Too many newspapers

By Old reader Dhaka-1207
8 April 2005, 18:00 PM
As a regular and serious reader of newspapers all my life, I am following with interest the court ruling on some questionable reporting.

The problem, I reckon, is that the supply (the number of newspapers in LDC) far exceed the demand (limited readers with limited budget at the lower-income levels). These papers need input to fill up the pages. Also, publishing a newspaper has become a sort of cult locally. I wonder why; perhaps it is a status symbol.

"Freedom of the press" appears to be a secondary issue on the current local problems in our mass media. There may be hidden moving fingers!