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VP Vote Recount: Anonymous, Insider Sources Feed Marcos Propaganda

JEERS TO some media organizations for anonymously sourced reports about the vote recount, particularly votes allegedly lost by Vice President Leni Robredo due to the shading threshold set... Read more

Media Publicity on Names in PDEA Narco List: Unfair and Harmful

JEERS TO several media organizations for making public the names of barangay officials allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade as presented by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency... Read more

The Problem of “Endo”: Missing Links, Unexplored Issues (Updated)

“THE MOMENT I assume the presidency, contractualization will stop.” Then a presidential candidate, Rodrigo Duterte made this promise during the third and last debate among other contenders in April... Read more

Misleading headlines are bad for the press and public

JEERS TO GMA News Online for a misleading headline on a report that suggested that Rappler failed to show up at the Department of Justice (DOJ), as the report... Read more

Context Missing: Reporting the PH-China Joint Exploration Proposal

EVERYONE SHOULD know by now about President Rodrigo Duterte’s “pivot to China.” Media reports have quoted him as citing economic benefits from it, among them loans and partnerships mainly... Read more

Connecting Coverage of Economic Gains to the Poor

THE WORLD Bank and the Asian Development Bank expects the Philippines to sustain the 6.7 to 6.9 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth according to their 2018 economic updates.... Read more

Plane-Spotting: Photos to Keep Tabs on China’s Incursion in PH Waters

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA-7 for keeping track of the continuing Chinese activity in the West Philippine Sea through photos (See: “Inquirer Photos Cannot Lie”). On... Read more

Kangaroo Court? Media Supports Attacks on Chief Justice on leave

Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno during the Day of Valor event organized by the Movement Against Tyranny | Photo by Lito Ocampo NEVER MIND the exalted venue,... Read more

Premature release of Report on Dengvaxia: Media complies with political agenda

Screengrab from Inquirer.net. THE POLICY controversy triggered by Dengvaxia continues to stir more political heat as news covered the release of a draft of the report prepared by the... Read more

Report on Loose Firearms in Lanao del Sur: Guns Trivialized and Moros Stereotyped

Screengrab from Facebook page of Inquirer. JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a story which confined gun proliferation to Moros and a headline which trivialized the serious... Read more