Now the latter numbers would'nt mean much if you don't know what the scores meant, right? Right. So, a one dictates that the country is the most free while a seven generally means that the counry is least free.
This basically means the Philippines is currently in the middle of the specturm. While the islands' press were shaped and reinforced through American-type media predecessors, growing politics and corruption shaped how the news is handled sometimes.
Recently, ore more specifically in 2009, the Philippines has become on of the most dangerous places for journalist.
To prohibit a politcal rival from running in an upcoming election, one clan decided to take out the competition, Godfater style. The Freedome House website has it written that a "total of 57 people were massacred in the incident, including 29 journalists and 3 media workers who were accompanying the unarmed group. The graves in which the bodies were found appeared to have been dug in advance, and the mutilation of female victims indicated sexual assault. Evidence soon emerged to implicate the Ampatuan clan, which dominated the province’s politics and was closely allied with the Arroyo administration."
Though this November Massacre occured two years ago, the stain of the incident still reverberates today.
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