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Complaint filed vs ‘harassment’ by local media
Media bullying or legitimate journalism?
By Dyan Ruiz
A scathing complaint about “harassment” towards three prominent Filipino-Cañadians in articles and videos published in 2012 has been sent to an Ontario association of Filipino journalists.
A letter signed by 64 people about coverage by local newspaper Balita and YouTube channels the Filipino Web Channel and PhilVoiceNews was sent to the Philippine Press Club-Ontario (PPCO). The letter dated Dec. 17, 2012 heavily criticizes coverage by these publications about Senator Tobias “Jun” Enverga, his wife Rosemer Enverga and artist Lilac Caña.
The letter refers generally to coverage by the publications throughout 2012 and also lists specific articles published from June 2012 to Nov. 2012. Journalists Romeo Marquez and Tenny Soriano and the publisher and editor of the newspaper Teresita Cusipag wrote the listed articles published in Balita. Marquez created the videos for the YouTube channels.
“People are concerned that this kind of media reporting, which essentially harasses individuals– respected members of our community, is not good for our community,” says one of the signatories of the complaint, Oswald Magno in an interview.
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