webfact Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Thai Rath Apologises For Mixing Up Protest PhotosBy Khaosod OnlineBANGKOK: -- The editorial team of Thai Rath newspapers has issued an apology over a misleading photo of the clashes between anti-government protesters and the police in Bangkok.Published on the frontpage of 27 December 2013 issue, the photo showed an unidentified man firing his handgun. The caption that accompanied the photo said the gunman was firing the weapon in the clashes which erupted near Thai-Japanese Stadium in Dindaeng district yesterday.One policeman and one anti-government protester died of gunshot wounds, while many more have also been injured with gunshots. The police said mysterious individuals fired these rounds from their position on a high building near the clash site.The photo, which was purported to show one such individual, had been circulated widely in the social network, but it soon emerged that the photo was in fact about a separate violent incident on 25 November 2008, when a group of anti-government Yellowshirts was clashing with Redshirts supporters near Soi Vibhavadi 3.In the light of this revelation, Thai Rath has published on its website a statement that the man seen in the newspaper frontpage photo was not related to the clashes at Thai-Japanese Stadium yesterday.It also offered an apology over the mistake.However, the matter also raised another case of political bickering, with Mr. Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD), accusing the government of publishing the photo as a false proof that PCAD supporters were responsible for the gunfire which killed and injured a number of people yesterday.Mr. Suthep specifically named Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul as the source of the rumour. According to Mr. Suthep, Mr. Surapong showed the photo during one of his live press conference on national television and identified it as a gunman hired by PCAD.Earlier today, Mr. Surapong said in a press conference that he never used that photo to allege any wrongdoing against PCAD."[Mr. Suthep] can watch every video clip of my press conference on every state-owned TV channel," Mr. Surapong said, "I never said such thing".Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNNE9ERXpPREE0TXc9PQ== -- Khaosod English 2013-12-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spare5 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 "Mr. Suthep specifically named Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul as the source of the rumour. According to Mr. Suthep, Mr. Surapong showed the photo during one of his live press conference on national television and identified it as a gunman hired by PCAD." "Earlier today, Mr. Surapong said in a press conference that he never used that photo to allege any wrongdoing against PCAD." Either one is not very intelligent. All live press conference are viedoed. Sooner or later one would be caught lying. Mr. Suthep or Mr. Surapong? Let them settle in court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thait Spot Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 More lies huh? Sent from my Nexus 4 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaRanter Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 One thing is true though, I am pretty sure. The gun man in the picture is a bona fide yellow. They got their man albeit "file pictures". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hockeybik Posted December 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) How can using a 5 year old archive photo that was deliberately cropped be a "mistake"? A mistake they got caught maybe? Edited December 28, 2013 by Hockeybik 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Life was so much easier for those that use deception to fool people when everything wasn't recorded and dated, wasn't it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Amazing some can try to justify these actions. Coming from a supposed professional newspaper. All credibility has just been lost. This is not just a simple mistake. It's something untrue published that would add fuel to the fire and cause more possible loss of life by heightened emotions. Absolutely unacceptable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBerg Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Impossible that that picture was used by mistake. Incredible that one or more persons think they can get away with it.Both sides do not have the smartest people planning things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Life was so much easier for those that use deception to fool people when everything wasn't recorded and dated, wasn't it. the 2 february you will get one more deception, the 6th in a row yeah for you democracy is a deception... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) "Thai Rath Apologises For Mixing Up Protest Photos" No mix up at all. Deliberate misuse of and by the looks of it photoshopping of this photograph. The two backgrounds depicted are very different. Deliberate attempt to deceive and set up those the govt dislikes. In effect business as usual. Edited December 28, 2013 by Bluespunk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab4 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 "Thai Rath Apologises For Mixing Up Protest Photos" No mix up at all. Deliberate photoshopping in this photograph. Deliberate attempt to deceive and set up those the govt dislikes. In effect business as usual. Yes of course, Thai Rath is well known for it's love of all things Thaksin and would be more than willing to "frame" sutheps mob on behalf of Yinglucks caretaker government. (caution: sarcasm alert) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprime Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Amazing some can try to justify these actions. Coming from a supposed professional newspaper. All credibility has just been lost. This is not just a simple mistake. It's something untrue published that would add fuel to the fire and cause more possible loss of life by heightened emotions. Absolutely unacceptable. Bender is just a red shill, don't take him too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post whybother Posted December 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! In Thailand, it takes being caught to admit your mistake. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jaidam Posted December 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2013 "Thai Rath Apologises For Mixing Up Protest Photos" No mix up at all. Deliberate photoshopping in this photograph. Deliberate attempt to deceive and set up those the govt dislikes. In effect business as usual. Yes of course, Thai Rath is well known for it's love of all things Thaksin and would be more than willing to "frame" sutheps mob on behalf of Yinglucks caretaker government. (caution: sarcasm alert) You are probably right. The 6 year old pic could have just popped up into the editors screen all by itself. Photoshop could then have been turned on by mistake and the date stamp on the 2008 pic erased by somebody's pet walking across the keyboard. Well, its certainly possible. Another, and I would say more likely scenario, is that the thoroughly biased pro cult-of-Thaksin paper decided that posting that pic would rationalize their stance. Utterly disgraceful and the editor needs a day in court and the paper sued for all it's worth. Interesting to see if there are any financial trails from abroad that coincide with this outrageous propaganda. The billions spent on perception management by Thaksin cause some strange happenings. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 "you say your sorry but ur not, your only sorry cause u got caught" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 To late for an apology, the harm has been done, people believe everything they see,propaganda,the twisting of the truth for someones benefit.,another HONEST mistake ? regards Worgeordie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) "Thai Rath Apologises For Mixing Up Protest Photos" No mix up at all. Deliberate photoshopping in this photograph. Deliberate attempt to deceive and set up those the govt dislikes. In effect business as usual. Yes of course, Thai Rath is well known for it's love of all things Thaksin and would be more than willing to "frame" sutheps mob on behalf of Yinglucks caretaker government. (caution: sarcasm alert) Didn't say the paper did it. They printed it for sure but you raise a good point. Who produced this fake and got the paper to print it? Hmm, tough one. (Note: some sarcasm may be present) Edited December 28, 2013 by Bluespunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Amazing some can try to justify these actions. Coming from a supposed professional newspaper. All credibility has just been lost. This is not just a simple mistake. It's something untrue published that would add fuel to the fire and cause more possible loss of life by heightened emotions. Absolutely unacceptable. Bender is just a red shill, don't take him too seriously. yeah but it seems that all the yellow grandma on this weboard, get upset each time a well balanced member wrote an objective post! hope you didnt make a yellow poo on your diapers wprime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Mr. Suthep specifically named Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul as the source of the rumour. According to Mr. Suthep, Mr. Surapong showed the photo during one of his live press conference on national television and identified it as a gunman hired by PCAD. One thing is clear, Surapong should be beheaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Amazing some can try to justify these actions. Coming from a supposed professional newspaper. All credibility has just been lost. This is not just a simple mistake. It's something untrue published that would add fuel to the fire and cause more possible loss of life by heightened emotions. Absolutely unacceptable. Bender is just a red shill, don't take him too seriously. yeah but it seems that all the yellow grandma on this weboard, get upset each time a well balanced member wrote an objective post! hope you didnt make a yellow poo on your diapers wprime? Well balanced. you said????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSmiles Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Strange that a 5 year old picture so at once can jump in an article " by mistake " . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyinasia Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Typical response when caught doing something inappropriate, oops sorry the 5 year old photo got mixed up with the new ones. It was purely a case of a newspaper trying to mislead the readers and create more trouble. No such thing as a professional newspaper in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab4 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 "Thai Rath Apologises For Mixing Up Protest Photos" No mix up at all. Deliberate photoshopping in this photograph. Deliberate attempt to deceive and set up those the govt dislikes. In effect business as usual. Yes of course, Thai Rath is well known for it's love of all things Thaksin and would be more than willing to "frame" sutheps mob on behalf of Yinglucks caretaker government. (caution: sarcasm alert) Didn't say the paper did it. They printed it for sure but you raise a good point. Who produced this fake and got the paper to print it? Hmm, tough one.(Note: some sarcasm may be present) It's not a fake photo. It is a genuine armed yellowshirt protester albeit one from 2008. Considering the violence inflicted so far by sutheps "followers" it is academic to be discussing a mix up over a photo when there are plenty of contemporary incidents to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted December 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) "Thai Rath Apologises For Mixing Up Protest Photos" No mix up at all. Deliberate photoshopping in this photograph. Deliberate attempt to deceive and set up those the govt dislikes. In effect business as usual. Yes of course, Thai Rath is well known for it's love of all things Thaksin and would be more than willing to "frame" sutheps mob on behalf of Yinglucks caretaker government. (caution: sarcasm alert) Didn't say the paper did it. They printed it for sure but you raise a good point. Who produced this fake and got the paper to print it? Hmm, tough one.(Note: some sarcasm may be present) It's not a fake photo. It is a genuine armed yellowshirt protester albeit one from 2008. Considering the violence inflicted so far by sutheps "followers" it is academic to be discussing a mix up over a photo when there are plenty of contemporary incidents to worry about. Someone has superimposed a picture from 2008 onto a scene from 2013 claiming the two are linked to each other. The pictures are both real, their linkage is fake. The message the pictures tries to create is fake. The picture is a fake as a single unit. It's an attempt to create a cover story for the shootings that took place on that day. I'd like to know who is responsible and what they are so desperate to cover up. Don't you? Edited December 28, 2013 by Bluespunk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeO Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Amazing some can try to justify these actions. Coming from a supposed professional newspaper. All credibility has just been lost. This is not just a simple mistake. It's something untrue published that would add fuel to the fire and cause more possible loss of life by heightened emotions. Absolutely unacceptable. Bender is just a red shill, don't take him too seriously. yeah but it seems that all the yellow grandma on this weboard, get upset each time a well balanced member wrote an objective post! hope you didnt make a yellow poo on your diapers wprime? ... this from a "well-balanced member"....?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 we are human, we all do mistake but its take a lot of courage to admit his own mistake! Life was so much easier for those that use deception to fool people when everything wasn't recorded and dated, wasn't it. the 2 february you will get one more deception, the 6th in a row yeah for you democracy is a deception... Yep. Democracy PTP style is the ultimate deception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVGerry Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 "Thai Rath Apologises For Mixing Up Protest Photos" No mix up at all. Deliberate photoshopping in this photograph. Deliberate attempt to deceive and set up those the govt dislikes. In effect business as usual. Yes of course, Thai Rath is well known for it's love of all things Thaksin and would be more than willing to "frame" sutheps mob on behalf of Yinglucks caretaker government. (caution: sarcasm alert) Didn't say the paper did it. They printed it for sure but you raise a good point. Who produced this fake and got the paper to print it? Hmm, tough one.(Note: some sarcasm may be present) It's not a fake photo. It is a genuine armed yellowshirt protester albeit one from 2008. Considering the violence inflicted so far by sutheps "followers" it is academic to be discussing a mix up over a photo when there are plenty of contemporary incidents to worry about. Yes let's ignore Thai Rath's obvious ploy to make the anti protestors look bad. It's not a 'mix up'. They got caught doing it and it just goes to prove what everyone has known Thai Rath to be, a pro-Thaksin newspaper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Bender is just a red shill, don't take him too seriously. yeah but it seems that all the yellow grandma on this weboard, get upset each time a well balanced member wrote an objective post! hope you didnt make a yellow poo on your diapers wprime? ... this from a "well-balanced member"....?! He does have a chip on both shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakseeda Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 One thing is true though, I am pretty sure. The gun man in the picture is a bona fide yellow. They got their man albeit "file pictures". And, pray tell....how do you make out he is a bona fide yellow.... purple if you ask me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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