“The order to shut ABS-CBN effectively unplugs one of the Philippines most trusted, independent sources of news. It is a crushing blow to press freedom, one that was obviously ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte to SILENCE CRITICAL REPORTING ON HIS GOVERNMENT, said Shawn Crispin, a Bangkok-based representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists. “If he can shut down a media outfit as influential and powerful as ABS-CBN, then no independent media group is safe. THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR.” A news from TIME.com