CM featured in NYT

[Frank James]

The story was thin and relied too much on personal anecdotes. Very superficial for a New York Times article, which regularly does two page articles on latest gewgaws from fancy Euro watchmakers.

[kaptainrob]

Thomas Fuller lives in Thailand and does very thoughtful reporting. Part of why we subscribe to the International NYT is to read his articles. Good to see this article has made the global edition, not just the Asian edition. It appears to be well-researched and a good overview of the problems facing the country. Yes, there's a reason the NYT is the most influential newspaper in the English-speaking world, this article is a good example, as is the fact that the NYT has full-time coverage of the situation in Thailand.

You actually subscribe to that trash?

IMHO another biased article with some historical fact and a lot of speculation designed to sell newspapers.

I read another similar one, today, which attacked the institution we cannot discuss. It was full of flaws and biased against those who will never enlighten you non-believers.

Long live the King and our esteemed Prime Minister

[WinnieTheKhwai]

So does the Daily Mail................

At least the NYT is not MICT blocked in Thailand.

That's because it's afraid to tackle the tough stories like "VIP stays in hotel and has tent for his cars".

It's a matter of time though. See how notable lefties like John Oliver (previously Daily Show, now in excellent 'Last Week Tonight' clips) effectively won't be able to set foot in Thailand for the foreseeable future.

[Ulysses G.]

Pretty sure the laughter is for the "most influential" comment. Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and/or Financial Times advocates would probably tend to disagree.

Precisely. I could have gone with 'one of the most...' but there are other newspapers of record around the world that are equally influential.

"Most influential" as opposed to "one of the most influential" does not really merit hilarious laughter.

[elektrified]

let me see, rice farmer borrows 200,000bht for kids education.

Education for the poor, at most of the 'RAT' universities is 25,000bht per year .......

The numbers don't add up!

I wondered about that too, but maybe her child isn't in a teacher's or farmer's college. Maybe the kid is at Chula or Thammasat and has fees for dorm, books, lab fees, uniforms, transportation and perhaps even tutoring because of substandard secondary public school education.

Or CMU. A Master's program at any would cost about 800,000 THB. So 200,000 is feasible.

[realthaideal]

The article raises some ok talking points and has anecdotes to back it up or move the story forward. We who live here just know that it's a small treatment of many large and looming issues. It's fine if seen as just one lens for looking into what's going on here. The chance of people who aren't connected with Thailand or Chiang Mai even bothering to read it? Would Joe Schmoe read an article on Lahore or Hai Phong?

Anyway, it's nice to see our city mentioned anyway, and the article serves as a starting point for discussing some matters that - ahem - can be discussed.