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The sacking of Leni: Not really telling it like it is

CMFR HAD cautioned the media against focusing on talking heads in covering Vice President Leni Robredo’s stint as the drug czar, as this would reduce a potential game-changer to... Read more

Quoting Quiboloy: What’s the point?

WHY WASTE the news? Jeers to several media organizations for paying attention to an absurd claim of a founder and leader of a religious group who said that he... Read more

Was Media to Blame for the “Muddle in Manila”?

THE OPENING of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games followed days of embarrassment for its organizers as headlines around the world highlighted the lack of planning and plain incompetence... Read more

Rush to Approve: National Budget for 2020

PASSED IN a rush by the House, Senate rushes to approve. THE PHP4.1 trillion 2020 General Appropriations Act has been flagged by several lawmakers for its questionable insertions as... Read more

Reporting Duterte’s three-day break

RODRIGO DUTERTE is not hale and hearty at 74. But he and Palace officials seem to have taken different perspectives in presenting his health problems to the people. Duterte... Read more

Mindanao quakes: Largely episodic

STILL REELING from the two destructive quakes in Tulunan, Cotabato last month, Mindanao was once again jolted by a magnitude 5.9 tremor, this time in Kadingilan, Bukidnon, on Monday,... Read more

Media’s unasked question: How much do Filipinos need the Kaliwa Dam?

FOR THE second time this year, declining levels of water in Angat Dam imposed rotational service interruptions in Metro Manila. Water concessionaires Manila Water and Maynilad cited the dipping... Read more

Unnecessary depiction of violence

JEERS TO media reports of 24 Oras, State of the Nation with Jessica Soho (SONA), CNNPhilippines.com and Rappler for the use of unfiltered videos in their coverage of the... Read more

All about ratings: Media milk celebrity family feud

JEERS TO ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for airing a showbiz interview that took up almost a third of its one-hour newscast on October 22, effectively sidelining the key events and... Read more

Media on the much delayed rebuilding of Marawi

TWO YEARS after the liberation of Marawi, government announced the rehabilitation of the ruined city without apologies for its long and unexplained delay. Media headlines announced the start of... Read more