Eyes open: media monitor by Carlo, Naomi, mariamerced, giancoante
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Sinulat ni Carlo ukol sa: ph.news.yahoo.com/generals-lobbied-lifting-truck-ban-
“dito nakasaad ang isang pahayag kay Isko Moreno na ang mga nasa matataas na pusisyon sa kapulisan at militar ang siyang gumapang sa kagalang-galang na alkalde na si joseph estrada para mapawalang-bisa ang truck ban sa Maynila
“sa pahayag na ito ay hindi kasama ang panayam sa mga nasabing mga pulis o militar na damay sa isyung ito. kahit siguro ang kanilang mga tagapagsalita
“importante malaman din ng mga mambabasa ang kanilang ibibigay na pahayag dahil maaaring magbigay ito ng maling pag-iintindi o pag-uunawa.”
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By Naomi: on inquirer.net/-favor-aquino-term-extension
“The news article was about a poll on Philippine Daily Inquirer website. It had a headline of “75% favor Aquino term extension”, according to the Philippine Press Institute Expanded Code of Ethics, one must be careful with statistics especially when it involves election polls. It stated that the proper statistics must be reported, including the margin of error for the statistics. It also said that opinion polls must be stated accordingly. It was stated in the article that it was an “informal survey” which is another way to state that it was not a completely reliable source. However, the heading or title of the article is leading in such a way that it generalized the sentiments of those who answered the survey making it appear as if the survey was truly representative of the Filipino people. “
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By Mariamerced
“In times of disaster, it is crucial that the media report accurate news to inform the public as to abate their panic as well. That is exactly the opposite of what Philippine Inquirer did through this article. The headline read:
“Tropical Storm Mario intensifies as it travels Luzon Strait”
“Whereas, the lead read: “Manila, Philippines—Tropical Storm “Mario” has intensified its strength but slowed down its pace as it moves over Luzon Strait, the weather bureau said Saturday morning. (*emphasis mine)
“The headline highlighted a statement out of context which can lead to unnecessary panic when the first paragraph of the news article clearly denies that. This sort of headline is a form of sensationalism. It is also inaccurate. By highlighting the intensification of Tropical Storm Mario, not only are you giving out the wrong information but you’re also causing the readers of the headline to panic over something that is untrue.
“The Philippine Daily Inquirer should know better than to resort to sensationalism and wrong emphasis to garner viewers. Especially when the information can be crucial to save a life.”
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by giancoante: on philstar.com/2014/09/22/watch-jake-cuenca-goes-butt-naked-naked-truth
“This was a YouTube video uploaded by user Chismosang Palaka and was posted by Philippine Star on their website. The video showed actor Jake Cuenca wearing underwear that exposed his behind. His “performance” was part of the Bench fashion show entitled “The Naked Truth.”
“ “All it took were a jaw dropping jockstrap, his ‘signature pose,’ and excited women to make the venue shake in thrill.”
“This is an ethical violation because indecent content such as these are inappropriate, especially on a reputable news website such as The Philippine Star. Journalists and broadcasters must show good taste and avoid pandering to lurid curiosity.”
By Pauline Celerio: on abs-cbnnews.com/09/22/14/pnoy-admits-he-wanted-get-back-marcoses
“PNoy: I wanted to get back at Marcoses”
“In remembrance of Marcos’ proclamation of the Martial Law in 1972, a news-feature story was written on President Aquino’s experience during his family’s stay in Boston. In the embedded video, a snippet of PNoy’s speech was presented. It was about his struggles as a young man in Boston doing odd jobs to live. On the same site, a write-up was also included.
“In journalism, the headline should be reflective of the content. However, in this case, the headline for story was only based on one statement that President Aquino has said. It is true that he wanted to get back at the Marcoses at one point in his life back then, but it was not, in any way, the focus of the whole story.
“The journalist xxx (who wrote the head) improperly emphasized one statement that wasn’t even the whole point of the content.
“ “Make certain that headlines, news teases and promotional material, photos, video, audio, graphics, sound bites and quotations do not misrepresent. They should not oversimplify or highlight incidents out of context.”
“ “I shall scrupulously report and interpret the news, taking care not to suppress essential facts nor to distort the truth by omission or improper emphasis.”
“In this modern day and age, news platforms transcend the usual online websites—they branch out to other social networking sites to generate a lot of other audiences. I saw this post on Twitter, and because Twitter was designed to only have maximum of 140 characters per tweet, only the headline was posted, and then the link. As far as experience goes, people who read news on Twitter satisfy themselves on reading only the headline. Misleading headlines distort the truth of the matter at hand, and it misinforms the people on what actually happened, which is of course, the opposite of what journalism should accomplish.”
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by Darien: on text hoaxes
“The news xxx (on) the recently debunked hoax that there was going to be a bombardment of cosmic rays from Mars which was debunked by practically every news network in the Philippines: The hoax spread through text messaging and looked something like this:
“ “Good evening! I-off mamaya ang mga cellphone natin 10:30 p.m. till 3:30 a.m. dahil sa malakas na radiation at cosmic rays, nuclear atomic. Binalita ni Kuya Kim at sa CNN and BBC sa Skycable. Delikado, namamatay daw. ‘Wag itabi ang cellphone sa pagtulog mamaya. Kindly share na lang din sa ibang friends natin.”
“I had serious doubts when I received the text message myself because of the suspicious nature of the text, and the poor scientific accuracy of it in general. (I watch a lot of discovery channel) When the news networks decided to write on the issue at hand, they finally debunked the entire thing as a hoax and made sure that nobody was going to die from cosmic rays from Mars, nuclear atomic (whatever that meant). This particular situation shows how important a role the media plays in disseminating information and making sure that the public is properly informed on issues at hand. This particular hoax has been circulating since 2010. Every major news network enlightened the public that the texts they received were nothing but mere hoaxes and that they had nothing to fear from their phones, or outer space. I commend GMA, ABS-CBN, and TV5 for doing the public a great service by not allowing them to be misinformed.”
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by Kristina Rivera: on Rappler
“ (On)The bench underwear fashion show xxx Photos of famous celebrities stripped down to their undies went viral on the internet.
“Even Rappler posted an article about the “best GIF celebrity performances”. At first, this made me raise an eyebrow because Rappler? Posting such an article? With the description “Ellen Adarna gets undressed, a girl-on-girl kiss, an on-stage makeout, Jake Cuenca’s butt, and other highlights in gifs and pictures” Even their monitor that tracks readers’ feelings for the subject showed that the readers “don’t care about the article” with their phrases like “Martin del Rosario slipping his hand down his brief”
“Although I didn’t think it was appropriate for Rappler to post such an article with lines of showcasing “Jake Cuenca’s butt”, it makes it a dilemma for me because it was a little disappointing for Rappler to release this article; but then again, they did correctly label it as Entertainment news. They also posted a warning in the article “WARNING: Some of these photos are not safe for work. The show did not allow entry to those under 18 years old.” which I guess somehow makes it more acceptable.
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by Kath Turlao: on n5e.interaksyon.com/lalaking-nasawi-raw-sa-pag-ibig-nangagat-sa-bar
“A crime report showed at Interaksyon Tv5 was entitled “Lalaking nasawi raw sa pag-ibig, nangagat sa bar.” This was a news story about a man who bit the manager of the bar without any reason. Of course, the expected action is for the manager to file a complaint against this man and so it happened.
“One ethical standard for a journalist is to ‘make certain that headlines do not misrepresent. They should not oversimplify or highlight incidents out of context.’ Here, I found the headline very misleading. As I watch the news report, the police mention that the attack was caused by being too drunk. The alleged man also admitted that he was able to that because he was under the influence of alcohol.The reason the man bit manager of the bar because of being heart broken was given by his friend who too, was drunk during the time of interview.”
