Premature conclusion, editorializing
JEERS TO some media organizations for prematurely concluding that it was New People’s Army guerillas who killed a town mayor in Agusan del Sur and his son, and for editorializing in a news report.
View ArticleCovering ‘Lando’: Lessons learned
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE to Typhoon Lando (International name: Koppu) demonstrated the improved level of disaster preparedness in the country. Government support has made possible more accurate forecasting...
View ArticleTrivializing death
JEERS TO a report that trivializes the death of a broadcaster who was shot dead in Quezon City on October 31.
View ArticleReporting Metro Manila’s long-term traffic solutions: Media drops the ball
IN EARLY September, the government presented what it called an “action plan” meant to solve the traffic problems in Metro Manila. The plan had three approaches: 1) management and enforcement, 2) mass...
View ArticleDuterte Mania and Human Rights: A Disturbing Lapse in Coverage
OF ALL the highly urbanized cities in the Philippines, Davao City has garnered probably every accolade out there: the most livable city, the most environment-friendly city, the city with the cleanest...
View ArticleInsiders as sources for unofficial Supreme Court decisions (UPDATED)
JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Interaksyon.com, and The Manila Times for reporting on yet to be released – hence, unofficial -- Supreme Court decisions and for using...
View ArticleRappler’s Roxas ‘Instaquote’: Out of context?
THE PULL QUOTE is a regular feature in publications layout. Used “to attract attention, especially in long articles, a pull-quote is a small selection of text ‘pulled out and quoted’ in a larger...
View ArticleAPEC 2015 Coverage: Still Inadequate After All These Years
WHEN THE Philippines hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit the first time in 1996, it was touted as a coming out party for the administration of then president Fidel V. Ramos....
View ArticleIn context: Duterte’s ‘last minute strategy’
CHEERS TO CNN Philippines’ Network News for recalling Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s previous statements regarding his on-again, off- again 2016 presidential run in light of his most recent...
View Article‘Scripted’ Protest: A Shaky Slant
JEERS TO ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for a slanted report on an anti-APEC protest and for using social media posts instead of its own reporting to “validate” it.
View ArticleReporting ‘Tanim-Bala’: The Need to Go Deeper
On September 18, Filipino-American Rhed Austria de Guzman recounted on Facebook her experience at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), alleging that airport personnel found two bullets in her...
View ArticleLooking back at the Lumad
CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for following up on the plight of the Manobos in Surigao del Sur months after the killing of community leaders forced them to flee from their homes in September...
View ArticleThe Inquirer on Ex-Tagum Mayor: Negligent and Irresponsible
JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for publishing a report on former Tagum City mayor Rey Uy’s abandoning the Liberal Party to support the presidential candidacy of Davao City mayor Rodrigo...
View ArticleTesting MMDA’s Bike-Sharing Program
CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for reviewing the bike-sharing program of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), one of the agency’s solutions to Metro Manila’s traffic problem.
View ArticleInternational Terrorism as Local News
MORE THAN 120 people were killed in the coordinated attacks in six locations by the international terrorist group Islamic State (IS) on November 13 in Paris. The ruthless killings sent a chilling...
View ArticleKeeping Track of PDAF Scam
CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for a report that looked into the slow progress in the investigation of lawmakers implicated in the pork-barrel scandal and the failure by authorities so far to take...
View ArticleNaming the ponente: Undermining the SC and elections
JEERS TO several media organizations for identifying the supposed ponente of the decision on the disqualification case against Senator Grace Poe pending before the Supreme Court.
View ArticlePemberton conviction: Admirable professionalism by the press
THE KILLING of Jennifer Laude,a Filipino transgender, by Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the US Marines on October 11, 2014, is one of those cases that, because of its controversial...
View ArticleMitsubishi Montero and SUA: A Public Safety Issue
NOTHING ELICITS sharper visceral reactions than seeing a vehicle seemingly running amuck, and ramming into other cars, structures and people. There has been a flood of these images – in both video and...
View ArticleProhibited Acts During 2016 Election Period
CHEERS TO some media organizations for reporting on the calendar of activities and certain prohibited acts during the election period (January 10 – June 9) released by the Commission on Elections...
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