS TO The Philippine Star’s report for publicizing the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) claim that it is 98% in compliance with human rights standards, without an independent fact-check on... Read more

Keeping Go in the Public Mind

JEERS TO The Philippine Star for giving so much space to Christopher “Bong” Go, the former special assistant of President Rodrigo Duterte and a senatorial aspirant in the coming... Read more

Minors in the News: Naming Invites Further Harm

REPORTING MINORS in the news involves a number of ethical issues and considerations. Is the story newsworthy? Will the exposure or publicity cause them potential harm? The essential vulnerability... Read more

Press Releases in the Guise of News

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Manila Standard for publishing single-sourced stories on the House of Representatives’ supposed completion of President Rodrigo Duterte’s legislative agenda. Both reports come... Read more