Who killed the private media?
Who's the hangman?The World Press Freedom report is out. Bhutan’s position has improved significantly to 80 from 94 from last year. Bhutan’s overall position has also improved during my tenure in government, from 92 to 80. So I’m happy. But I’m not happy about the state of our private media. In the two years leading up to the start of parliamentary democracy, private media thrived and continued to grow for a few more years. At one time, we had 11 private newspapers! Then, gradually, private newspapers started shutting down. Bhutan Observer was the first to fold. They were followed…