snoop1130 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Thailand Rises 2 Spots In World Press Freedom Rankings By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — Thailand this year rose two spots from last year on the press freedom index, according to a Wednesday report. Improving on their previous mark of 142, Thailand ranked 140th place out of 180 countries, according to the Reporters without Borders’ 2018 World Press Freedom Index, or RSF, published on Wednesday. Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2018/04/25/thailand-rises-2-spots-in-world-press-freedom-rankings/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-4-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Thailand Rises 2 Spots In World Press Freedom Rankings By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — Thailand this year rose two spots from last year on the press freedom index, according to a Wednesday How ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post InMyShadow Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 How ?Think about it. We are all posting unchecked on a forum owned by the nation newspaper.Not only is it unchecked but its spewing anti junta attacks.Although their Facebook ranking may drop lol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darcula Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 Quote I don’t know how to measure [the press freedom]” Sansern said by phone. You could arrest some journalists and ask them to explain how. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johng Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 Think about it. We are all posting unchecked on a forum owned by the nation newspaper.Not only is it unchecked but its spewing anti junta attacks.Its not unchecked on here ..anyway I'm not thinking about it much at all...just makes my head hurt, much better to just have another beer. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shady86 Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 Something wrong with the report or the world is moving backwards. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kwonitoy Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 Try asking Andy Hall his opinion 11 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InMyShadow Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Its not unchecked on here ..anyway I'm not thinking about it much at all...just makes my head hurt, much better to just have another beer.Your joking right? The attacks on prayuth are Non stop!No freedom of speech my ass. The only people that should be concerned are Facebook fanatics deeply distressed at not being able to trash the juntaWell I guess that covers 0000000.1% of the populationLife goes on [emoji16] 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 33 minutes ago, Darcula said: You could arrest some journalists and ask them to explain how. You could arrest invite some journalists to stay at a military base for a week and ask them to explain how. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThreeEyedRaven Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) I can only assume a couple of countries must have got worse as I have seen no improvement. 140th out of 180 is still seriously shameful. I will not be surprised at all to hear a claim forthcoming from our tuneful leader and his merry band, explaining how yet another organisation made mistakes, used out dated information etc and how things are really rosy. I mean it is true. You CAN say whatever you like. As long as you do not mind a lengthy stay in prison of course. And as Andy Hall has shown, it doesn't have to be a pack of lies either. Edited April 25, 2018 by ThreeEyedRaven 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darksidedog Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 54 minutes ago, InMyShadow said: Think about it. We are all posting unchecked on a forum owned by the nation newspaper. Not only is it unchecked but its spewing anti junta attacks. Are you trying to tell me that I am crap at my job? (Lol!) You are not posting unchecked. The Mod team take down lots of rude, miserable, libelous, off topic and troll posts every day. I agree there are things I would like to say on here, that I cant. Mostly because I don't enjoy deleting my own posts! Thailand has a very sad ranking of 140 from 180 for a reason. It doesn't allow true free speech. I am hoping that things will improve. Then all I will have to worry about are the posters with no manners, rather than those who mention things that can not currently be mentioned. God forbid, those posters learn to use the forum properly also. I will be out of a job! 8 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post midas Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 1 hour ago, johng said: How ? Who knows but rising a mere two points from 142 to 140 is hardly worth mentioning when you consider that before the junto took over it was at 129 http://time.com/5094572/thailand-prayuth-chan-ocha-press-freedom/ 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cadbury Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Thailand Rises 2 Spots In World Press Freedom Rankings The Thai press is free to publish anything they like so long as it complimentary and not specifically critical of it's controlling generals. The people of Thailand and the press can like it or lump it or suffer the consequences should there be any disagreement. The powers in charge have clearly made that known. Freedom of the press in Thailand has it's limitations. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Norbert Halfwit Posted April 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2018 Thailand did not actually improve. It's just that other countries above it deteriorated more than Thailand and so sank below Thailand. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InMyShadow Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 1 hour ago, darksidedog said: Are you trying to tell me that I am crap at my job? (Lol!) You are not posting unchecked. The Mod team take down lots of rude, miserable, libelous, off topic and troll posts every day. I agree there are things I would like to say on here, that I cant. Mostly because I don't enjoy deleting my own posts! Thailand has a very sad ranking of 140 from 180 for a reason. It doesn't allow true free speech. I am hoping that things will improve. Then all I will have to worry about are the posters with no manners, rather than those who mention things that can not currently be mentioned. God forbid, those posters learn to use the forum properly also. I will be out of a job! Nah I meant unchecked in junta criticism not unchecked everything. At least it appears its open season on Prayut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Off-topic post reported and removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, shady86 said: Something wrong with the report or the world is moving backwards. So, what two countries disappeared during the course of the past year? Because that's the only way Thailand could have moved up two spots on the ranking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Halfwit Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2018/04/03/soldiers-force-news-director-to-resign-source/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen tracy Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Just now, InMyShadow said: Your joking right? The attacks on prayuth are Non stop! No freedom of speech my ass. The only people that should be concerned are Facebook fanatics deeply distressed at not being able to trash the junta Well I guess that covers 0000000.1% of the population Life goes on A Thai friend of mine took the view that he authorities didn't have anyone competent enough in English to understand what's being posted on TV. He said the same about the BP. Somehow I doubt this is true though as you don't need to have superb English reading abilities to grasp the general sentiment of what's being said. I've noticed the BP is more lenient in what you can say and what you can't compared with TV. Posters in there get away with a lot more, whether it's anti-junta sentiment or pro-junta sentiment. Personal attacks are not unusual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zyphodb Posted April 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2018 ^^^ I think your Thai friend is almost right, but it's not that the gov. haven't got anyone competent enough in English, more that the Thai population as a whole are unable to read it so it's not important to them... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 It's not a bizarre notion to me that Thailand would be ranked slightly higher than religious dictatorship Malaysia and nanny state Singapore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 10 hours ago, stephen tracy said: A Thai friend of mine took the view that he authorities didn't have anyone competent enough in English to understand what's being posted on TV. He said the same about the BP. Somehow I doubt this is true though as you don't need to have superb English reading abilities to grasp the general sentiment of what's being said. I've noticed the BP is more lenient in what you can say and what you can't compared with TV. Posters in there get away with a lot more, whether it's anti-junta sentiment or pro-junta sentiment. Personal attacks are not unusual. I must be missing the obvious here, what exactly is BP? British Press, or perhaps some other forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, bluesofa said: I must be missing the obvious here, what exactly is BP? British Press, or perhaps some other forum? Bangkok Post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 13 hours ago, Norbert Halfwit said: Thailand did not actually improve. It's just that other countries above it deteriorated more than Thailand and so sank below Thailand. "Thailand’s neighboring countries such as Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines and Cambodia have fallen further in the ranking compared to last year." Looking at https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2018 https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2017 https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2016 Thailand from 2016 to 2017 lost 6 points in the rankings (136 to 142) so its "improvement" in 2017 by only 2 points to 140 is hardly better. Between 2017 and 2018: The Philippines lost 6 points from 127 to 133 Cambodia lost 10 points from 132 to 142 Myanmar lost 6 points from 131 to 137 So the significant deterioration in those three countries would artificially improve Thailand's ranking. Note that Malaysia lost only 1 point from 144 to 145 so it had an insignificant effect on Thailand's ranking change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaHand Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 aaaaand the US went down 2 places to # 47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted April 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2018 I have been noticing that the editorials in both the Nation and the Bangkok Post seem to be increasingly more critical of the goons at the top. It is refreshing. It is necessary. It is overdue. It is truth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted April 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2018 Losing face to North Korea grabbing the number one spot again is not acceptable a crack down is required. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expatthailover Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Now that thaksin has gone the press has improved. He didnt restrict the media he just bought all the media companies and wnsured they printed nice things. Besides given 99% on here cam barely speak thai never mind read it why is so many are commenting as if they are experts on what is being commented on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Lmao.... and the US fell two places thank you mr trump, as animosity towards reporters is identified as one of the biggest threats to democracy. ..... fake news, right.... 5555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 ...aaaaaaand drops 5 after the Andy Hall- incident! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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