David Casuco, a writer and editor at Balita Media, revealed at a press conference that the publisher has forced him to write articles he disagreed with on multiple occasions. Most recently, Casuco opposed a headline implying that a lawyer named Bander was a "crook", but the executive editor Rhony Laigo overruled him and ran the headline anyway. Community leader Al Aquino criticized Balita's owners for aggressively defending lawyer James Beirne, who faces contempt of court charges, implying the owners have a connection to Beirne's law office. Aquino announced filing a complaint with the state bar against Beirne for continuing to violate a court order regarding false advertising.