chevykanteve Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I thought this post would be useful both for old-timers as well as newbies living in Thailand. For those who may reply, please mention whatever Thai news/current-events-source you read/listen to regularly. No need to state why. I'll start the ball rolling: I use Google Reader for news and current events about Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevykanteve Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 People call me and say their responses aren't being posted here???? What's happening??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Not sure, the forum lagged there for a few minutes. I also like google news, but try to fit in some of the Thai papers as well since they cover local news more than any English language ones. Al-jazeera is pretty interesting and the Aussie news also tends to cover thailand more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacup Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I’m busy most of the times, so I read whatever thaivisa here has to offer whenever I happen to log on. Seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Follow the Breaking News here: 1. Sign up for Breaking Newsletter by email: http://www.thaivisa.com/353.0.html 2. Download our Toolbar for IE and Firefox: http://toolbar.thaivisa.com 3. Follow the Breaking News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/georgebkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevykanteve Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Not sure, the forum lagged there for a few minutes. I also like google news, but try to fit in some of the Thai papers as well since they cover local news more than any English language ones. Al-jazeera is pretty interesting and the Aussie news also tends to cover thailand more. I agree with you sbk (Did I day that??? My God.....), but al-Jazeera is not only interesting; it's incredibly objective in its reporting compared to most other news services. And old George W. wanted to bomb them on their home turf. I wonder why.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaibruce Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I like this one for political/economic info http://thaicrisis.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desi Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 twitter google YouTube BBC Thailand bloggers (expat and Thais) 2bangkok.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimjim Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 During this crisis found that Al Jazeera's (English version as I assume they have Arabic version, too) live news feed was the best there was hands down. Gave many reports from multiple reporters from the streets of Bangkok, and all very professional and in-depth. They need to get that channel on UBC/True Visions right away if they haven't already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lami Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 http://thailand.alltop.com/ is useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notasexpat Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I close my eyes, think of the dumbest things 5 years old children would do if they overran a country. And there. I have my news of the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klikster Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Al-jazeera .. seems to be balanced. Some very good journalism. Google News .. lots of variety Bloomberg .. IMO, better than CNN, FOX, BBC TV aka The Nation .. surely you're joking about accuracy and balance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketsub Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Al-jazeera .. seems to be balanced. Some very good journalism.Google News .. lots of variety Bloomberg .. IMO, better than CNN, FOX, BBC TV aka The Nation .. surely you're joking about accuracy and balance? I really don't see how you can compare NewsGoogle or GoogleReader or clippings-to-threads in ThaiVisa with real media sources like The Nation, or CNN or Bloomberg etc. I have traditionally found the BangkokPost to be the best all-around English language news source, but their new web design is so cumbersome I just read the hard copy now. If MCOT translated more of their news into English, they would completely kick ass -- lots of good stuff in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahtin Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) Not The Nation.Com :: The Website you can trust :: Edited April 19, 2009 by mahtin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Some nice links here thanks. For Thai news I read Guardian, Independent,Economist, and BBC (UK) its not all round in depth news, but they don't have a dog in this fight. I do not trust local newspaper's, they all have an agenda, and have proven to be malleable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 On TV - Aljazeera, BBC and Australian TV - first one seems to be better. As well as the Thai TV stations but need to switch around and take everything with a pinch of salt most of the time. Bangkok Pundit, Matichon, Siampoliticalprisoners.wordpress, siam report blog, prachatai, atimes, asia sentinel, economist, new mandala, manager, straits times, nation blog, komchadluek, kriengsak.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Western media are influenced by Thaksin's PR machine. Local media carries out self-censorships or are bias. I opt for Beano and Dandy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 BBC, CNN, and The Economist. Nothing from inside Thailand (esp. mainstream media) as it can't be trusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassienie Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) ThaiVisa I have found is the best source of news in Thailand. Alerts and up to the minute reports. I personally never bother reading other media reports unless it`s linked on ThaiVisa. Edited April 19, 2009 by sassienie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaideeguy Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Google news wins for me, as it gives so many slants from so many different sources, al jezerra, VOA, wall street journal, cnn, bbc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinavet Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 No. 1 Thaivisa No. 2 Google News. A quick look at international news, 'Thailand' in the search box, then sort by date. Scroll for anything of interest. Pages open in a new tab...helps the bandwidth issue. The quick way to review almost all E sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayboy Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 No. 1 ThaivisaNo. 2 Google News. A quick look at international news, 'Thailand' in the search box, then sort by date. Scroll for anything of interest. Pages open in a new tab...helps the bandwidth issue. The quick way to review almost all E sources. I agree Google News is a fantastic resource Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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