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Journalism or PR? Broadsheets promote public official’s image

JEERS TO three Manila newspapers for giving undue and uncritical media attention to an elected official. The Manila Standard, the Manila Bulletin, and The Philippine Star have published several... Read more

Rewriting history: Media promote, counter Marcos propaganda

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA takes all forms. The Marcoses have always used the circus elements of politics to manipulate and control the public mind. Mainstream media need to understand that their... 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

Quick follow-ups by media on student’s death counter police claims

CHEERS TO the media organizations that followed up on the death of Amierkhan Mangacop, a 19-year old student shot by a non-uniformed personnel of Police Regional Office (PRO) outside... Read more

Three newspapers insist on Bong Go spotlight

JEERS TO some print media’s relentless spotlighting of a senator who won his seat in 2019. Solely based on his proximity to the highest source of power and his... Read more

Various groups express woes amid transport crisis

THE TRANSPORT crisis, along with shortages in other basic needs such as food, water, and electricity have topped media headlines in recent weeks. Media showed long lines and counted... Read more

Two Bulletin “reports” were no more than PR pieces

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for wasting space on two PR pieces it passed off as journalism. Both were so blatantly in the interest of the objects of praise... Read more

Print keeps Marcos Jr. on their front pages; online media spotlight issues on the ground

LESS THAN a month before election day, controversies and changes in candidate endorsements and in survey findings underscored developments in the presidential race, and kept it in print and... Read more

Politics in full swing: As elections draw near, endorsements and controversies dominate local campaign news

METHODOLOGY: From March 21 to April 3, 2022, CMFR reviewed the coverage of leading Manila broadsheets (Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, and Manila Bulletin), three other selected broadsheets... Read more

Marcos deficiencies: Covering the Marcoses’ unpaid estate tax

NEWS ABOUT the Marcos family’s unpaid estate tax has sparked public discussion, highlighting the need for well-informed sources and historical context in media coverage. Read more