“This is a clear attempt of state oppressors to unnerve media entities that maintain a line of reportage reflective of the real social-political situation of the public.”
Tags: attacks on press freedom
NUJP urges state forces to give protection to red-tagged journos
“The government’s view is: if you don’t want to be red-tagged then you need to condemn certain parties, which isn’t what a journalist does.”
Chilling
By DEE AYROSO
Under Aquino, media killings, other attacks unabated
In the 2014 Impunity Index of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Philippines was ranked third next to Iraq and Somalia.