Internetcensur i Thailand

GreenValley
16 nov. 2014#46

Hej

 

Den här bilden sammanfattar väl läget ganska bra i Thailand just nu?

 

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Med vänlig hälsning isan lover

Tar man bort den högra bilden så speglar den även läget på svenska västkusten!

janne_h
16 nov. 2014#47

Hej

 

Du vill som vanligt blanda in Thaksin i allt och beskylla honom för alla tänkbara och otänkbara problem detta land har haft och har, detta hur ologiskt och felaktigt det än är, han beskylls ibland för saker som hände innan han ens var född, hade trätt in i politiken och långt efter att han lämnade den, t.o.m dåligt väder och översvämningar, detta saknar naturligtvis trovärdighet och kan oftast ses som ren propaganda och förtal ifrån dom som hatar honom. 

 

I en fri värld får man faktiskt välja själv vilka tidningar man vill läsa, vilka TV-kanaler man tittar på och vilka böcker man läser och eftersom det finns folk som uppenbarligen tar det som The Nation (The Mad) skriver på allvar ser jag det som min plikt att påtala hur partisk och lögnaktig denna propagandamaskin är, själv förordar jag som sagt tidningar som Bangkok Post, Prachatai och Bangkok Pundit 7 dagar i veckan.

 

Med vänlig hälsning isan lover

Jag vet inte vad väder och översvämningar har med detta att göra.

Dock kvarstår faktum att din husgud var minst lika duktig på att Censurera som nuvarande junta är. I båda fallen smakar censuren lika illa.

Det snurriga är att du i ena läget försvarar detta. Men riktar skarp kritik mot juntan.

Det måste väl vara handlingen som är fel? Inte vem den utförs utav?

Blir lite tjatigt och trist att höra din kritik om den inte kan vara saklig och konsekvent!!!

Vad gäller dom 2 journalisterna på The Nation så är det en mycket känd händelse. Dock kan man som dig avfärda det hela som en påhittad anklagelse?

Dock skulle jag hålla för troligt att inte ens Thaksin själv skulle förneka detta. Då det skrevs väldigt mycket om detta när det skedde  runt 2004.

janne_h
16 nov. 2014#48

Hej

 

Du vill som vanligt blanda in Thaksin i allt och beskylla honom för alla tänkbara och otänkbara problem detta land har haft och har, detta hur ologiskt och felaktigt det än är, han beskylls ibland för saker som hände innan han ens var född, hade trätt in i politiken och långt efter att han lämnade den, t.o.m dåligt väder och översvämningar, detta saknar naturligtvis trovärdighet och kan oftast ses som ren propaganda och förtal ifrån dom som hatar honom. 

 

I en fri värld får man faktiskt välja själv vilka tidningar man vill läsa, vilka TV-kanaler man tittar på och vilka böcker man läser och eftersom det finns folk som uppenbarligen tar det som The Nation (The Mad) skriver på allvar ser jag det som min plikt att påtala hur partisk och lögnaktig denna propagandamaskin är, själv förordar jag som sagt tidningar som Bangkok Post, Prachatai och Bangkok Pundit 7 dagar i veckan.

 

Med vänlig hälsning isan lover

Thaksin Intimidation of the Media While he was Prime Minister

 

Thaksin didn’t like being criticized. He cracked down on media sources that were critical of him and his policies. He ordered investigations of critical journalists and media organizations and blamed the media for inaccurately reporting his war on drugs and exacerbating the problems with Muslim insurgents in the south. Thaksin was particularly sensitive about criticism of his handling of the unrest in the Muslim south. After a critical report on 131 Muslim deaths at the hand of security forces in southern Thailand, Thaksin said, “As a Thai-blooded person, I request that the press to stop reporting the news” The newspaper The Nation was known for its attacks on Thaksin that included a front-page cartoon that portrayed Thaksin with a Hitler-like mustache.

Thaksin used the government’s Anti-Money Laundering Office to intimidate reporters. Four foreign journalist were placed on a “watch list” of people seen as threat to the national security. Two Western journalists with the Far Eastern Economic Review were threatened with expulsion from the country and branded as threats to national security for writing an article about the rift Thaksin and King Bhumibol. The Review and the Economist—which also ran some critical articles—were banned . The Review journalist were allowed to remain in the country after their magazine formally apologized to the Thai government in regards to the article.

Thaksin threatened journalists with law suits with high damage payments. He was accused of withholding advertising money from companies he owned to media entities that were critical of him. The owner of the Siamrath Weekly admitted recalling and destroying 30,000 copies of one edition because it was too critical of Thaksin and his handling for the bird flu outbreak.

In March 2002, the Nation Multimedia Group said that it would stop covering Thai politics on its 24-hour cable network after its radio news program was shut down by the government. A popular political discussion show led by a political opponents that often criticized Thaksin yanked off of the state-run network.

In a press conference August 2005, Thaksin rated journalists on their questions by using a buzzer and signs he brought with him from a Japanese game show. Favorable questions received a positive sign with a red circle. Questions he didn’t like received a sign with cross and buzzer. The journalists felt disrespected, Thaksin said he was only having some fun.

In June 2006, Thaksin appeared in a reality show, Backstage Show, starring himself touring around some of the poorest parts of Thailand. Thaksin called the show an opportunity for the leader to meet the locals. In the show he was shown giving locals cash and promises of loans and efforts to tackle their problems. On the show Thaksin once slept in a tent. He was accompanied by 49 cameras and whisked around in a military helicopter. His critics called the show a cheap stunt to keep him in the news at the taxpayer’s expense.

In May 2005, Kavi Chongkittavorn wrote in The Nation: “Thai Journalists Association (TJA) issued a strong statement criticising government hypocrisy, particularly the pledge made by Thaksin at the beginning of his second term that he would respect press freedom and democracy. The TJA is succinct in assessing that the government has failed to keep its promises and has instead been using every trick in the book to meddle with news reporting. The government has even threatened to pull out advertising and buy up shares in media companies. And then there are the expensive defamation lawsuits. The National Press Council of Thailand has also condemned the defamation laws that make criminals of journalists. These local and foreign evaluations of the Thai media have more or less been based on similar procedures. These groups have all examined the level of individual freedom and the legal, political and economic environments to determine the level of press freedom. And all have agreed that the Thaksin government’s interference in the media continues unabated and has already become a norm. [source: Kavi Chongkittavorn, The Nation, May 9, 2005]

janne_h
16 nov. 2014#49

Thepchai Yong

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Thepchai Yong Born (1955-04-22) April 22, 1955 (age 59) Nationality Thai Occupation journalist Organization Thai Broadcast Journalists Association

Thai Public Broadcasting Service Awards International Press Freedom Award laureates (1992)

Nieman Fellowship (2005)

Thepchai Yong (Thai: เทพชัย หย่อง; born 22 April 1955) is a Thai newspaper and television journalist known for his reporting on corruption and his criticism of the governments of Suchinda Kraprayoon and Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thepchai Yong began his journalism career in the early 1980s as a proofreader for the Thai English-language daily The Nation.[1] He eventually worked his way up the position of editor, a position he still held during the 1992 "Black May" democratic uprising against the military government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon.[1] Despite military pressure, Thepchai Yong refused the Suchinda government's demands for The Nation to downplay its coverage of the protests and resulting military reprisals.[1] His actions won him the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists later that year.[2][3]

From 1996 to 2000, Thepchai Yong served as News Director of iTV, the nation's first independent television network. During this time, he became known for his investigations into political scandals and corruption.[1] He also acted as anchor for the station's primary news broadcast.[1] Following election of Thaksin Shinawatra, however, he found himself sacked for his unflattering coverage of the prime minister's telecommunications conglomerate, the Shin Corporation.[4]

After leaving iTV, Thepchai Yong helped found the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association in 2001, serving as its president from 2002-2004.[1]During this time, The Nation, with which Thepchai Yong was still active, reportedly found itself under increasing pressure from the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.[5] In 2003, the group's Thai-language paper Kom Chad Luek came under pressure not to run a story that Panthongtae Shinawatra, the prime minister's son, had been caught cheating on a college exam; Thepchai Yong ran the story on the paper's front page, and was subsequently forced to resign from the Nation Multimedia Group.[6]

Thepchai Yong became Managing Director of the Thai Public Broadcasting Service—a government entity which replaced iTV—in 2008.[1]

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thepchai_Yong

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