by karenadsantiago: on gmanetwork.com/news/p1-5m-only-grace-poe-questions-purisima-s-huge-discount-on-land-cruiser
“According to the PPI Journalist’s code of ethics, one is expected to not distort the truth/essential facts and to air both sides of every story. This I believe was not fully followed in an article released by GMA News.
“The very title of the article already highlights a somewhat sarcastic remark against PNP chief director general Alan Purisima. (“1.5M Only?”)
“It is also noticeable within the article how much space is given to Senator Grace Poe’s quotes and points of arguments, while Purisima gets only two 1-sentence quotes out.
“The quotes selected from his side were also quite inconclusive and not as strong as the opinions laid out from Sen. Poe.
“The last 5 sentences of the article were even sub-titled “Inconsistent”, in bold letters at that. Under which is a few more quotes from the Senator, one of which supports the sub-title (“It is the inconsistency of some of your answers that gave way to suspicion of many”). Yet again, highlighting and clearly showing bias towards Senator Poe.
“While I understand that it is very difficult to be unbiased on national issues such as this, a journalist should still know how to separate personal feelings from their responsibility as expected by their profession. While discussions regarding financial issues of the country are a sensitive topic to most, if not all Filipinos, under the PPI code of ethics as well, one is innocent of a crime until proven otherwise. Therefore author Amita O. Legaspi should have been more cautious of the way he has framed his story.”
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by kristina rivera on DZMM tweets
“Because of the ease of technology, I constantly find myself checking my twitter feed for quick news updates. I was a little disappointed to see DZMM post a tweet of an article with the headline “Starlet na huli sa number coding, pinalusot dahil may padrinong general?”
“It sounded like a headline from a tabloid. And as I clicked on the link, it showed that it was classified as “News”. It could have been acceptable if it was a report on traffic enforcers’ behavior towards letting people with connections get away with traffic violations. But instead, the article chose to highlight the fact that it was an FHM model who got away with the deed. It seems as though the only reason this was made to be a big thing was because she was a “starlet” and not because this is a rampant issue that needs to be addressed.”
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by Kath Turlao: on n5e.interaksyon.com/videos/mag-asawang-gumawa-ng-crush-video-sa-tuta-makukulong-habambuhay
“xxx on the news in tv5 entitled, “Mag-asawang gumawa ng ‘crush video’ sa tuta, makukulong habambuhay.” It’s obvious that the news story was about the judgement on the people who made a crush video last 2011.
“The issue that I found here is the showing of screenshots in the video where they are really stamping on the puppy. Though it was crystallized, the gruesome part can still be seen. The blood coming from the puppy is evident. This is considered unethical because they can report on this story without showing those morbid pictures. xxx”
“On Tuesday, September 23, the online website of the Philippine Daily Inquirer released a feature article about “multivitamins that support an active lifestyle”.
“The article in question does not read like an article at all. In fact, it even reads as a promotional material for a product rather than an article itself. It completely failed to be objective and is obviously biased toward the “featured” product. Furthermore, it also failed to disclose that the product does not have any approved therapeutic claims.
“This is a direct ethical violation because it was intentionally made to look like an article when, in fact, it is actually an advertisement in disguise. (Not once was it even stated within the article that it is an advertisement.) This is a huge blow to the Inquirer’s credibility and integrity as the way the article was written was clearly meant to deceive its readers and advertise a product by stealth.
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by Steph Ledesma on: “State of the Nation with Jessica Soho last September 18, 2014. It was a coverage of John Consulta which showed an ambush raid of 6 cybersex den in Bataan. Here are some positive and negative points of the coverage.
“One positive note on the coverage was the shots used. On the first part, it was noticeable that the cameras seemed undercover. Due to this, most of the shots were shaky and there were also some which did not show as much relevance to the entire coverage. There were times when only backs of NBI personnel were focused on, sometimes footsteps, and worse, plain walls. Maybe this was caused by the distraction and pace during the raid. Part of the guiding principles of journalists was to avoid undercover ways of collecting information for reports but as for this, these types of shots were fine since the purpose was to show how the raid operation went as they were trying to chase the suspects.
“On the negative side, I don’t think it was necessary to show shots of firearms being assembled. Aside from connoting violence, I think the shots of firearms should not be included since it doesn’t show much relevance to the coverage.
“Aside from the irrelevance of the gun shots, I noticed on the latter parts of the coverage that people on the background were on freeze. This was during John Consulta’s wrap up. Suspects on freeze with their hands on their heads could be considered normal or natural but it was unbelievable that even NBI personnel during an operation were on freeze. I think this was problematic because it was a clear manipulation of the supposed setting of the crime area.”
