Abstract
International focus on the Myanmar military regime and liberalization and reform within the nation’s press circles has increased, in light of the ongoing plight of the Rohingya people. Where information and official messaging has been tightly controlled, differentiation in products of government-led and private-sector news outlets is worthy of attention. This study offers a thematic analysis of news reporting in Myanmar, considering: What can be learned from a comparison of public and private news sources in Myanmar about the coverage of the Rohingya genocide? Discussions of literature on the Rohingya experience in Myanmar as well as fascism and ultranationalism provide context. The analysis showed that private news has responded to semi-democratic tendencies, but remains resistant to interpretations that overstep governmental norms; state-run news coverage is a world and reality unto its own, favoring elite perspectives. The result is an increasingly divided portrayal of a story with international importance.
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