Leni Robredo Archives

Tribune enables red-tagging, mum on SC decision

JEERS TO the Daily Tribune for its dubious position on red-tagging. It was the only newspaper that did not report on the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court defining... Read more

Misplaced zeal: Media reports highlight potential “impeachment” ahead of the discussion

WITH BUDGET talks underway, media are doing the right thing calling attention to the exchange on allocations and other issues related to the budget. Indeed, members of the minority... Read more

Faith and Politics: Role of the Catholic Church revisited

CHEERS TO Philstar.com’s report for starting a discourse that could help Filipinos understand the role of religious groups, especially the Roman Catholic Church, in the country. Read more

Rappler’s Documentary Focuses on Dissenting and Critical Vloggers

CHEERS TO Rappler for its documentary that profiles online dissenters, critics and oppositionists. This minority constitutes a legitimate and necessary voice in a democracy. Read more

Philstar.com, TV5 reports explain confidential and intelligence fund

CHEERS TO Philstar.com and TV5 for reports that explained what confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) are, and how public officials use them for their operations. CIF are “lump-sum funds”... Read more

MEDIA AND ELECTIONS 2022

THE MEDIA community in the country and in many parts of the world have not engaged much in the collective exercise of questioning how journalists do their work, or... Read more

ABS-CBN provides timeline of Marcoses’ strategy

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s NXT video report that detailed how the Marcoses assured their return to Malacañang, 36 years after the ouster of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Read more

NET25 and SMNI propaganda provokes questions on their role in spreading disinformation

ALREADY INFLUENTIAL in the Filipino community, the reach of some religious groups is amplified by the media organizations they own or operate. The bloc-voting of some religious groups has... Read more

It isn’t journalism: NET25 airs brazen personal attack in the guise of a “report”

JEERS TO NET25 for airing a personal attack in the guise of a “news report” on Vice President Leni Robredo and her family, which among others, called the VP... Read more

Election Day 2022: Media focus on machine malfunctions; Analysts revisit campaign conduct in commentaries

FILIPINOS VOTED May 9 in the most consequential election since 1986 when “people power” overthrew the Marcos dictatorship. COVID-19 cast a shadow on the prospects of the event being... Read more