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Rethinking ‘mug shot’ publication

THE PUBLICATION of the "mug shot" of any individual is ethically questionable, but has been routine media practice in the Philippines. In some countries, for example in the... Read more

The “Media Circus”

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus IF THE media were truly a mirror of society, then we must be the most irrepressibly frivolous people in the world, hooked on having and... Read more

The “Media Circus”

IF THE media were truly a mirror of society, then we must be the most irrepressibly frivolous people in the world, hooked on having and making fun, attaching to... Read more

‘Media and accountability’ is 2014 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar theme

The Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with the holding of the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar. The program serves as a... Read more

Resting of case premature, massacre fund misused

CMFR/Philippines – The private prosecutors in the Ampatuan Massacre trial have asked Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to reconsider the state prosecutors’ move to rest their case. They also... Read more

Lives’ labors lost

By Luis V. Teodoro “SOME SECTORS of media’s irresponsibility” is “killing the credibility of the media,” ABS-CBN TV’s Anthony Taberna claimed in a recent discussion with Philippine Daily Inquirer publisher... Read more

Lives’ labors lost (Updated)

The claim that the loss of media credibility is worse than the killing of journalists is an exaggeration. There is no problem as bad as, and certainly no problem... Read more

Ampatuan lawyer withdraws, suspect arraigned

CMFR/Philippines – One of the lawyers of one of the primary accused persons in the Ampatuan Massacre has withdrawn as his counsel. Lawyer Sigfried Fortun filed a manifestation on... Read more

Crime as public spectacle

JEERS TO several media organizations for forgetting their responsibility to protect the identity and dignity of the dead. Read more

More than a labor issue

By Luis V. Teodoro THE PRACTICE of not paying reporters or broadcasters salaries, although already a creeping reality in the decades that followed the dismantling of the Marcos dictatorship, is... Read more