Pay-for-play journalism has long been an open secret in Mongolia’s media sphere. Now the cat’s out of the bag.
Activist Uyanga Hariad has revealed that media organizations received billions of tugrug to produce favorable coverage of government agencies, or to smear their critics.
What led to a situation where journalists have to rely on the government as their main source of income? What needs to be done to fix it? And with the 1998 media law still the law of the land, with very few changes, should the sector be heavily regulated, which most media professionals object to? So what needs to be done?
We discuss.
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43min
Hosts: Anand, Dolgion, Julian
Date Recorded: Oct 26 2026
Date Released: Nov 11 2026
Keywords: journalism | politics | corruption
