July 18, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Cross Border, Data Journalism, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Investigative Reports, Journalist Killings, Media, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, The Internet
Presidents, PMs, and the press:
Verbal abuse most foul, deadly
COURTING THE IRE of presidents and prime ministers might be par for the course for journalists when they ask sharp, testy questions. Sometimes, too, instead of responding to the questions, the former sometimes fire back at the latter with verbal assault....