Private Burmese Dailies to Hit Newsstands Amid Outcry

When 16 Burmese newspapers are granted operating licenses on April 1st, they will become the first private print dailies allowed to publish in Burma in nearly 50 years. But the milestone comes amid an outcry over Burma’s newly-released draft media law, which critics say could roll back government promises to loosen its grip on a long tightly-controlled industry. VOA's Mark Snowiss has more.