OPINION

The true story of unrest lies beyond mainstream media

News, Supapohn Kanwerayotin, Published on 28/01/2014

» Many friends and ex-journalist colleagues of mine have been complaining about Thai mainstream and Western media coverage of the ongoing political conflict. Indeed it is frustrating to see the protests often portrayed exclusively as unelected forces attempting to undermine an elected government trying to hold an election, and that election symbolise the universal expression of formal democracy.