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Hi, ma’am. Here is the link to my submission for the third media monitor.
http://www.evernote.com/l/AjDDyUEeVwhFg6N5NAqc2yjjb6WNhNYVozc/
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Irish Talusan
2013-79599
On May 11, Monday, GMA News Online posted an article “Rachelle Ann Go bags role as Fantine in West End production of Les Miserables” which the title pretty much tells everything. However, the last paragraph wrote:
“She once again follows in the footsteps of Filipina stage superstar Lea Salonga, who portrayed Kim on “Miss Saigon” before starring as Eponine in “Miss Saigon” in 1993.”
The concern is that the Eponine character is not from Miss Saigon but rather from les Miserables. The article sufficed wrong information about the famous plays. But the main issue is that GMA News online failed to correct its mistake which is vital in the ethics code of Society of Professional Journalists, Philippine Press institute and Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Art. 5 Correcting Mistakes)
It’s been four days already and no correction has been made. There are even comments from readers right from the time it was posted regarding the correction and they should have seen those immediately. If GMA News Online will continue to ignore, this will have a huge misinformation since internet posts are largely shared, and stored.
Reference:
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/485510/showbiz/chikaminute/rachelle-ann-go-bags-role-as-fantine-in-west-end-production-of-les-miserables
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http://rejinelvalencia.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-do-you-solve-problem-like.html
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MEDIA 230
Rudyard Contreras Pesimo
MA Media Studies (Film). 1992-36658
Media Monitor No. 3: Code of Ethics
Theme: Accuracy and Accountability
DA BINAY CODE:
The Case of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
On May 13, 2015, the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) published a warning letter it received from Vice President Jejomar Binay’s lawyer, Atty. Claro F. Certeza, addressed to Ms. Alexandra Prieto-Romualdez (PDI President), Atty. Raul C. Pangalangan (Publisher), Ms. Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc (Editor-in-Chief) and Ms. Nancy Carvajal (Reporter). The subject of this letter was “Breach of Confidentiality under the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001, as amended.” The letter read, “It has come to our attention that you will publish a story on the supposed Order purportedly issued by the Court of Appeals upon the petition filed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) freezing the bank accounts of our client, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, and other individuals allegedly connected to the latter.” Further, Atty. Certeza directed PDI’s attention to the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 (as amended) and pointed that the duty of confidentiality as contemplated under Section 9 thereof applies also to the media. In this regard, Section 14 (d) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 (as amended by Republic Act No. 9194) expressly provides “that in the case of a breach of confidentiality that is published or reported by media, the responsible reporter, writer, president, publisher, manager and editor-in-chief shall also be criminally liable under the Act.” Moreover, Section 49, Title VII of the Rules of Procedure in Cases of Civil Forfeiture, Asset Preservation, and Freezing of Monetary Instrument, Property or Proceeds Representing, Involving, or Relating to an Unlawful Activity or Money Laundering Offense under Republic Act No. 9160, as amended, also provides that “[n]o person including Court personnel shall disclose or divulge or communicate to anyone directly or indirectly in any manner or by any means the fact of the filing of the petition for freeze order, its contents and its entry in the logbook except those authorized by the Court.” Atty. Certeza warned that they will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law any party who will otherwise publish a report and/or comment on the report of the AMLC and the Order of the Court of Appeals which was issued in relation thereto.
The question therefore is: Can the media be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law or be held liable in contempt of court for making public the freeze order that the Court of Appeals (CA) has issued on Vice President Jejomar Binay’s bank accounts?
The basic tenet of ethical journalism is seeking the truth and reporting it. Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. Further, the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists declares that accuracy and accountability are two of the most important principles in ethical journalism. Accuracy is essential in journalism. Accountability is an imperative to all news organizations. The highest and primary obligation of ethical journalism is to serve the public. This threat of prosecution against PDI and the media is alarming. I submit that the PDI or media cannot be held liable for publishing the freeze order made by the Court of Appeals. Binay’s camp has invoked the confidentiality provision under the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001. However, once the court freeze order is issued, there is no prohibition. The confidentiality rule does not apply because this may be an infringement on the freedom of the press. The media in general, PDI in particular, are merely reporting on the court’s freeze order against a public official’s bank accounts. Public interest is served more by publishing this order. The media has access to the order of freezing because of the public interest involved. No law has been violated since the press was only quoting a freeze order, a public document, issued by the Court of Appeals.
PDI has taken responsibility and accountability for the accuracy of their report since they have verified the information (freeze order) before publishing it, and has used the original source (Court of Appeals). Thus, it has every right to publish the Court of Appeals (CA) freeze order on the assets of Vice President Jejomar Binay, his family, and other individuals and companies connected to him. The media should not be faulted for reporting about the court order. I believe that media has the right to report any development in this case involving the second highest public official of the land. The media can divulge the contents of the AMLC report since it is part of the order of the court which ordered the freezing. The freedom of the press is primordial in this case. Finally, the Philippine Daily Inquirer should remain vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable. PDI must remain cognizant of its special obligation to serve as a watchdog over public affairs and government.
References
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Code of Ethics
spj org ethics code
amlc gov ph amla
abs-cbnnews com business/05/13/15 amlc-found-suspicious-transactions-binay-family-dummies
inquirer net warning-letter-from-binay-camp
inquirer net binay-dared-dont-hide-behind-secrecy-law
inquirer net de-lima-media-did-not-breach-secrecy-law
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Vicky Ella
A news report from Rappler entitled “PH dance troupe El Gamma Penumbra wins ‘Asia’s Got Talent’ ” was posted at 7:57 PM on May 14, 2015. The article stated that the result was leaked:
“The result leaked moments before the finale, set to air evening of Thursday, May 14. Social media users began tweeting the news.
Fans can still watch the group claim their victory at 8pm on AXN Asia.”
What is bothersome about this article is that it used posts from social media as its main source. No other sources were relied on. It was posted just a few minutes before the show was scheduled to air; if the writer/s had just waited a bit, official results could have been reported, instead of resorting to ‘leaked’ information.
According the the SPJ Code of Ethics, journalists must “test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error.” But the report did not appear to have confirmed or verified the leaked information.
One reader wrote a comment stating that on Facebook, officials of Asia’s Got Talent “requested that the post be taken down ‘so as not to spoil the experience for the viewers.’ ”
What the Rappler article did was add to the “spoiling of the experience.” In reporting something merely based on social media posts, the whole report became no different from an ordinary tweet.
Source: http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/93138-el-gamma-penumbra-filipino-dance-troupe-asias-got-talent-winner
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Media 230
Leidiana D. Ibañez
2009-*****
Media Monitor 3
Balancing Pride and Accuracy
It is no doubt an unforgettable feat and a great cause for Filipino pride when Filipino contestants bagged 4 of the 9 slots in this year’s Asia’s Got Talent grand finals. I am also one of those people who are very proud of our ‘kababayans’ and I am whole-heartedly rooting for them to win.
However, it is a different case altogether when this feat is reported as straight news, especially by well-known news sites. Last week, I happened to read an article posted by ABS CBN News detailing information and trivial things about our contestants, failing to mention even just the names of the other grand finalists from other countries. [It just briefly mentioned that our contestants will be up against Gao Lin & Liu Xin (China) and Triqstar (Japan).]
[The article must have been taken down because I cannot access it again.]
This is undoubtedly a lapse and a violation of the Code of Ethics that all professionals must abide with. It is our duty and responsibility as journalists to “seek truth and report it”. We must diligently make sure that we do not allow our own values, experiences and nationality to color our thrust for good reporting. We must “never deliberately distort facts” or report them incomplete. We give everyone due respect and importance. Always, truth, accuracy and responsibility must never be compromised.
**I added the link to CNN Philippines’ article RE the AGT grand finals. It somehow embodies responsibility in the sense that it is already clear from its headline that it will mainly be focusing on the Filipino contestants. Nevertheless, they still accurately enumerated the names and origins of the other grand finalists from other countries.
Source:
http://cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2015/05/12/Filipino-Asias-Got-Talent-acts-bring-pride-to-the-Philippines.html
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Ma’am, here’s my media monitor comment. Thanks
https://chajoanino.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/3rd-media-monitor-2014-90253/
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RALPH JAKE T. WABINGGA
M230. MEDIA MONITOR 3
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2V8jDMQ-vM&index=5&list=PLgyY1WylJUmgb19QxFmpb8BYDZz-MMZ
This was about a conflict report of ABS-CBN TV Patrol between China and Philippines and their claim over West Philippine Sea. This was reported by Raffy Santos on May 12, 2014 with the title “China, nais magtayo ng air zone sa West PH Sea.” In the report, Santos narrated an incident on May 7 wherein an AFP Nomad plane was confronted by the Chinese stationed in West Philippine Sea to stay away from their territory. He reported that according to AFP Wescom official, China is trying to establish an Air Defense Identification Zone.
This news report failed to be ethical in their conflict report by being inaccurate and unfair. I believe ABS-CBN should have tried and exhausted all possible means to get the side of the Chinese government regarding this alleged establishment of Air Defense Identification Zone. In the report, Santos didn’t disclose that they tried to get the side of the Chinese government about this issue thus they failed to “explain ethical choices and processes to audiences.”
According to the Society of Professional Journalists’ code of Ethics that “Journalists should be honest and courageous in gathering, reporting, interpreting information. Furthermore, the journalist should “take responsibility for the accuracy of their work. Verify information before releasing it and diligently seek subjects of news coverage to allow them to respond to criticism or allegation.”
I am a Filipino and I really feel bad with what the Chinese are “doing” in our territory but this is not an excuse to be fair and accurate in news reporting.
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Lora, Marie Kris D.
Media monitor #3
Issue: Accuracy
http://www.philstar.com/metro/2015/05/09/1452747/shop-owners-son-charged-over-milk-tea-deaths
Philstar’s report on the milk tea issue is basically an update on the progress of the case. However, it is inconsistent and inaccurate. The article focused on the angle of the son of the milk tea shop owner who’s being charged of murder by the Manila Police District. The beginning part of the article stated that the two victims of poison was considered “dead on arrival” when rushed to the hospital. However, when the writer pointed out that the son was caught in the CCTV coming to hospital past noon, his “father was still fighting for his life”. This is a direct contrast of the earlier statement at the beginning of the news, however, they did not correct it. ABSCBN shared this article on their Facebook page and one Facebook user also noticed the confusion in reporting. Upon researching for clarification on whether the father was declared dead on arrival, the reports of angmalaya.net, journal.com.ph, and gmanetwork.com confirmed so.
According to SPJ code of Ethics, accuracy is a very important principle in keeping the journalists’ credibility. The number one rule for SPJ is to seek truth and report it but in this case, the writer made the readers confused, hence, the truth was not clarified. The writer should have confirmed everything before writing the article. In the end, he unfortunately pulled his credibility down by writing words in direct contrast of what he has said and not correcting his mistake.
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Jude S. Valdez
2012-78308
Media Monitor #3
Accuracy
Social Media Posts regarding El Gamma Penumbra
First of all, Congratulation to El Gamma Penumbra for winning the very first Asia’s Got Talent.
As we all know, we are very active in Social Media(Facebook, Twitter etc.). Many netizens post/tweets that the Philippines pride El Gamma Penumbra wins the 1st Asia’s Got Talent before it announce in a Broadcast television. It was aired in cable channel AXN. The problem here, TV broadcasting has a delay of telecast and in contrary Social Media are well updated. In this matter, it caused confusion for many people most specially for the people who are watching the show(although it was not indicated as Live). But who are we to dictate the the netizens on how to post/tweets in his Social Media account, i guess it is part of the conflict of how the social media runs now that most people are active on it. We Filipinos are very active on the social media added by the fact that four of our hopefuls are on the grand finals.We must still be responsible for our post regarding the issue for not spoiling the others regarding the news. Anyway, again Congratulation to EL GAMMA PENUMBRA, you make all Filipinos proud.
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Mel Rose M. Aguilar
MA Media Studies (Film)
201378431
Media Monitor #3
This media monitor entry examines the unethical reportage of Inquirer. net published Friday, May 15th, in an article with the headline, “Aquino wants talks with communists resumed, but…”. This article does not uphold the ethical standards of responsible journalism aimed at the following core values: Fairness and Minimizing Harm.
According to the SPJ Code of Ethics under the section, “Seek Truth and Report It”, journalists should “avoid stereotyping”. If we closely examine the headline, “Aquino wants talks with communists resumed, but…” the term “communist” operates within a rather malicious subcontext. The headline connotes a rather distressed and hard to appease nature of the peoples they refer to as “communists”. The anxiousness and hesitations of PNoy in having peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines expressed in this headline simply implies that there is something bothering him likewise be hesitant of. PNoy’s hesitations were expressed in the following excerpt of the article:
“Government is always open to talking peace. But we also need to see their sincerity,” Aquino said in an interview over Bombo Radyo… The President said he does not want the peace negotiations to simply turn into a mechanism that would benefit only the communist insurgents and not the entire nation”.
Also, the term is being used again, rather maliciously in this excerpt: “According to Aquino, shortly after the Mamasapano debacle in late January, the communist rebels began making “impossible demands” with respect to the peace negotiations. He did not elaborate”.- they’ve associated “communist” with “rebels”. The “impossible demands” are even too vague enough to justify a disjoint to peace negotiations.
Ultimately, the article only favors the side of the PNoy administration. Inquirer failed to get the side of the other party through their peace negotiators. It also expressed that the “communists” being referred to in this article have been “accusing” the government of insincerity, for continuing with its counterinsurgency programs that the communists alleged have led to human rights violations by the military and the police”.
Link to the article: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/691512/aquino-wants-talks-with-communists-resumed-but
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Media Monitor #3
In a block timer aired over DZMM Teleradyo on May 14, 2015, a certain Dr. Luisa discussed the cause, symptoms, and cure to “bungang araw” (prickly heat). However, the program failed to give the full name of the said doctor.
According to KBP Code of Ethics, “identity of news sources must me stated, unless confidentiality was demanded upon getting the news.” This is to give the viewers, listeners, or readers the chance to weigh and verify the credibility of the sources cited in a certain report.
In this regard, DZMM failed to give its audience the right to verify if the tapped source is indeed an expert about skin diseases.
Source: ABS-CBN Archives
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Notch Herrera
M230 Media Monitor #3
Ethical Concern: On Sensitivity and Minimizing Harm
A news item was published in Rappler on May 15, 2015 about a college student found dead in a sugarcane field in Negros Occidental. In the article, the victim had been reported missing by her parents since May 11, and was found dead on the evening of May 14. The report said she was allegedly raped and then killed by a tricycle driver.
There is an ethical dilemma in this article because the report named the victim who was raped before being killed.
In the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics, there is a clause under ‘minimizing harm’: “Ethical journalists treat sources, subjects and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect.”
It further states that: “Journalists should show compassion for those who may be affected adversely by news coverage… Be cautious about identifying juvenile suspects or victims of sex crimes…”
Although there are two schools of thought in reporting victims of rape – one, by naming the victim when the victim is dead, and two, not naming the victim even when dead – I think the reporter/editor in this case should have heeded what is emphasized in the SPJ Code, that is, to be cautious in identifying victims of sex crimes by choosing not to mention the victim. #
Source/Reference:
http://www.rappler.com/nation/93309-bacolod-missing-student-dead-raped
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