Every morning, I wake up early and go down to the reception counter of the Condo I live at, and scope the newspapers. I have been doing that for about 5 years since I have lived here, and five years ago, there were one Bangkok Post and one Nation. Then after the election, I noticed that Bangkok…
When Thaksin said Thailand two English language press was against him, a few months back, he obviously was not counting on Khao Sod, a newspaper targeted to the grass-roots, to produce an English version for the internet. The two English press Thaksin was talking about, was obviously, Bangkok Post and the Nation. And indeed, Thaksin is right, that the two papers are against him.…
There I was, a few years back, in a hair saloon doing my hair, and there it was, the god awful Bangkok Post‘s “Thailand Tattler.” Thailand Tattler, by the Bangkok Post, is off course, about the “Life and Times” of high society Thais, filled page to page with nothing but about the “Rich and Famous” parties. So…
Yesterday, marked a historic day in Thailand’s long history towards Democracy, being the 80th year anniversary to the end of Thai “Absolute Monarchy.” A Thai poll says about 70% to 80% of the Thais wants Democracy, with the rest, some form of a Fascist state. Other polls found, Thais wished the Democrat Party of Abhisit, stood for…
I recently had a run in, with a foreign friend. He told me, quote: “Thai Intel is boring, you need to spice it up. You are saying the same thing over and over. Everyone in Bangkok long enough knows Bangkok Post and the Nation hates Thaksin and Yingluck and they do not like democracy.” I was…
Recently, Abhisit’s Democrat Party attacked Thaksin on his Drug War killings, in response to the Red Shirts taking Abhisit’s murdering crackdown on the Red Shirts, to the International Criminal Court. “We will take the Thaksin Drug War killings to the International Criminal Court,” says the Democrat Party spokesman, reported Bangkok Post. In response to the Bangkok Post report,…
During the height of the Thai Cambodia relationship difficulties a few years back, I opened up the newspaper one morning, and found that every Thai newspaper had reported that Cambodia artillery opened fired on Thai territory, the night before, damaging schools and houses. The report said Thailand’s army fired its artillery back at the aggressor, in defense of Thailand. The…
Over the past about 10 years, there is no doubt, Bangkok has grown to become very much a global city. The numbers of expatriate living here in Thailand and the tourist, both long stay and short-term, have exploded-and with ASEAN‘s AEC looming, that trend will likely explode up-ward even more. Businesses in Bangkok, like the retail center around Patunam and Rajprasong, have…
A poll, recently found that about 68% of Thais, support Yingluck‘s rice subsidy scheme. But if you read the Bangkok Post, Nation, and Thai Rath-that poll never existed. And the following is a report, about “News Censorship” in Thailand, and it relates also, to journalism ethics and journalist professionalism, in Thailand. What is a poll, but the opinion of people? During the…
Just briefly, in a recent Forbes Magazine article, Thaksin said something interesting, that quote: “I am un-lucky, Thailand has two English language newspapers and both of them are against me.” There is no need to talk about the Nation, as its quality is low enough not to qualify it as a newspaper, filled with freaky editors like Thanong K and Tulsathit. But Bangkok Post is…
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