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Ouch: Student calls newspaper “profit-driven”

Dirck Hals. Partie champetre. Oil on wood. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Right-clicked from http://www.abcgallery.com

Posted by Student no. 7 blog entry no.1 . Unedited by blog admin Quote ““Villar to lead centennial celebration of NP; book launching, reunion set” from the November 26, 2007 issue of the Manila Bulletin is a single-sourced 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-sourced 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.

Quote “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.”closed-quote. Nov 27, 12:38 PM —

Students' reviews, The News Media

alleged bombers, ads, single-sourced: students’ reviews

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.

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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

Students' reviews, The News Media

Random reviews; students’ work

Georges de La Tour. St. Jerome Reading. Workshop of La Tour. c. 1648-50. Oil on canvas. Musée Historique Lorrain, Nancy, France. Right-clicked from http://www.abcgallery.com

By student #4; J192 . unedited by blog admin

Quote “Last September 1, I watched GMA 7 news and current affairs program Saksi, hosted by Arnold Clavio and Vicky Morales. It was the height of public attention on UP student Chris Anthony Mendez, an alleged victim of fraternity hazing. On his report, Arnold Clavio mentioned Chris Anthony Mendoza instead of Chris Anthony Mendez. He did not even asked (sic) an apology on air for mistakenly mentioning the surname of the student, although his co-anchor Vicky Morales stated right after his spiels the correct one.This is a clear violation of the Journalist’s Code of Ethics which states that it is the duty of the journalist to correct substantive errors promptly. Although such an error wasn’t quite a big issue, for it might be a mere slip of the tongue, it is still his responsibility to correct himself. Such deed of not correcting himself affects the accuracy of the report.” Closed-quote. Sep 10, 2:33 PM —

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By student no. 4; J192 unedited by blog admin

Quote “Although GMA 7 is no longer a KBP member, it is not an excuse for them to practice (sic) unethical procedures in their programs. I often watch “Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho” and often do I (sic) observe the same violation from time to time in some of its segment reports.

Quote “Last August 25, the program featured a report entitled, “Plastik Para Sa Inang Kalikasan”. A plastic bag worker from Negros was interviewed where he related on (sic) his native tongue how Yabang Pinoy bayong and bags are created from pandan leaves. The information obtained from the man was undoubtedly an essential element in reporting the said topic.

Carel Fabritius. Self-Portrait. c. 1645. Oil on wood. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Right-clicked from http://www.abcgallery.com

However, no designation was attributed to him. In fact, he was not even named. The fact that the man, who was not of prominence, contributed to the completion of the story but was not acknowledged, clearly violated the KBP code which states that “voice and video clips of persons involved in the news shall be properly identified.”” Closed-quote. Sep 10, 2:06 PM

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By Student #20 | unedited by blog admin

Quote ”The Inquirer article titled (sic) “Debt, population growth keeping us poor — Lagman” (2 September 2007) appeared almost like a collage of excerpts of Rep. Edcel Lagman’s speech. It had the Albay congressman as its sole source.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. “Nobody Asked You, Sir!” She Said. 1896. Watercolour on paper. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. Right-clicked from http://www.abcgallery.com

Quote “I suggest that reporter Norman Bordadora and his editors remind themselves of their “duty to air the other side” of the news (No. 1, PPI Code of Ethics). They have to give the reading public the fair and accurate news they deserve.” Closed-quote. Sep 7, 9:26 AM —

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