by mediatimes | Jan 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
De Lima’s Detention: A Cautionary Tale of How Laws Were Weaponized and How Media Could’ve Covered It Better For what it’s worth, De Lima’s almost seven-year detention is a lesson to Philippine media: When the full force of the government is used to go after critics,...
by mediatimes | Jan 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
PUBLISHER’S NOTE MELINDA QUINTOS DE JESUS Executive Director, CMFR 2022: FROM DUTERTE TO MARCOS Media Times recalls 2022 as two halves of a whole: the last six months under Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RRD) and the first six months of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos (BBM). ...
by mediatimes | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
The media in the time of COVID Uncritical adherence to conventions is indeed a major factor in many journalists being no more analytical than their cameras and sound recorders. LUIS V. TEODORO THE COVID-19 pandemic could not have come at a worst time for the...
by mediatimes | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hostilities vs. Human Rights: State agents in the forefront of HR violations By Penz Baterna “Kill, Kill, Kill,” was not only the President’s mantra for the war on drugs. It has also become his immediate response to address other important issues including insurgency...
by mediatimes | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
PUBLISHER’S NOTE MELINDA QUINTOS DE JESUS Executive Director, CMFR THE STATE OF PHILIPPINE PRESS FREEDOM CMFR’S ASSESSMENT of press freedom in 2021 has found little that is hopeful, and thus, little that is new. The state of press freedom depends much on the...
by mediatimes | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Year of the Filipino athlete: 2021 Olympics victory brings pride to the nation By Jeraldine Pascual Media went on to follow other Filipinos with potential to rank in their sports in the Olympic events, sustaining public enthusiasm for the prospects of each one. THERE...
