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Media not to blame for police failings
News, Editorial, Published on 20/09/2015
» If violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, blaming the media for your failings is the next most desperate place to take shelter. It is a stance that is rarely defensible; those waging a war of words with the messenger look as though they are petty, deflecting uncomfortable truths or unwilling to take responsibility for their actions. Lately, it has become a common refrain for authorities, from junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha down, to lash out at reporters whenever difficult questions are asked or anything remotely controversial is up for discussion.
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Do you know where that diamond's been?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/09/2015
» The case of the Chinese lady who swallowed a 10-million baht diamond after stealing it at a Bangkok jewellery fair last week certainly provided an entertaining diversion from some of the guff we have been subjected to of late.
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The big issue: A not-so-free press
Alan Dawson, Published on 20/09/2015
» The prime minister explained that reporters can be idjits, which is true, and the soon-to-be police chief said reporters are the reason he can’t catch the Yellow T-Shirt Guy, which is not. All in the game, as we shall see, but the most devastating blow in decades to freedom of the press in Thailand came from ... the press.
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