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Why did MCOT blur out the face of a Thai MP viewing an erotic image in parliament?

By Bangkok Pundit Fri, Apr 20, 2012 10:00AM UTC Comments Off

Fellow bloggers Andrew and Kaewmala (long detailed and well-researched post that covers a few different other issues which are worth reading) already have posted on the porn-in-parliament fuss yesterday. There are two incidents. First, porn appeared on a parliamentary monitor. Second, an MP was caught looking at an erotic image (upon a closer inspection don’t think...

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Fact checking The Nation…..

By Bangkok Pundit Thu, Apr 19, 2012 10:00AM UTC Comments Off

BP has been busy recently and don’t have time to fact-check all media stories, but in only a few sentences in one article today in The Nation makes three glaring mistakes that BP couldn’t let slide. The relevant excerpt are below: Two major populism policies are now causing headaches for Yingluck because they are backfiring...

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Thai poll shows Northeast trusts Channel 3 and Thai Rath most, ASTV Manager least

By Bangkok Pundit Tue, Apr 17, 2012 1:00AM UTC View Comments

Between February 11-13, the E-Saan Center for Business and Economic Research (ECBER) surveyed 1,093 people in all 20 provinces of the Northeast (Amnat Charoen, Bueng Kan, Buriram, Chaiyaphum, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Loei, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nongbua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Roi Et, Sakon Nakhon, Sisaket, Surin, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Yasothon). You can...

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Don’t use knowledge to distort morality

By Bangkok Pundit Mon, Feb 06, 2012 2:04AM UTC View Comments

BP saw a similar photo in the papers the other day and have been meaning to blog on it. It is of a group of journalism students at Thammasat University protesting against Nitirat as seen from the below photo: Caption: Former and current journalism students rally at Thammasat University against (!) proposals of the Nitirat’s...

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘This is not the last straw for Thai democracy’ – Suranand Vejjajiva

By Siam Voices Fri, Jul 15, 2011 11:45AM UTC View Comments

This is part two of Siam Voices’ exclusive interview with Suranand Vejjajiva, former Cabinet Minister under Thaksin Shinawatra, now a politicial columnist for the Bangkok Post and host of “The Commentator” on VoiceTV. In this second installment, Suranand talks to Saksith Saiyasombut about a wide range of topics, including the fate of the red shirts, the...

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