Manila Bulletin Archives | Page 28 of 29

REPORTING THE PAPAL VISIT: Transmitting charisma, faith and spirituality

On July 29 last year, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) made official the dates for the visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines, less than five... Read more

Highlighting a policy need

Cheers to the Manila Bulletin for highlighting the need for a national policy on shelter development—something one does not see regularly in the Philippine press. It also reminded journalists... Read more

Bulletin’s “miracle”

Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for a report that had its readers asking: “Wait, what?” Last Dec. 9, the Bulletin reported that a 90-year-old man in Aklan had reportedly died... Read more

Context seriously missing

Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for failing to provide context in a Dec. 15 report on politician and political kingpin Luis “Chavit” Singson, who heads the Singson political dynasty... Read more

Reporting Mindanao: A Dangerous Place?

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for an irresponsible headline which generalized Mindanao as a dangerous place for travelers. Read more

Careless

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin and ABS-CBN 2's TV Patrol for yet another careless suicide report. Read more

Reporting Aquino’s fifth SONA

THE PRESIDENT of the Philippines appears before a joint session of Congress and speaks to the public every year to report on the state of the nation. By tradition,... Read more

Careless and reckless

JEERS TO several media organizations for their careless and reckless reporting of a crime involving a minor. 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

Repeating the same mistakes

JEERS TO SEVERAL news organizations for committing the same old errors in much of media coverage of suicide. Read more