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Seares: News leaks: leakers are liable but journalists bear risk too

Pachico Seares / from May 26, 2018

A WHITE HOUSE aide commented last May 13 that they need not mind cancer-victim Sen. John McCain (Rep.-Arizona), who had opposed the appointment of Gina Haspel as the U.S. first woman CIA chief, saying “he’s going to die anyway.” Soon enough, the cruel remark was leaked, drawing flak from the ...

Seares: Journalists can’t be sued just anywhere the article is accessed

Pachico Seares / from May 18, 2018

THE Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act #10175) has worsened the lot of journalists or anyone else whose published material is made the basis of a complaint for libel.To those working in the news media, that means most of them. Complainants would prefer to sue under the anti-cyber crime ...

Seares: The follow-up: neglecting or misusing a journalism tool

Pachico Seares / from May 11, 2018

IT’S a journalism jargon that news consumers understand: the story or feature that follows the reporting of an event. The follow-up may be the second-day, third-day and so-forth piece on the same or related subject.It’s often neglected -- unused or misused. A pity since it serves purposes other than giving ...

Seares: Legitimate media as source of fake news

Pachico Seares / from May 4, 2018

FACEBOOK chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has identified as fake news “promoters” these three: spammers or unethical advertisers, state actors, and legitimate media.And legitimate media, he said, pose the “most challenging” threat. Spammers may be removed although it could take time and diligence. State actors like Russia and other countries ...

Seares: Robredo, Sitoy on ‘fake news’: did Tiglao, Rappler fabricate?

Pachico Seares / from April 28, 2018

Related Media’s Public column: “’Unpatriotic journalists’: Tiglao blasts ‘false writers’ abroad” (Nov. 24, 2017)TWO public officials complained about “fake news” this week: Vice President Leni Robredo on April 23 called out as “fake news” the item in Rigoberto Tiglao’s column in “Manila Times” that she talked with European Parliament officials during ...

Seares: Is campus press less free than ‘pro’ media? Each has its limits.

Pachico Seares / from April 21, 2018

[John Cavin M. Sabonsolin, a liberal arts teacher of Naval State University and working on his M.A. in media studies at USJ-R, raised the question to a number of working journalists.]THE Campus Journalism Act (Republic Act 7079) declares that it is the policy of the state “to uphold and protect ...

How media users view fake news: ‘more of degree...’

Pachico Seares / from April 16, 2018

[Related Media’s Public columns: “Villafuerte’s bill on fake news oppressive,” Feb. 17, 2018; “House fake news bill punishes errors in reporting and editing,” March 24, 2018; “Bong Go’s idea of fake news,” Feb. 24, 2018]A SURVEY conducted by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) and Oxford University ...

House ‘fake news’ bill punishes errors in reporting and editing

Pachico Seares / from April 16, 2018

IN House Bill #6022 filed by Rep. Luis Raymond Villafuerte Jr., definitions of “fake news” and “false/inaccurate reports” include mistakes in reporting and editing.And for mass media outlets, penalty is a gigantic fine (P1 million to P5 million) and, obviously unconstitutional, suspension of operations from one week to one month.And ...

Lacson complaint, Roque objection on ‘fake news’

Pachico Seares / from April 16, 2018

TWO news stories, which broke out on the same day (Thursday, March 15), highlight two major issues about fake news.Sen. Panfilo Lacson said in an “Inquirer” story he was a victim of “fake news” when in 2001 senior military officers under then president Gloria Arroyo accused him of stashing in ...

Seares: Roque, gov’t workers and Grace Poe bill on fake news

Pachico Seares / from April 7, 2018

PRESIDENTIAL spokesman Harry Roque was accused by Sen. Grace Poe of protecting government officials and employees who engage in spreading fake news.True to his reputation as defender of human rights and free speech before he took the Malacañang job, Roque is defending the freedom of the likes of blogger Mocha ...

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