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Opinion > Columns
Colonial mentality and stenographic journalism in PH media
By Rigoberto D. Tiglao
Jul 26, 2021 12:30 am

THE Philippine media is going to the dogs. Colonial mentality and stenographic journalism among our media people have become worse, afflicting not just the new generation but even the old.

I borrow that 1960s term 'colonial mentality' to refer to many Filipino journalists' mindset that if a US, European or even Japanese news outlet reports something, then it's true beyond contention.

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