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No Deaths, Only Injuries: Checking the “Zero-Casualty” Claim

Screen grab from GMA News official YouTube channel “VERY MINIMAL, hindi na namin actually pinresent kasi wala naman tayong casualty.” This was how Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald dela... Read more

NCCC Mall blaze: Whose Fault and Failure?

Screen grab from 24 Oras official YouTube channel THE NIGHTMARE before Christmas day began at 9:30 in the morning of December 23, as a blaze swept through the third floor of... Read more

Without a Quorum: TRAIN Railroaded into Law

WITH OR without the distractions of December, Congress has always had to deal with empty seats. But the absent members of Congress stand out on certain occasions, as... Read more

No Election Scenario: Media’s Critical Analysis Required

THE NO-election scenario floated by House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez in an interview on ANC on January 3 was reported in the evening news programs without much comment. TV... Read more

The Dengvaxia Debacle: The Volatile Mix of Politics, Health and a Failure of Science

ON NOVEMBER 29, France-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur posted on their website a warning about the risks of their anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. Citing new findings, the company said:... Read more

Media Fails to Fact-Check Spokesperson

Screengrab from PTV4’s YouTube account. ON TUESDAY, December 5, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque faced media and announced the decision to declare the CPP-NPA as a terror group: “It’s not... Read more

PDEA and Media Scored: Careless Reporting of a Drug Bust

THE MEDIA should find it easy enough to report a drug bust. Police reporters have years of experience chronicling such episodes. Ethical issues, however, hound this kind of reporting... Read more

Media on 31st ASEAN Summit

Screen grab from the ASEAN 2017 official website The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit is always a major media event, especially in the country that hosts it,... Read more

More Mud from Mocha

CMFR would rather ignore Mocha Uson. But she is a public official, involved in presidential communication. AS SUCH, what she says or blogs should be subject to scrutiny. ... Read more

Keeping Tabs on the BBL

DURING THE turnover ceremony of the new Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) draft in Malacañang on July 17, Bangsamoro Transition Committee (BTC) chair Ghazali Jaafar proclaimed it as the... Read more