Gen. Parlade wants to know if my Nov 2020 story about the 2 Aetas was based on a petition or based on my "established bias vs. the military. His questions are answered here.

Judiciary beat reporters write their stories based on court records https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1393454/judiciary-beat-reporters-write-their-stories-based-on-court-records

A journalist’s job description includes the following topics that affect politics & the law & writing about people in court: On the first two statements, sources of knowledge speak directly to the public, such as news conferences, daily forums, television and radio interviews.

For the judiciary, however, casual contact with newsmakers is very rare. Even lawyers wanted to be quoted from the pleadings that they had filed.

The multiple pleadings filed with the Supreme Court concerning the Republic Act 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 are prime examples of this.

A journalist’s work is almost entirely paper-dependent –petitions, manifestations, interventions, affidavits, decisions, court orders, and the list goes on.