Interview with Time is enjoyable but more questions about politics were expected: PM

[snoop1130]

 

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin wrote on his X account today that Time Magazine came to interview him in the middle of February, seeking to cover political issues since the new prime minister took office, saying that he was to be the main focus of their article.

 

“The interview was enjoyable, although I anticipated more questions about Thailand’s politics. Instead, they were interested in Thailand’s standpoint, under my leadership, on controversial issues in world politics.”

 

He reaffirmed to Time Thailand’s commitment to remaining unbiased.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-15

 

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[Crossy]

If a politician, any politician, "enjoyed" an interview with the media, there was something very seriously wrong with the interview technique.

 

Or there had been, er, "suggestions" about what to ask (in a plain brown envelope) ...

 

[Dolf]

5 minutes ago, Crossy said:

If a politician, any politician, "enjoyed" an interview with the media, there was something very seriously wrong with the interview technique.

 

Or there had been, er, "suggestions" about what to ask (in a plain brown envelope) ...

 

Biden enjoys his soft interviews but you are right. They should be tougher.

[stoner]

because it's not even worthy of asking about in the first place. 

[bamnutsak]

Some "duchess-level" work on that photo.

 

 

This poor sap will be sacked by his boss after Songkran.

[John Drake]

42 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

He reaffirmed to Time Thailand’s commitment to remaining unbiased.

 

What does that mean? Example?

[bamnutsak]

4 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

What does that mean? Example?

 

"Excuse me Comrade Putin, are my lips properly applied to your posterior?"

[zzaa09]

Rather revealing, reflective and typical of the likes Time/Life - somewhat championing the romance of the underhanded and corrupt manner of how he got here....never challenging or questioning the historic circumstances and delusions that is politic Thai. 

 

 

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“The interview was enjoyable, although I anticipated more questions about Thailand’s politics. Instead, they were interested in Thailand’s standpoint, under my leadership, on controversial issues in world politics.”

Maybe they thought asking about Thai politics would get them into a defamation case.

[klauskunkel]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The interview was enjoyable

Because the cover gives the impression that you were "elected". How much did the Thai taxpayer pay for this PR lie?

[JoePai]

Worth a read, quite a damning article

[JoePai]

https://time.com/6899782/thailand-prime-minister-srettha-thavisin-business-hub/

[fondue zoo]

And just a dash of Photoshop.

 

     

[Srikcir]

53 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

Because the cover gives the impression that you were "elected". How much did the Thai taxpayer pay for this PR lie?

In case anyone missed reading Joepai's posted link, an excerpt:

• "Srettha’s Pheu Thai (For Thais) party did not win May’s general election but came in second behind the anti-establishment Move Forward Party, whose radical manifesto called for bridling the nation’s generals, conglomerates, and royal palace. It was blocked from power by a military-appointed Senate despite securing a plurality of 151 out of 500 legislative seats. Pheu Thai then cobbled together a motley coalition of 10 royalist and establishment parties to secure Srettha the top job thanks to Senate backing."

Interesting word "motley."

[Enoon]

 

2 hours ago, JoePai said:

Worth a read, quite a damning article

 

Indeed.

 

It would have been a good idea for some earlier contributors on this thread to have actually read it before MSNphobic auto-heckling.

 

Edited March 16 by Enoon

[fondue zoo]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

Interesting word "motley."

 

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