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This Week in Media (July 12 to 16, 2021)

DESPITE A clearly defined campaign period, Filipino politicians probably enjoy one of the longest campaign periods in the world. Without clearly set primaries and caucuses which help track the... Read more

Premature campaigning via media: Spotlight on incumbents gives them pre-campaign boost

OVER TWO whole months before the filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2022 elections, some politicians are already going to great lengths to keep their names in the... Read more

Beyond ‘he said, she said’: Inquirer and InterAksyon find more proof of crisis in PH education

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and InterAksyon for citing other studies to back up evidence already presented by the World Bank in its critical assessment of the state of PH education. Read more

Media fixated on Duterte-Pacquiao word war; ignore corruption issues

JEERS TO the media for getting hooked on the verbal tussle between President Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Manny Pacquiao, and for ignoring the opportunity to follow through on the... Read more

Not a race: Aquino’s death reported in media rush to be first

JEERS TO those media organizations that cared more about beating the competition in announcing the death of President Benigno S. C. Aquino III. On June 24, The Daily Tribune... Read more

No longer an ‘Isolated Case’: Media miss the pattern of state killings

PUBLIC OUTCRY took over the internet as a law enforcer, Police Master Sergeant Hensie Zinampan, killed a 52-year-old woman in Quezon City on May 31 mainly because he felt... Read more

Like father, like daughter: Reprising Duterte’s 2015 campaign strategy

JEERS TO the media for reporting Sara Dutere-Carpio’s pre-2022 campaign without pointing out that the family is using the same tactic that the father used in his presidential run... Read more

Media Review

AS THOUGH the pandemic had not made life miserable enough, power outages have added to the difficulties that the public must bear. With so many unemployed and experiencing even... Read more

ABS-CBN’s analysis of rising cases in regions identifies urgent needs

CHEERS TO ANC’s Dateline Philippines for doing more than just citing the number of COVID-19 cases around the country. In an interview format, the program presented a... Read more

From “herd immunity” to “population protection”: What’s the difference?

CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for catching on to the government’s latest semantic ploy, which essentially lowered the national vaccination target. Other reports merely echoed the Health department’s announcement without saying... Read more