Journalism Review Archives | Page 117 of 174

Reporting the Veloso Case: Biased, sensationalized, tasteless

THE MANILA broadsheets as well as broadcast media covered the case of Mary Jane Veloso from the time it became news in the third week of January. They intensified... Read more

Coverage of the BBL (7-14 April 2015): Bias and Prejudice against Bangsamoro

FORM APRIL 7 to April 14, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) recorded 71 reports in three major newspapers in the country (Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer and... Read more

Rice as war casualty

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for telling readers how conflicts in certain areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) result in lower agricultural productivity. Read more

Giving voice to their plight

CHEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for giving voice to the largely unmentioned victims in any conflict: the displaced families. Read more

Creating ‘news’

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a banner story which erroneously declared Mary Jane Veloso, a migrant worker in death row in Indonesia, dead. Read more

Looking into GOCC executives’ salaries and benefits

CHEERS to Network News of CNN Philippines for a report on the "hefty" salaries and benefits of executives of government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) three years after Republic Act... Read more

Battle-weary victims ask: When will this stop?

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for similarly reporting on the civilians displaced by conflict. Read more

Inaccurate and uncorroborated

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for an inaccurate report full of misleading information on a study of the conflict in Mindanao (“World Bank: BBL can’t ensure peace, new... Read more

A unity call for peace

CHEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for focusing on an underrepresented sector in the BBL discussions severely affected by the continuing clashes: the farmers in the region. Read more

Another alarmist headline about Mindanao

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its Feb. 28 banner headline that proclaimed that a “New Mindanao war begins”. Read more