Barely three months in office, President Rodrigo Duterte has shocked, surprised, and outraged groups as diverse as human rights defenders, journalists, and media advocacy organizations as well as those individuals who expect presidents to be more circumspect in both speech and manner. While he has continued to enjoy the support of those citizens convinced that…
Month: October 2016
‘Be critical writers, consumers of news,’ student journalists told
Outright censorship was replaced by the dominant media’s standards of “newsworthiness.”