As we remember the victims of the Ampatuan massacre today, let us also remember all the journalists who are still alive, and despite the threats on their lives and their families, remain honest and vigilant.
In Russia, television is the primary source of information and news among ordinary Russians. But television networks are tightly under the control of Vladimir Putin.
Not everyone can afford cable television and not all areas in the Philippines have electricity. During typhoons and other natural calamities, a transistor radio powered by dry cell batteries can access radio frequency signals in the AM band.