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Distasteful—and exploitative

JEERS TO several media organizations for showing a video of women in scantily clad costumes dancing suggestively during a Liberal Party (LP) gathering and birthday celebration on October 1. Read more

Providing facts, challenging mistaken notions: Media and the commemoration of Martial Law

THERE CAN never be enough stories on martial law. Filipinos failed to form a Truth Commission as the South Africans did to establish consensus about the Apartheid. We have... Read more

Torre de Manila controversy: Lack of context reduces issue to photobombing

FOLLOWING THE issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) by the Supreme Court (SC) last June, the Torre de Manila controversy surged back into the media. The battle between... Read more

Reporting the Iglesia ni Cristo Mass Action: Leaving the public uninformed

MEMBERS OF the influential Iglesia ni Cristo (INC—literally, Christ’s Church) sect trooped to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Padre Faura street in Manila on August 27, protesting what... Read more

MindaNews Received Award of Distinction and Joseph Morong named Marshall McLuhan Fellow of 2015

IN a presentation ceremony held at the SGV Hall of the AIM Conference Center in Makati City, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) gave MindaNews the Award... Read more

An incident becomes a war

IN THE afternoon of June 18, a group of University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman students armed with baseball bats and lead pipes attacked two others inside the campus.... Read more

Insensitive, inhumane

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2 for its insensitive coverage of the plight of former child actor Jiro Manio who was found roaming the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3... Read more

PWDs and the Law

CHEERS TO several television news programs for looking into the plight of persons with disabilities (PWDs). Read more

Disrespecting the deceased

JEERS TO several media organizations for their gory reports on a crime involving a minor. Read more

Reporting the House vote on the BBL: Legitimizing media bias

CMFR MONITORED the reporting on the debates and voting on the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) from March 18 to 20. Read more