Journalism Review Archives | Page 103 of 174

‘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

Death Penalty: Legal, Rights Issues Ignored

HIS PROMISE to eradicate crime in a span of three to six months was at the forefront of President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign. Known for his tough stance on... Read more

Duterte’s Proposed EO on FOI: Not Very Well-Informed

THE PHILIPPINE press has been promoting the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) act for years, the idea being that if there’s a law that would ensure... Read more

All the President-Elect’s Men: Who Are They?

A PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENT or even president-elect publicly identifying the people he wants to play a key role in his administration may well serve purpose that the press could... Read more

Misleading headline

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using the misleading verb “snub” in a report on the proclamation of the incoming president and vice president which Davao City Mayor... Read more

Disaster Preparedness in the Time of La Niña

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for looking into the state of government’s pending flood-control projects as summer segued into the rainy season. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and... Read more

Election Canvassing: Explaining the Rules

CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and Rappler for reporting the rules of the canvassing by Congress of the votes for president and vice president as the legislature began its... 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

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

“IT Experts”: Disingenuous Use of Single, Anonymous Source

JEERS TO The Standard for running a one-sided report based on unverified information from a single anonymous source. On May 23, 2016, The Standard published “IT experts: Servers... Read more