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Cambodia’s Media: Faster, Cheaper, Easier, Not Better
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Cambodia’s Media: Faster, Cheaper, Easier, Not Better

The rise of polluted media content is parallel with the decline in media freedom

Sep 05, 2024
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By: Sek Sophal

It was in the evening of a rainy season in 1997 when I was waiting for a taxi transporting the newspaper from Phnom Penh to Battambang. An overnight downpour turned the parking lot into a muddy field. Even though it was a very sunny day, the muddy roads were still very slippery. Next to a muddy road connecting National Road 5, an old lady …

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