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Online Report Supports Distorted Narrative on the Media

Ambassador Jan Top Christensen | CMFR file photo JEERS TO news.ABS-CBN.com for a report that focused on the misleading statements of a single source, and ignored others as... Read more

Resigned or Fired? Uson Gets More Media Mileage

JEERS TO Inquirer.net for adding to the already excessive media attention on Mocha Uson with a single, anonymously-sourced story that President Rodrigo Duterte had fired her. The October... Read more

House Shakeup: Media Misses Meaning of Minority Power

WHO IS the real minority? Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s installation as House Speaker on July 23 saw her long time supporters appointed quickly to key positions: Rep. Rolando Andaya... Read more

Misleading headlines are bad for the press and public

JEERS TO GMA News Online for a misleading headline on a report that suggested that Rappler failed to show up at the Department of Justice (DOJ), as the report... Read more

Kangaroo Court? Media Supports Attacks on Chief Justice on leave

Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno during the Day of Valor event organized by the Movement Against Tyranny | Photo by Lito Ocampo NEVER MIND the exalted venue,... Read more

Casual Reporting on New Crackdown

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its casual reporting on the president’s latest round of threats, this time issued against drivers and operators of unregistered public utility vehicles... Read more

Irresponsible and Careless: An Uninformed Psychological Assessment of Sereno Makes It Big with Some Media

JEERS TO some media organizations for going along with a worthless opinion of a psychologist judging the mental health of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Geraldine Tria, a... Read more

TV host blames victim of gang-rape

Screengrab from Inquirer.net. JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s host Anthony Taberna for his sexist remarks about a gang-rape incident in Caloocan City. In the news segment of Umagang Kay Ganda... Read more

Dengvaxia, Fear Factor and Political Games

THE DISCOVERY of Dengvaxia’s negative effects on some patients afflicted with dengue for the first time worked like a magnet for political gamesmanship. The report on the vaccine... Read more

Mamasapano Anniversary: Abundant in One Man’s Sentiment

ON THE third commemoration of the Mamasapano clash in Camp Bagong Diwa last January 25, Getulio Napeñas talked to reporters, saying the previous administration had “disinvited” him to... Read more