{"id":146967,"date":"2018-01-17T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=146967"},"modified":"2018-01-17T11:16:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:16:02","slug":"palace-rappler-journalists-can-be-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/17\/palace-rappler-journalists-can-be-bloggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace: Rappler journalists can be bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. ( YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that they revoked the license of news media outlet Rappler, the Palace insisted that this was not the Administration\u2019s attack on press freedom and that its reporters can still cover news and be registred as bloggers.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. proposed in a press conference on Wednesday, \u201cPwede pa silang maging<\/em> (They can still be) bloggers. Maria Ressa can continue to blog. Pia Ranada can continue to blog.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya lang po, baka kailangan nilang kumuha ng<\/em> (Although, they might have to acquire an) accreditation as bloggers kasi<\/em> (because) they cannot continue conducting their business as Rappler,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Blogger accreditations are processed by the office of Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Margaux \u201cMocha\u201d Uson, who is also a blogger.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll bloggers, in order to have access to Malaca\u00f1ang, will have to seek accreditation,\u201d Roque further said.<\/p>\n

An SEC registration is required to be a member of the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps (MPC). And under Uson\u2019s accreditation policy, bloggers are only given accreditation on a per-event basis set-up, unlike members of the MPC.<\/p>\n

Rappler, in its version of this news article noted that \u201cit has been the Palace practice to allow non-Palace accredited journalists and bloggers to cover presidential events. In the case of the former, they have to secure a pass from the PCOO\u2019s Media and Accreditation and Relations Office to have access to events for media coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIdeally, if this practice is observed, should the SEC decision become final and executory, Rappler would not need official accreditation to cover Malaca\u00f1ang events open to media,\u201d the news site added.<\/p>\n

Roque also said that the SEC\u2019s decision is not yet final. He also defended that this is not an attack to press freedom, as response to Rappler\u2019s statement two days ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SEC\u2019s kill order revoking Rappler\u2019s license to operate is the first of its kind in history \u2013 both for the Commission and for Philippine media. What this means for you, and for us, is that the Commission is ordering us to close shop, to cease telling you stories, to stop speaking truth to power, and to let go of everything that we have built \u2013 and created \u2013 with you since 2012,\u201d the news site said.<\/p>\n

(Read: Gov\u2019t orders Rappler to shut down; Rappler cries \u2018harrassment\u2019<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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