PJR Reports Archives

Media coverage of the Mamasapano Clash: Unethical, inflammatory and sensationalized

Misinformation and even disinformation, sensationalism, as well as lack of context characterized the coverage — the kind of reporting that for its ethical lapses inflames an already volatile situation... Read more

Police officer tagged in radio broadcaster’s killing

CMFR/Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has named the suspects in the 29 August 2013 killing of a radio broadcaster in Iligan City. In its report... Read more

PJR Reports turns into a special annual

Starting this year, PJR Reports will be released as a special annual report on the state of the press. Read more

Playing the blame game: the media coverage of a minor’s suicide

The mainstream media participated in the blame game that started in cyberspace when a student publication broke the story of a freshman University of the Philippines student’s suicide mere... Read more

Telco coverage

JEERS TO Rappler for its coverage of telecommunications companies, the number of which increased towards the end of 2012. Readers criticize the website for the number of its news... Read more

More than reporting the stock market’s high

CHEERS TO 24 Oras and the BusinessMirror for providing an additional perspective on the implications of the Philippine Stock Exchange index’s (PSEi) breaching the 6000th mark last January. Read more

Explaining the geopolitics of Scarborough

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for reminding readers of the basis of the Philippine claim on the much-disputed Panatag Shoal (or also known as Bajo de Masinloc and... Read more

Suspicious

JEERS To the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a practice that can only lead to readers’ suspecting that there’s a “special arrangement” between certain reporters and Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago.... Read more

FOI Timeline

CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for a story on President Benigno Aquino and his fading support for a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. Read more

The year that was in the news media

PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. Aquino III was exceptionally critical of the press in 2012, among his complaints being inaccuracy and its alleged focus on the bad news that he said... Read more