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Who is Michael Yang? Online Media Flag Duterte’s Chinese ‘Economic Adviser’

ON SEPTEMBER 4, President Rodrigo Duterte put a Chinese businessman named Michael Yang on the media radar when he mentioned the latter in a speech before the Philippine... Read more

ABS-CBN Broadcaster Named 2018 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

JEFF CANOY of television network ABS-CBN’s Integrated News and Current Affairs is the 2018 Marshall McLuhan Fellow. He received a glass trophy from the Embassy of Canada’s Ambassador to... Read more

Federal Constitution: No Need for Speed

FINALLY, A copy to review and scrutinize! Federalism was the reason President Rodrigo Duterte was so het up to roam the country in 2015, pushing for its adoption... Read more

Why fact check—and why Rappler and VERA Files

By Luis V. Teodoro THE DESIGNATION by the social media giant Facebook of Rappler and VERA Files as fact- checkers of its news feeds was in recognition of the... Read more

Media on 31st ASEAN Summit

Screen grab from the ASEAN 2017 official website The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit is always a major media event, especially in the country that hosts it,... Read more

And Then There Were None? Questioning the Existence of EJKs

“TO ALLAY or remove their fear, let it be known that under the present administration, there is only one case of extrajudicial killing or EJK for the period... Read more

Raffy Lerma Receives Award of Distinction from CMFR and Reuters’ Manny Mogato named Marshall McLuhan Fellow of 2017

THE CENTER for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) gave Raffy Lerma, formerly of Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Award of Distinction and Canada’s Ambassador to the Philippines John Holmes... Read more

Understanding the Commission on Human Rights

Photo from the Commission on Human Rights official Facebook page ONE HUNDRED nineteen votes was what it took for the House of Representatives to downsize the budget of the... Read more

Still Most Shabulized? TV5’s Aksyon Checks Duterte’s Iloilo Drug Figures

“YOU ASKED for the assignment sa Leyte. Namatay ang mayor doon. You asked for another assignment sa Ozamiz, namatay ang mayor doon, si Parojinog. Ngayon, gusto mo sa... Read more

Fact-checking a Flip-flopping President

THE PRESIDENT’S words become public policy. So when President Duterte says something, media must be quick to examine the impact of his pronouncements. CMFR cheers VERA Files for... Read more