Jordan Easing the Media Reins - Zawya.com

Quote: The headlines plastering the front of the Jordan Times recently lauding the government's move to liberalise the media should come as welcome news for the private sector, which has been itching for a freer platform to air some previously taboo subjects. But despite the current hoopla, liberalising the media is a subject greeted with some scepticism by long-time observers, who see it as a promise that in the past has generally gone unfulfilled.