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Mischaracterizing Purisima: Arrested, Nabbed or Surrendered?

JEERS TO several media organizations for the headlines in reports that mischaracterized the “arrest” — or “surrender” — of former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima,... Read more

Deceptive and Sensational

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using “mass murder advocate” to describe Davao City Mayor and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte in one of its reports. On May 9,... Read more

$81-Million Bank Heist: Unnecessary, Irrelevant Racial Reference

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin, the Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star for its repeated and often unnecessary and irrelevant racial reference to the suspects in the... Read more

Gratuitous link

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for taking a cheap shot at the Aquino government with a headline that gratuitously links administration projects and brothels in the area. On... Read more

Elections and Political Dynasties: Lack of Context, Wrong Focus

JEERS TO ABS-CBN News for a report that relied mainly on one politician as its source, and which failed to locate the story in the context of dynastic politics... Read more

A Simple Crime Story Sensationalized

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for sensationalizing what could have been a simple crime report. On February 5, Bulletin reported a shooting incident involving Maricel Ramos, a resident of... Read more

DNA Test: A Hoax, a Non-Story

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for a headline that misled the reader into thinking that the article was about an authentic document but, as the report itself said,... Read more

Election Ad Spending: Reporting Partial Nielsen Figures

JEERS TO several media organizations for reporting incomplete and unverified figures on advertising expenses in 2015 of the presidential, vice presidential and senatorial candidates running in this year’s elections.... Read more

Abu Sayyaf in MNLF Meeting: A Fellow Journalist as Source

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for failing to verify information on a meeting allegedly called last week by Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari in Indanan,... Read more

Mitsubishi Montero and SUA: A Public Safety Issue

NOTHING ELICITS sharper visceral reactions than seeing a vehicle seemingly running amuck, and ramming into other cars, structures and people. There has been a flood of these images –... Read more