By Sheena Serrano student #18 Third Blog Entry Comm 192/MWX
(Unedited by Blog Administrator). Single-sourced article
Yves Tanguy. The Dark Garden. Le Jardin sombre. 1928. Oil on canvas. 91.4 x 71.1 cm. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany. Right-clicked from http://www.abcgallery.com
Quote “Bomb plots foiled with 7 ASGs’ arrest by Associated Press in Tempo Today (September 12, 2007), in the provincial news section of Tempo, the Associated Press reported that the police was able to arrest 7 Muslim militants who were allegedly plotting to bomb tourist and shopping locations in Mindanao. They were said to be planning to divert the attention of the Military in Basilan and Jolo. The suspects were also said to be members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the Indonesian-based Jemaah Islamiah. Three of those arrested was said to be bomb experts.
Quote “What is (sic) wrong with this article is (sic) that it solely relied on the claims of Deputy- Director Avelino Razon. There were no other interviewees or sources to prove that the 7 suspects were really members of ASG or Jemaah Islamiah. For all we know they could simply be innocent citizens arrested for a crime that they don’t (sic) have anything to do with. Even the improvised explosive devise (sic) which was said to have been made by the suspects was not confirmed by other people or even witnesses. It makes us readers wonder if the report is true or fallacious since the Associated Press did not make any effort to confirm the details of this incident aside from the statements of Deputy-Director Avelino Razon.” closed-quote. Sep 12, 10:52 AM
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By Student #7 unedited by blog admin
Quote “Yesterday, Unang Hirit showed an interview with an old lady who had kidney problems. Regine Tolentino was acting like a reporter and she was asking (sic) the lady’s condition. The lady complained about the pain she felt before she tried this new medicine called Kidney Saver. And I realized it was an advertisement as I noticed the label on the upper-left side corner of the screen which said “PAID ADVERTISEMENT.”
Gustav Klimt. Hygeia. Detail of Medicine. 1900-1907. Oil on canvas. Destroyed by fire in 1945. The only color photo. Right-clicked from http://www.abcgallery.com
Quote “Well, I believe it was a good practice. In this way, the audience will not be confused or deceived. It was also right that during the introduction of the product, there was also a sign which said, “NO APPROVED THERAPEUTIC CLAIM.” This will also help the consumers decide to whether or not buy the product considering that it has not been tested for any therapeutic benefits.” Closed-quote.
Sep 18, 3:34 PM —
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student #12, J192 unedited by blog admin
quote “I know I’m not supposed to read Manila Bulletin but I couldn’t avoid it… my father reads it every Sunday! Anyway, last September 9, I read an article about Loren Legarda’s proposal for a National Strategic Missing Children Recovery Program that aims to help find the children who are kidnapped or taken away from their parents and guardians. The article described in detail the aims and strategies of the said program. However, I had (sic) noticed that the story was single-sourced.
Francis Picabia. Balance. c. 1919. Oil on cardboard. 60 x 44 cm. Private collection.Right-clicked from http://www.abcgallery.com
The details of the story came from Legarda’s Senate Bill 1385 only. Even if a quote about the proposal did appear in the story, it came from Legarda alone. No other sources of information apart from Legarda and her own Senate bill appeared; in short, the “news” story was one-sided and unbalanced.
This was a clear violation of the expanded Journalist’s Code of Ethics which states that single-sourced stories must be avoided and that there is always the need to get two or more sources in order to clarify all sides of the story. Even if the story was not that sensitive or controversial, it is still the reporter’s duty to make the story fair, accurate and balanced. Such violation might distort the reader’s perception of the issue being discussed in the article.” Closed-quote.
Sep 11, 1:04 PM
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“Villar to lead centennial celebration of NP; book launching, reunion set” from the November 26, 2007 issue of the Manila Bulletin is a single-source story because it only aired the side of Senate President Manuel Villar. The code of professional and ethical conduct of the Philippine Press Institute states that single-source stories must be avoided. There should have been a second, third or more sources. An official from the Liberal Party could have been interviewed to make it fair and balanced.
Moreover, the article is a press release and not news worthy to be in the front page. It is about the 100th anniversary celebration of the Nacionalista Party, the significance of the book “Building the Nation: First 100 years, Nacionalista Party 1907-2007” by Carmelo and Joyce Crisanto, Villar’s “Sipag at Tiyaga” program and the Centenial gift of P100,000 that NP will be giving out. This article was placed beside “Six of 7 dead typhoon victims drown in flood,” a story about the victims of typhoon “Mina.” The latter story should have been given more emphasis because of its social relevance. However, due to the biases of the newspaper and its profit-driven and power-driven motives, the two articles were treated equally significant.
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