IN the midst of Taal Volcano’s current and still inchoate eruption, we want to call attention to the need for more precision and factuality in the statements of officials of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), which is the nation’s main source of information about what is happening and what dangers Taal could bring.

At the same time, we want to underscore the great importance for the media as messengers to show more discernment and judgment in their reporting and analysis of the event. Media’s linkage to the event and to public interest and welfare is seminal. Without the media, the public will have no information of what has happened or is happening.

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