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    An S44 order too many

    News, Editorial, Published on 16/04/2019

    » In what has been branded abuse of power, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has invoked the all-powerful Section 44 to delay payments by the three big mobile players and bail out digital TV operators from their financial obligations.

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    Time for digital TV to stand on its own

    News, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2018

    » As the government moves to salvage the ailing digital TV industry, critics are questioning whether it is moral for the state to extend a helping hand to business operators whose only purpose is profitability.

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    Journalism's duty of quality

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/05/2019

    » As the #NationBusted hashtag circulated online on March 20 following widespread criticism about Nation TV's broadcasting of a doctored audio clip, The Nation newspaper did not attempt to play down the story the following day. Neither did it bury the story for the sake of saving the face of its sister media house. Instead, it carried the story on the front page of its print edition.

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    Censorship a futile tactic

    News, Editorial, Published on 20/10/2020

    » The embattled Prayut Chan-o-cha government seems set to ignore calls by several sectors of society to compromise and hold out the olive branch of a seat at the negotiating table for the young protest leaders. Instead, it looks increasingly prepared to up the ante by censoring the news reports of media outlets sympathetic to the cause of the pro-democracy movement.

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    Let the TV market decide

    News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2017

    » The government has acted properly in refusing to use taxpayers' money to fund the digital TV operators who claim to be losing money. That is not to say, however, that the station owners don't have a point. The government and, especially, the telecommunications regulators have performed poorly, to understate the situation. Even if the public doesn't bail out the desperate stations, it will lose out in the end anyhow.

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    Military largesse

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/03/2024

    » The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) on Monday agreed to hand over its 360-rai Kantarat golf course to the Airports of Thailand Plc so it can be developed as an extension of Don Mueang airport.

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    Has NBTC gone too far?

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/12/2021

    » National Broadcasting Telecommunication (NBTC), the state regulator overseeing telecom and digital TV concessions, has recently been cast in a not so favourable light.

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    It's time for compromise

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2020

    » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's openness for talks with the pro-democracy movement is welcome and it's hoped that the gesture is not too late given the standoff last night between police and a huge crowd trying to reach Government House.

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    Covid app a privacy worry

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/05/2020

    » As the Prayut Chan-o-cha government prepares to implement a second phase of reopenings that will see more businesses resuming operations, starting tomorrow, Thais are being told to accept a "new normal" that may compromise their privacy through a mobile application known as Thai Chana or "Thais win".

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    Media put lives at risk

    News, Editorial, Published on 13/02/2020

    » The work of some overzealous journalists who covered the mass shooting by a non-commissioned soldier on Saturday in Nakhon Ratchasima sparks serious questions about poor judgement, if not breaches of ethics.

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