Manila Bulletin Archives | Page 29 of 29 | CMFR
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Blown out of proportion
The incident involving celebrity-host Vhong Navarro gained massive media coverage which highlighted some failures of the press and raised questions on media coverage, news priorities, context and media perspective... Read more
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Discouraging Suicide: The Media’s Responsibility
JEERS TO THE ABS-CBN, GMA7, Solar TV, TV5, and the Manila Bulletin for their careless reporting of a suicide at the Metro Rail Transit Guadalupe station last May 8. Read more
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Covering the Sin Tax Bill: Mostly focused on Policy Issues
PROMINENTLY IN the news in October and November this year was the “sin” tax bill (now known as Republic Act No. 10351 or An Act Restructuring the Excise Tax... Read more
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Headlining trivia
Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for making a brawl between public figures its May 7 lead story at the expense of other issues. Read more
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When too much is too muchDevoting 50 percent of airtime to one story was excessive
“Excessive” was the fitting description of the amount of television airtime given Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup’s candidacy in this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant last Sept. 13. It was... Read more
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Slow news day
Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for wasting newspaper space with a story on a “perplexed” President Benigno Aquino III over a Math problem he received through text. Read more
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The media, the bishops and the missing ‘Pajeros’
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) revealed last June that some Catholic bishops had received assistance funds for the purchase of motor vehicles including sports utility vehicles (SUVs). The... Read more
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News as Entertainment
PRESIDENT AQUINO's love life, Pope John Paul II’s beatification, and the British royal wedding were among the major stories in the Philippine media last April. These landed on... Read more
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Gossipy and trivial
The media reports on the love life of President Benigno Aquino III are once again confirming the persistence of one of the worst habits of the Philippine press—its penchant... Read more
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