Newsmen up in arms over magna carta

Lawmaker-brothers Rufus and Maximo Rodriguez filed House Bill 2550, the so-called Magna Carta for Journalists that would require aspiring journalists—in broadcast, print and photography—to pass an accreditation exam.

Media organizations shooed and booed a similar bill filed by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, citing that journalists “oppose any and all attempt to subject journalism to any form of accreditation or licensing because, it is first and foremost part of the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of speech and of expression.”