The massacre watch
By LUIS V. TEODORO
Vantage Point | BusinessWorld
When the Ampatuan Town Massacre of Nov. 23, 2009, occurred and its
brutal details were known, it provoked attempts at self-examination
among many media advocacy and journalists’ groups, and even in some of
the newspapers and broadcast networks that for years had been ignoring
the killing of journalists.
Among the questions these groups and some communication academics
asked then, and have since been asking, is whether the Massacre has
imposed on the media such supposedly additional responsibilities as
providing more information than the daily news agenda makes available,
and analysis and interpretation beyond the usual front-page, op-ed and
evening news menu of politics and scandal.
The Massacre has since become an international symbol of the perils
journalists face in failing and failed states (international media watch
and press freedom groups have declared Nov. 23, 2011, the International
Day to End Impunity). It was not only election-related. It was also the
worst attack in Philippine history on the press as a necessary
institution of democracy..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/18/the-massacre-watch/
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sino po ba nagluklok diyan sa pangunahing supporter ng mga ampatuan na iyan, dean teodoro?
"The Massacre has since become an international symbol of the perils journalists face in failing and failed states (international media watch and press freedom groups have declared Nov. 23, 2011, the International Day to End Impunity). It was not only election-related. It was also the worst attack in Philippine history on the press as a necessary institution of democracy."
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