A problematic exercise: Election uncertainties dominate news themes in print

For  the print media coverage of  the fourth and fifth week of the 2010 elections, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) monitored the front pages of the Manila Bulletin, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and The Philippine Star from February 28 to March 13.  In a major indication of how problematic the elections are regarded, the uncertainties surrounding it dominated the major themes of print reporting.

CMFR looked at the news reports on the presidential, vice-presidential, senatorial, and party-list elections. Reports on the elections in general, such as the country’s preparedness to undertake its first nationwide automated polls in May and election rules, were also included in the monitor. As in the first CMFR discourse analysis, reports exclusively about local elections were not.

For the full report, please visit CMFR’s microsite on the Monitor of the News Media Coverage of the 2010 National and Local Elections (www.cmfr-phil.org/mediaandelections).

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