The primary function of language, being a social fact, is communication, and it remains operative throughout whatever other uses language may be put. The communicative function of language takes on additional weight in journalism, because the currency of that particular trade is information, and the objective is the equal distribution of wealth thereof, as it [...]
The Maguindanao Massacre: Articles, Timeline, Continuing Coverage
November 28, 2009 By 29 Comments
(Updated 12:51am, Saturday November 28) The Maguindanao Massacre, with a death toll of 64 at the time of this writing, has once again put Mindanao on the national spotlight, and even in the international spotlight. With the death of members of a political family, including lawyers, and members of media, this tragedy has not only [...]
Turning away from ego candy
September 29, 2009 By 38 Comments
The devastation wreaked by cyclone Ondoy this weekend hit close to home. It impacted our immediate families and circle of friends, and it disrupted that sense of “normalcy” that the latte-sipping classes of Manila had grown accustomed to. I cited in a previous blog article how the flashfloods and mudslides that killed 5,000 in Ormoc [...]
If your gut tells you Noynoy, go for it
September 18, 2009 By 151 Comments
The following excerpt and comment have sent me off to a contemplative mood for awhile. The first one from FV’s news department himself, Ding G. Gagelonia: But times have changed. Instead of reporting on the news, it seems, journalists are losing their detachment and are becoming self-obsessed, not unlike the political and social bigwigs they [...]
Lazy Journalism and Lazy Reading
August 11, 2009 By 47 Comments
Yesterday on twitter I was alerted to the supposed receipt of GMA’s New York dinner. The graphic looked familiar and true enough I’d seen it on another blog and knew the breakdown was THEORETICAL, the purpose behind this exercise being to illustrate how X amount of people having dinner in a restaurant with a menu [...]
CA decision in PP v. L/Cpl. Daniel Smith: a case of plagiarism?
May 5, 2009 By 30 Comments
I find this Wikipedia entry about plagiarism interesting: Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the “use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.” Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty [...]
Is WB Report A Corruption Index?
February 12, 2009 By 8 Comments
There is more than meets the eyes in the controversial WB report reduced as it is now as the butt of contention in congressional hearings of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The media bureau of Malacanang has cast a lot of shadows on the issue as PR handlers took turns to view [...]
Old vs. New Media
January 22, 2009 By 3 Comments
It is most unfortunate that the so-called Valley Golf war has been reduced to as the classic example of the excesses of blogging based on an apparently one-sided blog of the person party to the feud. Columnist Alex Magno points an accusing finger that not few journalists have in fact joined the bandwagon hate campaign [...]
Bloggers vs. Journalists
January 13, 2009 By 20 Comments
Bloggers, Journalists. “Yes I do?” Bloggers. Journalists. Mainstream media. New media. Historically, news has been exclusive to both print and the broadcast media. Yet we all know that internet changed the rules. Exclusivity doesn’t belong to journalism no more. Don’t you feel and see and touch the air of this seemingly big demarcation line between [...]
Ministri de Cacao
December 8, 2008 By 22 Comments
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