Thailand to protest Fox News over flight MH370 criticism

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Thailand To Protest Fox News Over Flight MH370 Criticism
By Khaosod English


A Vietnamese military officer looks at the map of search operation for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, 12 March 2014 (Reuters)

BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hit back at an American reporter who called Thai authorities "jerks" for their alleged delay in publishing the flight data of the missing Malaysian jet.

Thai officials have previously indicated that military radars manned by the Royal Thai Air Force have detected the suspected presence of flight MH370 as it departed Malaysia and headed toward the Gulf of Thailand. Officials said the airplane was later seen veering off its path and flying back to Malaysia.

However, the Thai authorities have not made public the flight data until over a week has passed since the Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared, causing some criticism that the delay might have worsened the situation for the missing jet.

One of the most scathing comments was made by Ms. Greta Van Susteren, and American news reporter, who wrote on the website of the American news channel Fox News that the Thai authorities' delay in publishing the radar data earned Thailand with the title of "the lamest country of the day".

"Thailand didn't bother to tell anyone [about the flight data]," Ms. Susteren wrote, "Why? Well, because they are jerks"

The American anchorwoman also went on to brand Thailand as "pathetic" and "cruel". "Shame on Thailand. Yes, Thailand, that same country the world rallied to help when they got hit by a tsunami in 2004," she concluded.

Today Mr. Sek Wannamethee, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Ministry will send an official letter to Fox News headquarters detailing Thailand's displeasure at Ms. Susteren's remarks.

"She should not have hastily drawn up conclusion, or criticism, or comments without studying all the facts," Mr. Sek said, "Such action will also affect the credibility of Fox News, which is a leading news organisation in the US"

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1395475353&section=11


-- Khaosod English 2014-03-24

[Somtamnication]

Facts are facts. She reported the facts ( strange, I know, for Fox news ). So the complaint will be about ....... the truth?

[kingalfred]

Oh please dont waste your breath on Fakefox. "A leading news organization"? Not sure which is the biggest joke "leading" or "news"

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Edited March 23, 2014 by kingalfred

[Seastallion]

Someone should have advised Mr. Sek Wannamethee that Fox News is just a right-wing, red-neck joke that exists solely for the benefit of trailer park inhabitants who want to appear to be worldly in between watching professional wrestling matches and cartoons, and is not really a "leading news organisation"

Everyone has a right to their opinion and this woman aired hers. She's part of a sensationalist "news" agency, not a diplomatic agency, albeit the core fact of the delayed information was true.

Edited March 23, 2014 by Seastallion

[Jingthing]

Anyone ragging on Fox News is not a jerk to me!

[londonthai]

quotation from the newsfeed "Gen Paradon: There is no truth to the rumor that mh370 Flight crash-landed at U Tapao Thai Navy Base at Sattahip" might give a clue, that thailand is involved in the fate of this plane

[ChrisY1]

K Surapong should take this up with Mr Ban......it's an outrage !!

[NongKhaiKid]

I'm no fan of Fox and tuned it out of my cable stations a long time ago, thankfully True doesn't carry it BUT I have to say Thailand brought all the criticism on itself.

It's hard, if not impossible, to defend failing to supply even the barest of information on a terrible incident claiming " we weren't asked ".

Thainess at it's best or worst depending how you view it.

[danmarnj]

I love it when the left get their panties in a bind over Fox news, the only organization that gives an opposing viewpoint among the sea of left-leaning media outlets that are apologists for the Obama Admin and left-leaning organizations throughout the world. and gets more viewers!!..LOVE IT!!

[daveAustin]

The truth hurts.

[chooka]

Facts are facts. She reported the facts ( strange, I know, for Fox news ). So the complaint will be about ....... the truth?

being hit in the face with the back of a shovel.

[jonclark]

Only thing less credible than Fox News appears to be statements from Thai Government Departments ....... I mean really? "we weren't asked", sounds like the sort of excuse a 5 year old gives.

[britmaveric]

Well Greta prob should have centered on the Thai Air Force's pathetic response than Thailand as a whole. However other than that she was quite correct with her conclusions.

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[Mosha]

They missed what Johnathon Head said about them. He called them incompetent.

[Bluespunk]

Much as I hate to say it but Fox is right. The information should have been shared as soon as the realisation a plane was missing came about.

[Dr Bruce]

Well Greta prob should have centered on the Thai Air Force's pathetic response than Thailand as a whole. However other than that she was quite correct with her conclusions.

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Are you sure? She may have been reading other news from Thailand as well.

Don't forget that she comes from a country where they have a vote.

[noitom]

What would you call a country that sits and watches the whole world virtually, sailing around the Gulf of Thailand for a week before making know that it had spotted the plane? The fact is acknowledged that the plane flew over the Thailand south and it either wasn't picked up by miitary radar or they picked it up and didn't report, "because nobody asked" while their allies were using very expensive assets to search in the Thai backyard.

[Yunla]

Thais should not worry about what somebody on Fox said, as nobody will have heard it anyway.

[Thaddeus]

Oh Thailand doesn't like this.

Unfortunately for Thailand, in the rest of the big wide world, if you act like a jerk, and someone else calls you a jerk because of it, you can try and sue them for defamation if you want, and all that happens is you look like a bigger jerk than before.

Just admit a mistake.

It's a jagged little pill, but it may teach you a lesson that is so desperately needed.

[danmarnj]

Thais should not worry about what somebody on Fox said, as nobody will have heard it anyway.

Apparently, you are no slave to watching tv ratings

[chainarong]

The truth is in the telling MH 370 turned around back to KL, it then banked right dropped altitude and flew over Butterworth a Malaysian airforce base, then climbed to 35000, what's wrong with that , just another plane in restricted airspace over Malaysia, so what was the Malaysian's doing besides sleeping , a unidentified plane flew over one of their key bases and no fighter aircraft went up to check, don't forget that MH 370 had its systems turned off , do Thai have to monitor all aircraft between China and Australia just to keep Fox news happy and Greta ,well stone me crows the sensation of sensations BS, anyway the search at that time concentrated in the Gulf of Thailand and the STH China Sea.

[pitrevie]

"Such action will also affect the credibility of Fox News", really, do they have any then?

[ZigZagMan]

Someone should have advised Mr. Sek Wannamethee that Fox News is just a right-wing, red-neck joke that exists solely for the benefit of trailer park inhabitants who want to appear to be worldly in between watching professional wrestling matches and cartoons, and is not really a "leading news organisation"

Everyone has a right to their opinion and this woman aired hers. She's part of a sensationalist "news" agency, not a diplomatic agency, albeit the core fact of the delayed information was true.

Same can be said about The Nation "newspaper."

Propaganda and misinformatio put out by the invisible hand.

Only an idiot would read that crap and think they are informed.

[Seastallion]

I love it when the left get their panties in a bind over Fox news, the only organization that gives an opposing viewpoint among the sea of left-leaning media outlets that are apologists for the Obama Admin and left-leaning organizations throughout the world. and gets more viewers!!..LOVE IT!!

More viewers? Just goes to show the number of trailer trash high-school dropouts there are, and how long the breaks are between WWF shows.

[Soutpeel]

My advice the Thai Goverment should sue Fox immediately for a sizable amount of money

BTW how much do the PTP still owe the Rice Farmers ?

[Ulysses G.]

Much as I hate to say it but Fox is right.

They often are. Because of politics, the left do their best to marginalize Fox News by smearing them and dishonestly quoting them out of context, but the truth is that they are often the only major news source in the USA who are actually doing their job. The founding fathers of the USA wanted a press that would keep the government in line, not spin and cover up for them like the MSM do most of the time now for the present administration. Greta got this right and much of the time, on many issues, her colleagues at Fox do too.

Edited March 24, 2014 by Ulysses G.

[Somtamnication]

This is turning into a bizarro SNL parody: Us defending Fox News!!!

[tomyummer]

Thai jerks. Never heard of that before.

Btw, I wonder if the thai authorities ever dug into the stolen passports happenings? Find the Iranian who made the reservations?

[Bluespunk]

Much as I hate to say it but Fox is right.

They often are. Because of politics, the left do their best to marginalize Fox News by smearing them and dishonestly quoting them out of context, but the truth is that they are often the only major news source in the USA who are actually doing their job. The founding fathers of the USA wanted a press that would keep the government in line, not spin and cover up for them like the MSM do most of the time now for the present administration. Greta got this right and much of the time, on many issues, her colleagues at Fox do too.

Have to disagree having watched many a right wing BS rant that completely misrepresents the truth on Fox. Funny at times but in the end just annoying.

[ZigZagMan]

Much as I hate to say it but Fox is right.

They often are. Because of politics, the left do their best to marginalize Fox News by smearing them and dishonestly quoting them out of context, but the truth is that they are often the only major news source in the USA who are actually doing their job. The founding fathers of the USA wanted a press that would keep the government in line, not spin and cover up for them like the MSM do most of the time now for the present administration. Greta got this right and much of the time, on many issues, her colleagues at Fox do too.

Nonsense.

Fox "news" is right ring entertainmet run by Rèpublican strategist, Roger Ailes.

Misinformation is what they are all about.

The Nation uses their format as a model to promote the invisible hand agenda.

Now get back to watching your cartoons and wrestling.