Cebu Citizens Press Council

Cebu Print Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections
Fourth Monitoring Period
(March 28-April 10, 2010)
Written on April 20, 2010 – 3:33 am

A month before the May 10, 2010 elections, there was a slight increase in the percentage of election-related reports from 28% in the third monitoring period to 29% in the fourth monitoring period. Both Bisaya-language newspapers had the same number of election-related reports but SuperBalita allotted a bigger proportion of its news pages to election-related reports (35%) compared to Banat (23%). The reports were still mostly on how the candidates were campaigning and the local elections, suggesting that, in the community press, the national elections were of minimal concern, in what is perhaps a reflection of the public’s own attitude. [Read more →]

Cebu Print Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections
Fourth Monitoring Period
(March 28-April 10 2010)
Written on April 20, 2010 – 3:25 am

CEBU’S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DAILIES

Weeks 7 and 8 covering March 28-April 10, 2010 saw a slight decrease in the number of election-related reports from 388 in Weeks 5 and 6 to 353 reports about the elections. Proportionally however, news content about the elections increased to 30% of the news hole from 26% in Weeks 5 and 6 and 22% in Weeks 3 and 4. Sun.Star Cebu had the most number of election-related reports at 137, followed by The Freeman (117) and Cebu Daily News (99). Reports on the local race remained dominant which included the controversial shifting of political alliances at the local level as national candidates vie for local support. [Read more →]

CEBU CITIZENS-PRESS COUNCIL SENDS TEAM
Tagbilaran mayor won’t close media outlets
By Elias O. Baquero
Sun.Star Cebu, June 18, 2010

TAGBILARAN City Mayor Dan Lim assured a fact-finding team from the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) he won’t order the closure of The Bohol Chronicle Radio Corp. (BCRC), which operates the Bohol Chronicle newspaper and three radio stations, for alleged non-payment of the full amount of due sales taxes. [Read more →]

Cebu Print Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections
Third Monitoring Period
(March 14-27 2010)
Written on May 6, 2010 – 5:30 am

The number of election-related news reports continued to increase as the May 10, 2010 elections drew near. From 335 (22%) reports in Weeks 3 and 4, there were 388 reports about the elections or 26% of the news hole in Weeks 5 and 6. [Read more →]

Cebu Print Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections
Second Monitoring Period
(Feb. 28-March 13, 2010)
Written on March 28, 2010 – 8:39 am

Weeks 3 and 4 (February 28-March 13) of the monitoring period showed an increase in the percentage of election-related reports in Cebu’s English-language dailies from 19 percent to 22 percent (335 election-related reports to 1,511 news hole). Both Sun.Star Cebu and The Freeman allocated 23 percent of their news holes to election-related reports while the Cebu Daily News had 19 percent. A shift in emphasis from the local to the Presidential elections was evident. [Read more →]