(1st UPDATE) Inquirer Interactive says the article detailing Speaker Martin Romualdez's supposed $1-million donation to fund Harvard's Filipino language course was removed for not meeting the website's editorial standards
stood by its decision to delete the story detailing House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s supposed generous donation to Harvard University, saying it violated the website’s standards.the article’s takedown.
In a statement on Tuesday night, September 19, the publication said the article did not meet its rules on accuracy, transparency, and accountability. “The report was based mainly on unnamed sources or statements of persons who refused to be identified and therefore raised questions about their true identity and credibility,” the“Although reporters are not prohibited from using unnamed sources or sources who refuse to be identified for reasons of security or confidentiality, it is essential that extra caution should be observed for news subjects regardless of the subject’s stature or position in society,” it added.
The article cited an unnamed Harvard alumnus who was supposedly present at a dinner for Romualdez in April hosted by Filipino-American Harvard alumna Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine. There, the source and other guests were supposedly informed that Romualdez was the generous donor that made Harvard’s Filipino language course a reality.
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