Eagle-eyed students see carelessness of Rappler, Interaksyon, GMA7, ABS-CBN this week

Eagle-eyed Claudine, Celina, Lily Grace, Charm Guillermo, Jesse David, Mars, hidalgosteph, Paul Omer, Nikki Dee Al see carelessness of:  Rappler, Interaksyon, GMA7, ABS-CBN

     Happy Women’s Month, everyone! (regardless of gender, race, religious beliefs.  species).

Written by Claudine: “In the March 9 Episode of 24 Oras, a report on the rollback on the taxi fare caught my attention. Supposedly, March 9 marks the implementation of the ten pesos flag down rate for taxis but some drivers are not abiding by this as reported by Cesar Apolinario. In the first part, he interviewed two drivers by asking if they were implementing the rollback while in the second part, the assistant camera person actually rode a cab and used a hidden camera to observe and capture whether the driver will follow the memorandum.

       “This is a surreptitious method of gathering information because like what Apolinario has done for the first part, other means could have been used to prove their point instead of using hidden cameras. Besides, he already states in the latter part that many citizens have complained through social networking sites about the non-compliance of the drivers regarding the flag down rates. Moreover, the issue is not that big of a deal in terms of national concern or interest such as in politics, economy, or health that gathering the information justifies the surreptitious act.”

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Written by Celina: “This article about PNoy http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/449333/news/nation/pnoy-napenas-fooled-me-on-mamasapano-mission is in my opinion, wrongly captioned. The headline, stated in English, was lifted directly from a quote by Aquino, stated in Filipino. The translation of one Filipino word to English (“binola” to “fooled”) is problematic for me, because the two words have very different connotations. The writer should have used the President’s words instead as a headline, with quotations–this could prevent initial misunderstanding and/or misinformation.

      “Furthermore, in the latter part of the article the writer refers to Purisima as Noynoy’s “close friend” as he narrates exchanges between Noynoy and Purisima during the Mamasapano encounter. This not only implies a conflict of interest but also suggests a bias by the writer.

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Written by Lily Grace: “A story on Kapuso mo Jessica Soho last Sunday, March 8, 2015, featured news of the death of Jam Sebastian after his battle with cancer. Jam was part of Jamich, along with his girlfriend, Mich, and they were a popular duo through their YouTube videos and short films.

“The story showed videos of him cringing in pain, undergoing chemotherapy, and videos of him in the hospital during his last days. Although the videos came from Mich, I believe it was unethical on the part of GMA and KMJS to show that on air. According to the SPJ Code of Ethics 2014, legal access to information differs from an ethical justification to publish or broadcast.”

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Written by Charm Guillermo: “As mentioned in its website rappler.com, Rappler is “a social news network where stories inspire community engagement and digitally fuelled actions for social change.”

“Last Tuesday (3rd of March, 7:03 PM PST), it posted an article1 through its Facebook account that was subtitled with, “Lol he was cleaning a loaded gun. Dude seriously?” This article was about detained Senator Ramon Revilla Jr’s emotional visit to his son, Cavite Vice Governor Jolo Revilla.  The latter was rushed to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself on the chest while cleaning a gun.

“Thirty minutes after publishing the Facebook post (3rd of March, 7:30 PM PST), the post was removed and a corrected one was immediately released. The same news was captioned with an apology:

“ “NOTE: Earlier, one of our web admins mistakenly posted an inappropriate caption for this story. The post, meant for his personal page, was immediately removed by this page’s administrators. We deeply apologize for this.

“Article 5 of the Broadcast Code of Ethics states that “When a mistake has been broadcast, it must be acknowledged and rectified as soon as possible by stating the mistake and making the correction.” I believe the thirty-minute margin was enough for Rappler to acknowledge and correct its mistake of posting an unfitting caption for a story. Being an online news network where an article could be instantaneously published and removed, Rappler should be particularly careful with its posts. The mistake was not about the information in the story, but how the story was represented. The thirty-minute gap was considerably apt, but its mistake could have been avoided in the first place. (in rappler jolo-revilla-sorry-bong)”

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Written by Jesse David:  on the article: n5e. interaksyon ilang-computer-shop-malapit-sa-paaralan-sa-caloocan-ipinasara

      “The broadcast segment of the show T3 last March 6 violated the Article 1 (News and Public Affairs) of the KBP Broadcast Code of Ethics particularly the sections which state that “News should inform the public rather than entertain” and “Editorials and commentaries are to be distinct from the news”. Although there is an effort on the part of the news reporters to present a pressing issue, it still did not follow theses provisions for in the last parts of the report the reporters commented on the issue and seemingly made fun and laughed at it. It can be validated because there were some audios that were injected such as the laughing part.

 “However, as what has been stated, this report is a good example of how the broadcast news should follow Article 9 (Public Complaints and Grievances) of KBP. It followed the provisions “COMPLAINTS, CRITICISMS, OR GRIEVANCES AIRED AGAINST PERSONS, INSTITUTIONS OR GROUP, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, SHALL BE LIMITED TO ISSUES WHICH HAVE A BEARING ON THE PUBLIC INTEREST”.”

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Written by Mars: “Jun Veneracion’s news report last night featured a footage of the AFP operation to neutralize members of the BIFF. The footage was not initially labeled as coming from a third party source. The news anchor had to confirm at the end of the report if they were present during the operation, at which point Veneracion mentioned that the footage was not shot by them but from an anonymous source. It would have been more ethical to declare before showing the footage that it is from a third party, which should have been identified on air.”

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Written by Hidalgosteph: “Rated K’s March 8 episode offered a tribute to Jam Sebastian. The segment of the show told the beginning of the romantic relationship of Jam and his girlfiend, Mich Liggayu. It also narrated the story behind Jam’s illness, from the day the doctor told him, to his death.

“This tribute/coverage sensationalized Jam’s condition. They exaggerated the story, making it appear as relevant for them to get more audiences and profit, which is actually, is happening right now. This also showed some video clips of Jam cringing in pain, suffering and agonizing. I believe that even if airing it has already his relatives’ consent, there should also be an editorial judgment. I think that it violated Article 7 of KBP Code of Ethics, which states that “The right to privacy of individuals shall be respected.” (on “abs-cbn Rated-K-pays-tribute-to-Jam-Sebastian”)

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Written by Paul Omer on abs-cbnnews 03/09/15/panoorin-babae-sa-maynila-sinasaniban: “Fresh from our discussion and quite fresh from last night’s news; this is a prime example of occult journalism, which should be avoided as much as possible since there is no true primary authority on the matter. While it does take the side of the witnesses as well as people from the Catholic Church, it still doesn’t have any primary resource person to look into. Also, it lacks the primary subject matter: the ghost (or apparition or…well, whatever “possesses” humans), which is impossible to obtain.”

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(unedited) Written by Nikki Dee: “In the March 10 news report at 3:03 PM of ABS-CBN, they have given  a brief summary of the reactions of the senators regarding the new statement made by President Aquino regarding still the Mamasapano encounter that has happened over a month ago. In the news article by ABS-CBN, it is said that the latest statement produced by the President “sown confusion”. This is a very vague way of describing the news. If I am a person who is not following this string of news reports, I wouldn’t be understanding the sympathy or emotions that are being attributed to the said “statement” for the content of the said speech has not been quoted or even mentioned within any part of the news article.

      “The “sown confusion” also focused only on two senators who have given their opinions and thoughts regarding the issue. It has not covered varying opinions, rather they focused on biased thoughts expressed by the two senators that were interviewed.

     “The article also leads us into believing that the speech of the President really was confusing, taking away from its reader the right of judgement as to whether it was clear or unclear. I would be quoting “news report shall be fair, objective and factual; opinions are avoided” from the SPJ code of ethics. This probation was violated in so many ways as the news was solely opinionated and biased to one side. (on abs-cbnnews pnoys-latest-statement-mamasapano-has-sown-confusion)”

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Written by Al: “International human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin-Clooney has caught the attention of the local media and the Filipino audience, after filing a case against the Philippine government to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) of the UN Commission on Human Rights, concerning the detention of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo due to the PCSO plunder case which has put her under hospital arrest.

      “The news article was able to accurately expound on the side of the former president by presenting the side of her legal team, while providing details as to how Clooney was able to file the case under the UN. However, the news article did not show the other side concerning Arroyo’s case, which made the article seem like a move for the former president to get “pity points” not only in the local scene but in the international arena. The article has also placed undue emphasis on the marriage of the international human rights lawyer with Hollywood actor George Clooney, which in reality is unnecessary given her respectable credentials concerning the case.

“The article would have been more credible if the context had been presented in a balanced manner, while further informing the audience of the circumstances which brought Arroyo’s case to the UN, as well as presenting  implications of the case with the Sandiganbayan.

“This media monitor is guided by the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics 2014 which may be accessed at: spj.org/ethicscode.asp (on gmanetwork british-lawyer-amal-clooney-takes-gloria-arroyo-s-case-to-un).”