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Media at workBeating the war drums in Mindanao

ON Nov. 2, 2011, The Manila Times, the country’s oldest newspaper, came out with a banner story that outscooped everybody else. “Mindanao War Inevitable,” the headline screamed in big black... Read more

Media warmongeringPress calls for more violence in Mindanao

The coverage of the armed confrontation between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Lanao del Norte reversed the gains... Read more

Specious and Disingenuous (updated)

CMFR notes that Ms. Vitug’s attempt to get the side of UST and Corona, and her disclosing that she was either rebuffed or ignored, were both in keeping with... Read more

PJR Reports November-December 2011

SOME Filipino journalists can rank among the best in the world. Since the end of the martial law period the best investigative reports have not only looked into those... Read more

Ghosts and goblins

The media went all superstitious and supernatural two weeks ago with the usual avalanche of news and special reports about ghosts and goblins before and during All Saints ’... Read more

PJR Reports September – October 2011

Editor’s Note: FOCUS THE POSSIBILITY that some of the journalists who have been killed in this country since 1986 might not have been ethical, or even corrupt, isn’t exactly... Read more

When too much is too muchDevoting 50 percent of airtime to one story was excessive

“Excessive” was the fitting description of the amount of television airtime given Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup’s candidacy in this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant last Sept. 13. It was... Read more

Spelling it the right way

Even after the death of Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi, everyone including Philippine newspapers were still having problems spelling his last name. Read more

The Tulfo Franchise: The Media as Messiah

Can T3 really solve the country's problems? Read more

Covering the Typhoons: Media’s Focus on Themselves

In reporting the areas affected by the typhoons, the media included reports on themselves to the neglect of such issues as why, after ‘Ondoy’ flooded... Read more