The document discusses the history of media controls in the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' authoritarian rule from the 1970s-1980s. It describes how Marcos declared martial law in 1972, shut down newspapers and broadcast facilities, and gained control over media content. Journalists were forced to self-censor and write in symbols to avoid punishment. While martial law was lifted in 1981, authoritarian controls remained. The assassination of Ninoy Aquino in 1983 led to the emergence of new non-establishment newspapers as people's need for news expanded.
The document discusses the history of media controls in the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' authoritarian rule from the 1970s-1980s. It describes how Marcos declared martial law in 1972, shut down newspapers and broadcast facilities, and gained control over media content. Journalists were forced to self-censor and write in symbols to avoid punishment. While martial law was lifted in 1981, authoritarian controls remained. The assassination of Ninoy Aquino in 1983 led to the emergence of new non-establishment newspapers as people's need for news expanded.
The document discusses the history of media controls in the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' authoritarian rule from the 1970s-1980s. It describes how Marcos declared martial law in 1972, shut down newspapers and broadcast facilities, and gained control over media content. Journalists were forced to self-censor and write in symbols to avoid punishment. While martial law was lifted in 1981, authoritarian controls remained. The assassination of Ninoy Aquino in 1983 led to the emergence of new non-establishment newspapers as people's need for news expanded.
The document discusses the history of media controls in the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' authoritarian rule from the 1970s-1980s. It describes how Marcos declared martial law in 1972, shut down newspapers and broadcast facilities, and gained control over media content. Journalists were forced to self-censor and write in symbols to avoid punishment. While martial law was lifted in 1981, authoritarian controls remained. The assassination of Ninoy Aquino in 1983 led to the emergence of new non-establishment newspapers as people's need for news expanded.
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Authoritarian Controls and
News Media in the
Philippines By Joel Dresang
Short Background on Philippine
Media Law of Philippine media was modelled after the constitutional provisions of the American Colonialists. In 1960s Philippine Government was enacting to protect journalists and their sources of information. In 1966 a study by Ralph L. Lowenstein classified the Philippine media among the most free in the world.
Media in the Philippines was free wheeling
in early 1970s according to Hernando Gonzales. Advantage: Media is a catalyst in the growth and development of the Philippines. Disadvantage: A lot of publications are exaggerated especially in the reports of crimes and official improprieties (1970s worsening economic conditions).
Media Under Martial Law
1971 According to Marcos, the media is nonobjective. September 20, 1972 Chino Lagman said that the ambush of Philippine Defence Minister was a staged event. September 21, 1972 Marcos declared Martial Law and resulted to the close down of print and broadcast facilities in the Philippines. Manila Times, published by Joaquin P. Roces, was shut down.
Martial Law government made a
communications vacuum where only Pro-Marcos newspaper are allowed. Chosen communications and broadcast facilities were the only one allowed to operate. Marcos then gained control of the content of the Philippine Media. Late 1974, the council that controls the media was dismantled but there was a new order to the journalists.
The media became more passive.
In January 1981, Marcos then lifted Martial law but authoritarian controls had been lifted only in name.
The lack of press freedom
has made many of us, who have worked all these years under martial law, tend to censor ourselves automatically. Antonio Nieva.
December 1982, WE Forum (press) was
stopped due to the questioning of the most decorated veteran of World War II (Marcos). February 1983, first Philippine press strike was upheld it was leaded by Antonio Nieva. After a few months, he was arrested due to destabilizing the government. March 1983, International Press Institute noted that the press controls were liberalized.
None of the journalists, who got caught,
were convicted according to Chibu Lagman Journalists learned how to write in symbols because they cannot explicitly write the hard facts for how many years.
August 1983, media now is slowly getting back
on track, but not on major newspapers and televisions. August 21, Ninoy Aquino was assassinated. Different news were released. Enrique Zobel had no respect for the Philippine Media because they might just have been bribed. Vicente Jayme, a business leader, pressured the established media companies.
Within a few months of the Aquino
Assassination, ten new non-establishment newspapers joined Malaya in the Philippine media market Veritas Weekly was formed.
In October 1983, Philippine Times was
closed because of publishing a series of articles blaming the soldiers for the assassination of the Ninoy. According to Doeppers, newspapers do tend to expand when people extraordinarily needs for news.