Posts Tagged ‘media’

When and When Not to Criticise the ‘Foreigners’

4, Jul 2010

Thitinan Pongsudhirak opines in the Bangkok Post (emphasis added): [T]he government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva clearly cares about how foreigners view Thailand and how foreign takes should be consistent and conform to official positions. The government does not seem to detest the foreign media per se. It selectively prefers the foreign perceptions that toe [...]

Wassana Nanuam Becomes Latest Victim of Thai Media Intimidation

26, Apr 2010

Wassana Nanuam, a Bangkok Post reporter and columnist specialising in military affairs, has “temporarily” left her job as a co-host of the “Lab Luang Prang” radio show on the state-controlled MCOT’s FM 100.5 MHz. Siam Report has the details, based on a report in the Thai language daily Khao Sod.