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Media outlets owned or taken over by cronies or Ferdinand Marcos were later allowed to operate, such as the Philippine Daily Express, Bulletin Today, Times Journal, and Kanlaon Broadcasting System. These came to be known as the admin press or the crony press. [47] It was also described by National Artist Nick Joaquin as a conformist press. [48]
Feb 24, 2017 · The Secret Life of the Press During Marcos' Time. Ramon C. Sunico talks about how the bestselling book, Some are Smarter Than Others: A History of Marcos' Crony Capitalism, was made under everyone's noses. By Ramón C. Sunico | Feb 24, 2017. IMAGE PHOTO: Geric Cruz.
Sep 1, 2007 · In the October-December 1999 issue of the Philippine Journalism Review, Isagani Yambot, former editor of the Times Journal and now Philippine Daily Inquirer publisher, remembered how the government controlled the “crony” press.
When Ferdinand Marcos imposed his dictator-ship on 44 million Filipinos in September 1972 and abolished all democratic processes and civil liberties, among the first major victims to suc-cumb were the press and the mass media.
Sep 19, 2020 · In 1976, Marcos expelled foreign journalist Arnold Zeitlin, bureau chief of the Associated Press, after accusing him of “malicious, false reporting” of the Jolo fighting.
Certain associates of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, historically referred to using the catchphrase " Marcos cronies ", [1][2][3] benefited from their friendship with Marcos – whether in terms of legal assistance, political favors, or facilitation of business monopolies, during his administration. [4][5][6] Marcos critics, and ...
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After the revolution came competition, sensationalism — and investigations into newspapers run by 'Marcos' cronies'. The press in Manila since the people's revolution of late February is made up of a varied assortment of dailies. Still published are the 'crony' newspapers — those well financed by, and supportive of, Marcos since 1972.
