Zoe Holman

The pluralism and transparency of Cambodia’s media are under threat by a lack of regulation and politically affiliated media companies’ domination of the sector, a new monitoring project has warned.

The Cambodian Media Ownership Monitor (MOM), launched in Phnom Penh yesterday, is the initiative of international press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and was conducted in collaboration with the Cambodian Center for Independent Media.

The online database details the ownership and reach of the country’s major media outlets, finding that television is both the most popular sector and the sector where audiences were most concentrated under just a handful of outlets.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/watchdog-finds-political-influence-media-sector

Thank goodness media in Thailand is free to print the facts without fear of government interference.

The media influencing politics? Heaven forbid!

Thank goodness media in Thailand is free to print the facts without fear of government interference.

I think you'll find the article is referring to certain media's influence, not politicians'.

I wondered what that 'Pol-pot noodle' advert was all about?