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[kiretoce]

Because it's "Eye On The Philippines" all this week on CNN International, this TV commercial keeps on looping every night during the World Report/Talk Asia segments.

[kiretoce]

Look at these hapas.

[kiretoce]

Cebu Pacific Airways (5J) made the list. Philippine Airlines (PR) didn't.

World's 12 Best Airline Magazines

[Ph Man]

Originally Posted by kiretoce

Look at these hapas.

Rugby using buko!

Nice to see these guys joining the campaign by coming up with this cool idea.

[wino]

This situation (from Mexico) looks oddly familiar
"democracy controlled by 2 media empires???"


can we have this sort of revolution as well??
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/interna...o-protests.cnn

[RonnieR]

Manila’s Gory, Sexy Tabloids Outsell Traditional Broadsheets
By FLOYD WHALEY
Published: June 26, 2012


MANILA — The former president of the Philippines had been arrested on corruption charges. The chief justice of the Supreme Court had been impeached. Transportation workers were threatening to gridlock the city with a strike.
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But People’s Tonight had the scoop: A child had been stabbed while its mother slept nearby.

“She screamed as she saw her child’s cradle dripping with blood,” the newspaper’s front-page story said. “With trembling hands, the mother pulled out the blade and scooped her mangled kid in her arms.”

Welcome to the world of Manila’s tabloid newspapers.

With names like Bulgar — the Filipino word for “vulgar” — and Police Files Tonite, more than 40 Manila newspapers publish in both the format and spirit of classic tabloid journalism. They offer readers a dizzying assortment of sex, violence, gore, celebrity scandal, strange news, spirited opinion and personal advice.

A quick scan through the Manila tabloids shows a victim of a motorcycle accident, whose head has been severed, lying in a pool of blood on the pavement with no attempt by the publication to mask the gore. Photos of scantily clad men and women, and some photos of completely nude women, sit alongside columns by priests, senior government officials and mayors.

Hard-hitting columnists link government officials and police officers by name to extortion and bribery, a practice not without risk in a country with one of the world’s highest rates of murdered journalists. One publication regularly features a cartoon cockroach that can be spotted throughout the pages making clever commentary on stories and photos.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/wo...ewanted=1&_r=1

[RonnieR]

Originally Posted by wino

This situation (from Mexico) looks oddly familiar
"democracy controlled by 2 media empires???"


can we have this sort of revolution as well??
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/interna...o-protests.cnn

interesting.

[oreotm]

HONG KONG (AP) — Apple is rolling out its iTunes online store to Philippines and 11 other Asian countries in a broad push to sell music and video to more users in the company's fastest growing region.

The company said Wednesday that Singapore, Macau, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia and Laos will also get their own iTunes stores. But China, which accounts for a big part of Apple's revenues, was not included.

Previously, Apple fans in these territories could access the company's App Store to download applications for their iPods, iPhones and iPads. Now they can use locally issued credit cards to download music from the store's 20-million-song library as well as buy or rent movies.

Until now, only Australia, New Zealand and Japan had their own iTunes stores.

Finally!

[Ady001]

Originally Posted by RonnieR

Manila’s Gory, Sexy Tabloids Outsell Traditional Broadsheets
By FLOYD WHALEY
Published: June 26, 2012


MANILA — The former president of the Philippines had been arrested on corruption charges. The chief justice of the Supreme Court had been impeached. Transportation workers were threatening to gridlock the city with a strike.
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Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines.

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But People’s Tonight had the scoop: A child had been stabbed while its mother slept nearby.

“She screamed as she saw her child’s cradle dripping with blood,” the newspaper’s front-page story said. “With trembling hands, the mother pulled out the blade and scooped her mangled kid in her arms.”

Welcome to the world of Manila’s tabloid newspapers.

With names like Bulgar — the Filipino word for “vulgar” — and Police Files Tonite, more than 40 Manila newspapers publish in both the format and spirit of classic tabloid journalism. They offer readers a dizzying assortment of sex, violence, gore, celebrity scandal, strange news, spirited opinion and personal advice.

A quick scan through the Manila tabloids shows a victim of a motorcycle accident, whose head has been severed, lying in a pool of blood on the pavement with no attempt by the publication to mask the gore. Photos of scantily clad men and women, and some photos of completely nude women, sit alongside columns by priests, senior government officials and mayors.

Hard-hitting columnists link government officials and police officers by name to extortion and bribery, a practice not without risk in a country with one of the world’s highest rates of murdered journalists. One publication regularly features a cartoon cockroach that can be spotted throughout the pages making clever commentary on stories and photos.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/wo...ewanted=1&_r=1

Acrtually, one racy tabloid that has English as its language of choice has already violated the rules of journalism.

[Lithiumite]

Irresponsible Journalism, title quite misleading!!

Italian priest kidnapped in PH dies

[Manila-X]

Aquino: With balanced reporting, why worry about right of reply?
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
1:24 am | Friday, November 16th, 2012

TAGAYTAY CITY—President Benigno Aquino on Thursday said journalists should not fear the right of reply bill if they practice balanced reporting.

Speaking before the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the President made a passing mention of the bill, which grants individuals and companies the right to reply to charges or criticisms in newspapers, radio, TV or websites.

Mr. Aquino said Juan de la Cruz, the Filipino everyman, would not only benefit but would be encouraged by truthful reporting in taking part in nation-building.

“The same spirit hews closely to our position on the issue of right of reply. As [the Bible] says, the truth will set you free. If two sides of a story are reported, if the details of every news are accurate and the freedom of all Filipinos to form their own opinion is valued, then any journalist has nothing to worry about, isn’t it?” he told TV and radio broadcasters at the Taal Vista Hotel.

The right of reply bill is pending in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Lawmakers were also proposing to include a right of reply provision in the freedom of information (FOI) bill pending in the House of Representatives.

Deliberations on the FOI bill by the House committee on public information have been clogged by technicalities. Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone, the committee chairman, on Tuesday adjourned the hearing before the consolidated version could be put to a vote, fearing this would overlap with the plenary session.

Advocates had been hoping this could be put to a vote at the committee so it could be forwarded to the plenary for debate and approved on final reading.

The bill seeks to lift the secrecy surrounding the government transactions and documents and allow for more transparency. The measure is aimed at rooting out corruption and promoting good governance.

Malacañang on Wednesday denied the President was leading the charge to kill the FOI bill, but made no commitment to rally its allies to approve the measure.

Secretary Edwin Lacierda, presidential spokesperson, said Malacañang was not delaying its passage, but was deferring to the House lawmakers to deliberate on it.

[Monchhichi]

Int'l media group launches digital campaign vs impunity

As part of its commemoration of the third anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre, an international media watchdog group has launched a digital campaign to fight impunity against media workers.

The Committee to Protect Journalists said the campaign, "Speak Justice: Voices against Impunity," seeks to "break the cycle of fear and silence that allows journalists to be killed and their killers to walk free."

"More than 630 other journalists have been targeted and murdered worldwide in direct retaliation for their reporting since 1992, CPJ research shows. Like those killed in Maguindanao, a vast majority were local reporters covering issues of vital importance to their communities: corruption, politics, crime, conflict and human rights. At least four in 10 were threatened before they were killed. One in 10 was tortured," said María Salazar-Ferro, CPJ’s Impunity Campaign and Journalist Assistance Program coordinator.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...gn-vs-impunity

[Manila-X]

Public Lives
Crime and the mass media
By Randy David
Philippine Daily Inquirer
8:46 pm | Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

The word “ubiquity” refers to the quality of being everywhere. It captures succinctly the perception of a whole society being engulfed by crime—that is, if one goes by the early evening news on television. Crime reports bookend the rest of the news so routinely that crime is no longer “newsworthy” in the sense of being surprising or interesting. Is this the reality we live in, or is it something that is magnified by inordinate media attention?

Crime’s ubiquity in the mass media is rivaled only by the pervasiveness of accidents of all kinds—speeding buses, motorcycles, and overloaded trucks careening out of control due to malfunctioning brakes. Indeed, the only time crimes and accidents retreat from center stage is when disasters strike. Then, the networks launch an extended coverage of the death, destruction, and dislocation caused by typhoons, killer floods, earthquakes, landslides, and fires.

It is reasonable to ask if these events accurately sum up the substance of our everyday life as a nation. Having once read the early evening news for a TV station, I know it has not always been like this. I don’t recall that the news of the day unfailingly began with a litany of crimes committed.

Not certain if this is just a superficial impression, I decided to monitor for a week the news reportage of the country’s three biggest networks. What I found in all three channels was the same disturbing pattern of unrelenting “tabloidization.” I have shared this personal disquiet with some friends in the industry. Their uniform response is that this indeed is the reality.

As a sociologist, I am unmoved by such arguments. I am cognizant enough of the filtering power of the mass media to know that news reporting is inescapably a selective process. It is impossible, not to say unnecessary, for any news organization to report everything that has happened in the course of a day. There’s always selectivity in the news. What to report, from what angle, what level of prominence to give to an event, or how deep or extensive one must go in the treatment of a phenomenon—these decisions shape the mass media’s representation of everyday reality. The networks cannot say they are merely being truthful.

Neither can they take refuge in the defense that the daily news they serve the public is what mass audiences prefer to watch, as borne by the ratings. According to this view, the extensive reportage of crime merely responds to the anxieties of the average citizen who, unlike the elites who live in gated communities and commute in private vehicles, is vulnerable to all kinds of threats to personal security and property. The news thus serves as a way of informing him of the threats around him and his loved ones, and, as well, of alerting the police to the environment in which criminals lurk.

I am sure there is validity to this argument. But, I wonder if this is all there is to television news’ excessive focus on crime. For something to be newsworthy, it somehow has to be different. There is a sense in which the reporting of the same crimes day in and day out becomes so predictable that it is no longer news. So, what keeps people interested?

Two things, I think. The first is the treatment of the event—if it’s not anything new, then the reporting must be made entertaining. In our culture, the two tend to shade into one another. The second is that a crime may be so common as to draw no interest when taken in isolation. But, if placed in a series of other norm violations, it creates for the public the sensation of being swamped by rampant criminality, and for the authorities, an urgent call to action. Whether it is intentional or not, that seems to be the bent of our television news. But is it the reality? I hope not.

The point here is not to blame the media, but to get them to reflect on current journalistic practice. I don’t think the issue pertains merely to the state of editorial judgment. I am particularly concerned with the impact of current habits of reporting on our morale as a people, and with the need to explore alternative modes of presenting the news that depart from the standard ways of assigning meaning found in a moralistic society.

In his 1996 work “The Reality of the Mass Media,” sociologist Niklas Luhmann writes: “The effect of continually repeated items of information about norm violations might be the overestimation of the extent to which society is morally corrupt, especially if it is the behavior of prominent people in society who ‘set the tone’ that is reported most… Norm violations are especially selected for reporting when they can be accompanied by moral judgments … when they are able to offer an opportunity to demonstrate respect or disdain for people.”

Moralizing cannot be the function of the media, especially since they are not prepared to assume a corresponding obligation for society’s morals. Yet, moral talk is perhaps the easiest thing in the world to do, largely because, as Luhmann notes, “the media favor attributing things to action, that is, to actors.” In this, they only reproduce the facile moral sensibility of the uninformed. The few times they bother to delve into the complex circumstances behind an action, it is usually only “in order to shift credit or blame.”

It would be presumptuous for me to propose any specific recommendations on how the reporting of the news might be improved, except to say that every network can always profit from self-reflection. To those who worship at the altar of ratings and are afraid to deviate from proven habits, I can only repeat Luhmann’s reminder: “The organization fulfills its social function precisely by working differently.”

[Monchhichi]

Social media has grown up, says Nielsen
Social networking may have graduated from its infancy as it continues to grow in 2012, according to a US study by Nielsen and NM Incite.

The study showed consumers are spending more time on social networks than on any other category of sites, Nielsen noted in its study.

"(C)onsumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any other category of sites: roughly 20 percent of their total time online via personal computer (PC), and 30 percent of total time online via mobile," it said.

It also said the total time spent on social media in the US across PCs and mobile devices increased 37 percent to 121 billion minutes in July 2012, compared to 88 billion in July 2011.

The study said the recent proliferation of mobile devices and connectivity helped fuel the continued growth of social media.

"While the computer remains as the predominant device for social media access, consumers’ time spent with social media on mobile apps and the mobile web has increased 63 percent in 2012, compared to the same period last year," it said.

Facebook still on top

The study showed Facebook remains the top social network, but other social media sites are emerging and catching on.

Facebook remains the most-visited social network in the US via PC (152.2 million visitors), mobile apps (78.4 million users) and mobile web (74.3 million visitors).

It is also the top US web brand in terms of time spent, as some 17 percent of time spent online via personal computer is on Facebook.

On the other hand, it said Pinterest emerged as "one of the breakout stars" in social media for 2012, boasting the largest year-over-year increase in both unique audience and time spent of any social network across PC, mobile web and apps.

A separate article on Dvice.com quoted Google+'s VP of product as saying Facebook is a "social network of the past" with its intrusive advertisements "pissing off users."

"It's quite a statement for a company who has seen its own social network, Google+, being branded a ghost town since its inception. Although it boasts 400 million registered users, Google+ been criticized due to said users hardly ever logging in. Still, Google has stressed it's the best social service available so it must be, right? ...Right?" it said.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...p-says-nielsen
PHL govt urges tweeps to use hashtags #rescuePH #ReliefPH #PabloPH
As Filipinos affected by Tropical Cyclone Pablo (Bopha) slowly shift their efforts from search to relief, the government reminded netizens to use unified hashtags to ensure coordinated action.

The Official Gazette said on its Twitter account that there are three unified hashtags for donations and for rescue operations:

Official Gazette PH
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@govph
Reminder: For matters concerning donations, pls use unified hashtag #ReliefPH. For rescue operations, pls use #rescuePH. #PabloPH
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Meanwhile, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council officials will meet to check for lapses in how they responded to the event.

NDRRMC head Benito Ramos said he will meet with regional and provincial heads to evaluate their responses, radio dzBB's Glen Juego reported.

Ramos was quoted in the report as saying they will also consider adopting a forced-evacuation policy especially in areas where residents are hardheaded.

Death toll rises further

Meanwhile, the NDRRMC's 6 a.m. update said the death toll rose anew to 325, with 411 injured and 379 still missing.

Of the reported deaths, only 32 have been identified so far.

The NDRRMC also said Pablo had affected 48,893 families or 231,630 people in 513 villages in 148 towns and 25 cities in 25 provinces.

Of these, 38,570 families or 179,169 people are being served in 417 evacuation centers.

At least six bridges and 15 roads remain affected. Some 2,069 houses were destroyed and 2,635 others damaged.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...liefph-pabloph

[Nabartek]

Originally Posted by Ady001

Acrtually, one racy tabloid that has English as its language of choice has already violated the rules of journalism.

HAHAHA

Surprising to see a liberal US broadsheet write about it or even give a damn

And not to forget...The US has their own version of this...

ENQUIRER, anyone? Their headlines are far more scandalous than these tabloids

[hakz2007]

Search for Journalists of the Year extends until Feb 28

QUEZON CITY, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) has announced the extension of nominations for the Search for Journalists of the year until February 28.

Filipino journalists from print, broadcast, and online media shall be recognized by the foundation for their excellent and responsible reporting that contributed to the development of the country.

“The search is a fitting tribute to our Filipino press people on or behind the camera. It is about time that we recognize their vigilance translated into powerful storytelling that contributed to nation-building and an informed citizenry, ” the MBFI president Aniceto Sobrepeña said in a statement.

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[Isopropyl]

So a philstar article reported that we failed ICAO audit anew but just after a couple of hours, it came out that we actually passed the audit. Talk about stupid journalists, reporting something totally opposite.

Originally Posted by Parchie

Mamili ka dito:

1. 16 hours ago: CAAP fails int’l audit anew By Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star) | Updated February 23, 2013 - 12:00am
2. 3 hours ago: Palace contests reports CAAP flunked intl audit February 23, 2013 1:30pm
3. 2 hours ago: Abaya: PH passed aviation audit BY RAPPLER.COM POSTED ON 02/23/2013 3:08 PM | UPDATED 02/23/2013 3:48 PM

Originally Posted by efriend

The Philstar and ABS-CBN articles regarding the failure of the PHL in the ICAO audit is a reflection of the poor state of journalism in this country. Because of cutthroath competition, everybody wants to be ahead of everybody while sacrificing the veracity of information.

If this happened in another country, the journalist will be reprimanded and a public apology from Philstar will be in order. It will be very difficult for Philstar or ABS-CBN to regain its credibility if there is any.

Originally Posted by saintelm

Talk about irresponsible journalism. The last thing we need is people jumping the gun and reminding us we failed. Our country maybe on the rise right now but we all know how long and hard it was to get on that wave so I know we all welcome with great joy and high spirits when something positive happens to our nation but when someone is out to discredit our efforts to progress and bullhorn the status-quo of another incompetent government whenever it fails, when it is untrue, then I would call that someone highly UNPATRIOTIC!

Originally Posted by KnightOfTheFlag

Simply put it....IRRESPONSIBLE MEDIA!!...this is how our media is poisoning the minds of the public....imagine, citing anonymous sources not the official ones to conclude the outcome? and just releasing it to the public without a figment of their conscience and accountability on the consequence of FALSE OR HALF BAKED REPORTING??...and somehow WE ALWAYS TEND TO BELIEVE WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS without scrutinizing and dissecting their reports....I firmly believe our media is not committed and dedicated in reporting the truth and fact LIKE THEY ALWAYS BRANDISH...they simply do it for MONEY!...

So do we simply ride on and believe everything we see and hear things coming from them??

[Manila-X]

PH journalists banned in Sabah for ‘misreporting’ situation
By Allan Nawal
Philippine Daily Inquirer
9:40 am | Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

DIGOS CITY — Putrajaya has decided to bar Filipino journalists from entering Sabah to report on developments in Lahad Datu, Malaysian Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was reported to have announced on Tuesday.

In a broadcast by a Sabah-based radio station, Ahmad allegedly told journalists in Kuala Lumpur that the decision was made to prevent “misreporting” of the situation.
He said Putrajaya did not want Filipino journalists to “spin” stories that could only “strain relations between” Putrajaya and Manila.

It was not clear, however, what the Malaysian government intended to do with Filipino journalists already in Sabah before the ban.

Philippine media, in particular the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the newspaper and member of the Inquirer Group of Companies, earned Putrajaya’s ire for allegedly reporting “baseless allegations” that Malaysian security forces had been brutal in handling Filipinos in Sabah as they flushed out local support for the so-called Sulu “royal army.” INQUIRER.net is the news website and a member of the IGC.

Among the claims by fleeing Filipinos was that Malaysian security forces had ordered some men to run as fast as they could before shooting them to death.

[Monchhichi]

Inquirer, GMA 7 allowed to cover Sabah crisis

LAHAD DATU—Despite a reported ban on Filipino journalists by the Malaysian government, the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA 7 news teams here were accredited by the authorities on Wednesday, allowing them to cover the Sabah crisis.
The Inquirer and GMA 7 are the first Philippine news teams to cover the daily press conference conducted by Sabah Police Commissioner Hamza Taib at the Felda Sahabat Residence Resort here.
The Filipino reporters were given permission to cover here by the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry of the Malaysian government on Tuesday.
On the same day, the Inquirer and GMA 7 were allowed to go to an evacuation center in the village of Embara Budi.
This was around the same time the Humanitarian and Consular Assistance Team from the Philippine Embassy was allowed by the Malaysian government to visit the Filipino evacuees and attend to their needs.
This was a far cry from the experience of Filipino journalists who came here earlier, just as the first shots were fired between the followers of the Sulu sultanate and the Malaysian security forces.
They had to go through tight security checkpoints and at times were asked to present their passports for identification. Some had their mug shots taken at police stations.
Read more: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/690...#ixzz2NSaKaidq

[Nabartek]

Originally Posted by Monchhichi

Inquirer, GMA 7 allowed to cover Sabah crisis

LAHAD DATU—Despite a reported ban on Filipino journalists by the Malaysian government, the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA 7 news teams here were accredited by the authorities on Wednesday, allowing them to cover the Sabah crisis.
The Inquirer and GMA 7 are the first Philippine news teams to cover the daily press conference conducted by Sabah Police Commissioner Hamza Taib at the Felda Sahabat Residence Resort here.
The Filipino reporters were given permission to cover here by the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry of the Malaysian government on Tuesday.
On the same day, the Inquirer and GMA 7 were allowed to go to an evacuation center in the village of Embara Budi.
This was around the same time the Humanitarian and Consular Assistance Team from the Philippine Embassy was allowed by the Malaysian government to visit the Filipino evacuees and attend to their needs.
This was a far cry from the experience of Filipino journalists who came here earlier, just as the first shots were fired between the followers of the Sulu sultanate and the Malaysian security forces.
They had to go through tight security checkpoints and at times were asked to present their passports for identification. Some had their mug shots taken at police stations.
Read more: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/690...#ixzz2NSaKaidq

I'm okay with GMA reporting, but Inquirer? Did they not publish an article about a women claiming to be some kind of "Anastacia" descendant?