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Carrying Terrorists’ Message

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2 for airing a video that in violation of established protocols in the coverage of terrorism, disseminated terrorist propaganda. The Oct. 11 exclusive report “Mga... Read more

Distasteful Headline

JEERS TO the Manila Standard for a headline that reeked with sexual innuendo. On Sept. 21, the Manila Standard ran a banner story on the House of Representatives... Read more

Sensationalizing a Crime Scene

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Umagang Kay Ganda for sensationalizing a crime caught on camera. The story “Lalaki, patay sa pananaksak sa Quezon City” aired during the Sept. 7... Read more

De Lima’s Bikini Photo: Foul

JEERS TO The Manila Times for publishing on its front page a scantily clad photo of Senator Leila de Lima, which illustrated a story about the alleged links... Read more

Calapan Murder: Unnecessary Description

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for trivializing an act of violence by describing a murder victim as “pretty.” By describing her as “pretty,” the report suggested that the... Read more

IN HIS first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Rodrigo Duterte announced a unilateral cease-fire with the Communist Party of the Philippines’ New Peoples’ Army, and the National Democratic... Read more

FOI EO: Erroneous and Confusing

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its erroneous and confusing story that said the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill has been signed into law. The Bulletin’s front-page report... Read more

Reporting Non-news

JEERS TO several news media organizations for making a fuss over an unverified announcement by musician Freddie Aguilar on his supposed appointment to the National Commission for... Read more

‘Bading,’ Homosexual: Incorrect, Irrelevant

JEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras and Sun.Star Cebu for erroneously and unnecessarily tagging their news subjects as “bading” and “homosexual.” 24 Oras misidentified in a report the transgender... Read more

Malacañang Shredding: Chit Chat Journalism

JEERS TO Rappler.com for trivializing a legitimate, important story by running it as chit chat. Using unnamed sources, Rappler published on May 21 “They’re shredding documents at the... Read more