Bangkok Post reporter retracts interview with Yingluck

[HooHaa]

Worthless Khaosod strikes again with its own inconsistencies in its own reporting.

an article in which a reporter claimed to have interviewed former Prime Minister Yingluck

followed later by

the piece was not based on an interview with Yingluck

i think you may have some reading comprehension issues, the two statements are in no way contradictory.

[pookiki]

If the article is the result of 'private' conversations, then there is a question of the reporter's ethics in deciding to string excerpts of private conversations into what is labeled as in 'interview'. It's tabloid journalism. The BP would be much better off if it groomed its journalists in the art of investigative journalism.

As far as the reaction to the article by the junta, why bother? The junta is its own worst enemy in sensationalizing trivial incidents of criticisms and protest.

[DLock]

If she is going to use a metaphor, be more realistic.

"It's the same as if the people handed me the car keys and said I must drive and lead the country. But I couldn't find the right key and can't drive a stick shift...so I just gave up and went shopping instead...then someone took my discount card while I was at the cash register."

[mike324]

"It's the same as if the people handed me the car keys and said I must drive and lead the country. Then suddenly, someone points a gun at my head and tells me to get out of the car while I'm at the wheel driving the people forward."

Translation: I drove the country into bankruptcy with the failed Rice Scheme and chaos by trying to free all convicted politicians from the past decade. Then citizens ask me to stop by I wouldn't so they have to pull me off from the car before I drove off the cliff. I thought I was driving forward, but I guess I accidentally put the gear in reverse. *** cue video of girl driving backwards ***

Sorry to say YIngluck never learned to drive in the first place.

[ABCer]

Why retract? Is he also claiming torture?

[RustBucket]

This is just a BS backtrack.

They certainly messed up with this.

YL will still have a press officer being in the position she is, and probably PR staff, and she certainly would have lawyers who will vet everything before it going out to the public.

The BP will also have lawyers who will look at these sort of things to protect the back of the BP from a defamatory or libellous case.

The fact that these words came through the checks is laughable, and just show it is not only YL who is a blundering fool, but all the people she surrounds herself with.

Nobody uses such metaphors and analogies in casual conversations.....lol

It is like I was given the keys to a car...... blah blah blah. That is 100% interview speak for public release.

But at the end of the day BP would no way issue a report like this unless it had been okay'd by YL's lawyers. But it has come back to bite them in the ass. They obviously misinterpreted how easy it is to ruffle Prayuth's feathers.... Which is actually getting quite difficult to scope these days as he seems to be slipping further and further into what I call 'The Hitler Mode'.... Megalomania and histrionic narcissistic behaviour that starts to creep into certain people who acquire massive power suddenly.

It is a mental disorder and every week seems to show very outward signs of progression in dear leader.

Could end up being an absolute despotic tyrant in the making.

[Jdiddy]

She looks good in pink, is she single?

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A Thai editor and/or reporter breaching the most respected traditions and principles of journalism. Truth and facts.

And the BP should know better, they should have internal processes to ensure things which are published have proper credibility.

Just proves again what a rag it is.

And the other one no better.

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This is just a BS backtrack.

They certainly messed up with this.

YL will still have a press officer being in the position she is, and probably PR staff, and she certainly would have lawyers who will vet everything before it going out to the public.

The BP will also have lawyers who will look at these sort of things to protect the back of the BP from a defamatory or libellous case.

The fact that these words came through the checks is laughable, and just show it is not only YL who is a blundering fool, but all the people she surrounds herself with.

Nobody uses such metaphors and analogies in casual conversations.....lol

It is like I was given the keys to a car...... blah blah blah. That is 100% interview speak for public release.

But at the end of the day BP would no way issue a report like this unless it had been okay'd by YL's lawyers. But it has come back to bite them in the ass. They obviously misinterpreted how easy it is to ruffle Prayuth's feathers.... Which is actually getting quite difficult to scope these days as he seems to be slipping further and further into what I call 'The Hitler Mode'.... Megalomania and histrionic narcissistic behaviour that starts to creep into certain people who acquire massive power suddenly.

It is a mental disorder and every week seems to show very outward signs of progression in dear leader.

Could end up being an absolute despotic tyrant in the making.

Could also be that he's trying to ensure there are no 'nasties' trying to derail the sorely needed reforms.

Nobody would doubt that there are elements who would (for their own benefits, political and otherwise) love to derail reform, no doubt the good general is well aware of this and trying to keep the 'nasties' at bay.

[Si Thea01]

Sounds like dear leader has pointed a gun at the reporter. Guess it's off to the factory to have her I love dear leader chip implanted.

You really dont like the fella, do ya'

To be honest no. He demands admiration and respect from the masses and if you don't love and adore him you are dragged off for forced adjustment. Yingluk was a numnut and had to be replaced but this guy is totally self centred. He thinks he is god and the country is his and he is extremely dangerous.

He thinks he is God. Don't think so as he knows he cannot walk on water. Please explain your outrageous claim that he is dangerous. Has anything he has undertaken since the coup and his becoming PM affected your life style or jeopardized your safety in anyway?

Has the political infighting ceased? Have the shootings and bombings stopped? Come on and answer these questions truthfully. Maybe you don't even live here? Just another unhappy farang, who no matter how much they whinge will never have any effect on the running of this country and thank God for that.

[HUAHIN62]

Sounds like dear leader has pointed a gun at the reporter. Guess it's off to the factory to have her I love dear leader chip implanted.

You really dont like the fella, do ya'

To be honest no. He demands admiration and respect from the masses and if you don't love and adore him you are dragged off for forced adjustment. Yingluk was a numnut and had to be replaced but this guy is totally self centred. He thinks he is god and the country is his and he is extremely dangerous.

His popularity must really hurt you then

If he is so popular why does he need martial law, limit press freedom and give money away ? Why doesnt he call an election and measure his popularity ? He doesnt have the support of 30% of the people, just talk to people and you will hear how they avoid giving you a direct answer, a clear sign they DON'T like him.

[Strangebrew]

Well Ying you know women drivers Just like at Bangapai mall do a header end up on roof DOA.

[kaobang]

so Yingluck can still travel abroad such a relief

[chooka]

Sounds like dear leader has pointed a gun at the reporter. Guess it's off to the factory to have her I love dear leader chip implanted.

You really dont like the fella, do ya'

To be honest no. He demands admiration and respect from the masses and if you don't love and adore him you are dragged off for forced adjustment. Yingluk was a numnut and had to be replaced but this guy is totally self centred. He thinks he is god and the country is his and he is extremely dangerous.

He thinks he is God. Don't think so as he knows he cannot walk on water. Please explain your outrageous claim that he is dangerous. Has anything he has undertaken since the coup and his becoming PM affected your life style or jeopardized your safety in anyway?

Has the political infighting ceased? Have the shootings and bombings stopped? Come on and answer these questions truthfully. Maybe you don't even live here? Just another unhappy farang, who no matter how much they whinge will never have any effect on the running of this country and thank God for that.

um where do we start.

He is the self appointed commander of a country he took by force for himself.

He is a person who allows himself alone freedom of speech and opinions.

He says he is not a Dictator but dictates to everyone how they will live thier lives and thier thoughts and opinions.

He demands that everyone bow before him and love and adore him.

Any person who dares have a personal thought or opinion is dragged away to be indoctrinated in one of his laboratories to worship him and his personal ideologies.

He is a person who lives his life by superstitions and his advisors are fortune tellers and other assorted lunatics.

He speaks for the world even tho the world never said it.

He treats Thai's like mushrooms and feeds them a constant diet of rubbish propaganda.

He is directing Down the Nth Korean model and is loving it and will never have any intention of giving up the newly acquired family heirloom.

Yes he is dangerous.

As for me not living in Thailand, well I have been here 9 years, my family is Thai, we own our home, pay taxes and child goes to school.

[ianf]

'The article was later removed from the Bangkok Post's website and its author, Wassana Nanuam, later wrote on her Facebook that the piece was not based on an interview with Yingluck. Rather, the article was drawn from bits and pieces of private conversations with the former leader, Wassana wrote.'

So yingluck still said all this?

I simply don't believe that this was anything but a straight interview. The journalist and newspaper are now trying to retract because that they have been asked by Ying's mob to do so as this piece would do so much damage. To claim otherwise is disingenuous to the extreme. What appalling journalism to get dragged into the Shin's mischievous behavior.

[mikemac]

If he is so popular why does he need martial law, limit press freedom and give money away ? Why doesnt he call an election and measure his popularity ? He doesnt have the support of 30% of the people, just talk to people and you will hear how they avoid giving you a direct answer, a clear sign they DON'T like him.

Utter rubbish, as usual.

I speak to Thai people all the time, from street vendors to university educated professionals and I don't get the same response you do.

Maybe they just don't like talking to you "straight" or you are asking people in red villages.

Either way your claims are bs.

[whybother]

If he is so popular why does he need martial law, limit press freedom and give money away ? Why doesnt he call an election and measure his popularity ? He doesnt have the support of 30% of the people, just talk to people and you will hear how they avoid giving you a direct answer, a clear sign they DON'T like him.

Whether he is popular as the current PM or not, he won't be standing for election because very few people would vote for him. People may be happy that he kicked the government out, or they may be satisfied that the current government "are doing a good job", but that doesn't translate to votes in an election.

He won't be standing in any election.

[pmugghc]

Bangkok Post has become a red-rag ever since the protests started last November. I'm sure someone at the top got bought. Their reports of some of the confrontations missed out many important extreme red-shirt actions and they 'allowed' many new forum members who were clearly some English speaking PR company. They were all extremely pro Pheu-Thai, wrote excellent English (unlike the average red-shirt whiner up to then) and - most revealingly - wrote with a similar style and grammar.

I'm sure they thought the world would believe that Thai public opinion supported Pheu-Thai but the effect for me was exactly the opposite. It showed just how dirty they were prepared to play.

This article is no surprise to me at all : it was a political piece written to gain public support for Yingluck. Bangkok Post are currently sniping at the junta every chance they get. It just confirms how deep the rot goes and why Prayuth has such issues with the media. Don't get me started on the raving red shirt loony called 'Kong' who they give column space to ....

Could someone named Wanda ... be involved?

[HerbalEd]

Sounds like dear leader has pointed a gun at the reporter. Guess it's off to the factory to have her I love dear leader chip implanted.

"Sounds" like. Is that the same as factual to you?

[Time Traveller]

I suspect the Post pulled the article not because it was full of made up truths but because it represented it's puppet master General in a bad light. BP has always been supportive of the coup

[Humberstone]

Bangkok Post has become a red-rag ever since the protests started last November. I'm sure someone at the top got bought. Their reports of some of the confrontations missed out many important extreme red-shirt actions and they 'allowed' many new forum members who were clearly some English speaking PR company. They were all extremely pro Pheu-Thai, wrote excellent English (unlike the average red-shirt whiner up to then) and - most revealingly - wrote with a similar style and grammar.

I'm sure they thought the world would believe that Thai public opinion supported Pheu-Thai but the effect for me was exactly the opposite. It showed just how dirty they were prepared to play.

This article is no surprise to me at all : it was a political piece written to gain public support for Yingluck. Bangkok Post are currently sniping at the junta every chance they get. It just confirms how deep the rot goes and why Prayuth has such issues with the media. Don't get me started on the raving red shirt loony called 'Kong' who they give column space to ....

Sorry, but that just doesn't make sense. Why on earth would anyone pay people to write comments for an online newspaper in a minority language (English)? How many people actually read or even care about the drivel that is posted in the comments section of the BP? I'm guessing very few and not enough to make any impact by someone paying for comments.

When people say this kind of stuff it smacks of paranoia or disapointment that a media source is not parroting their cherished beliefs. They would rather have the confirmation bias they are used to echoed back all the time.

And for the record I don't like the BP.

[mikemac]

".....the former PM, who is known for her modest speeches."

Giving a whole new range of meanings to the word "modest".

My wife is from a rice farming family, and used to support Yingluck.

She now has no time for her or her family/party and says she comes across as "not a good speaker" (that is a very mild version of her description of her) and cannot believe she stayed in power for as long as she did.

My opinion, for what it is worth, is that she has probably been handed everything to her on a platter all her life and had no right to become the PM of any country with zero/zip/zilch political experience.

Apart from the rotten events across the country in 2010, the lowest the Shins have ever stooped.

Bit like the current leader then?

You could say that, except the current PM is not controlled by a crim in Dubai/China/Japan and if the current PM makes a mistake he owns up, does not try to put the blame onto some patsy.

[The stuttering parrot]

The current PM owns up.

Gotta agree with that.

Anyone else want to protest!!!

[Si Thea01]

Ah Chooka. I said maybe (perhaps) you don't live here, not that you did not live here. There is a difference between the statements. Also thanks for responding but you never answered any of the questions I put to you. You provided 10 points as to why you allege he is dangerous. Let's say we beg to differ but I would have thought you were not like the others and would read what I wrote, answer those questions and not push your own button to suit the propaganda you have listed. There are only five questions, one you answered, so four for an intelligent man should not be hard?

I am happy to debate you but please do not be selective when you respond. All of the points you have raised are like every other PM hater, nothing but negativity. Apparently, in your view he has not done one good thing for the country and its people? Like I asked, are you able to answer any of my questions, truthfully or are you just one eyed and will avoid doing so as you initially did. Please enlighten me as to what good the other side brought to the fore and how they operated and managed the country whilst in power.

Just one last matter. Directing down the North Korea Model. Do you even know what it is or have you just included this to justify the rest of your post. Please look it up and then tell me where the comparisons between the two exist so you can sustain that your statement is not foolish.

The man is far from perfect and some things may be criticised but he also done a lot of good, so please give credit where credit is due. And show me you are capable of legitimate debate by telling me how any of the points you have raised have affected you and your family's way of life. If you cannot then I will know what side your bread is buttered on.

[seajae]

well this is exactly why the the news agencies are being harassed by the pm, with this sort of bullsh*t coming from reporters is it any wonder they are being shut down. Trying to cause political sh*t fights by making up a story and publishing it is beyond a joke and show how pathetic thai journalists are. This is so far beneath proper reporting its not funny, the stupid idiot that wrote it should have her journos ticket pulled and be barred from publishing for a bloody long time. The only one to blame here is the writer of the bullsh*t, anyone that supports this sort of sh*t needs their head examined, no truth or even facts involved, precisely what the red/ptp were so good at no wonder their bandwagon is trying to jump on this

[rudolfvaselino]

"Meanwhile, Gen. Prayuth, the chairman of the military junta, said today that Yingluck is free to run in the election if Thailand's Election Commission approves her application, and suggested that he would not be "troubled" if she won.

"If she can run, people are free to vote for her. It's not my business. I'm not a voter," Gen. Prayuth said."

From the same article and a little more interesting.

He promised more 'not to do' and 'to do'. I do not listen to the man anymore. He is filling his pockets like all do / did / will do.

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Bangkok Post has become a red-rag ever since the protests started last November. I'm sure someone at the top got bought. Their reports of some of the confrontations missed out many important extreme red-shirt actions and they 'allowed' many new forum members who were clearly some English speaking PR company. They were all extremely pro Pheu-Thai, wrote excellent English (unlike the average red-shirt whiner up to then) and - most revealingly - wrote with a similar style and grammar.

I'm sure they thought the world would believe that Thai public opinion supported Pheu-Thai but the effect for me was exactly the opposite. It showed just how dirty they were prepared to play.

This article is no surprise to me at all : it was a political piece written to gain public support for Yingluck. Bangkok Post are currently sniping at the junta every chance they get. It just confirms how deep the rot goes and why Prayuth has such issues with the media. Don't get me started on the raving red shirt loony called 'Kong' who they give column space to ....

Sorry, but that just doesn't make sense. Why on earth would anyone pay people to write comments for an online newspaper in a minority language (English)? How many people actually read or even care about the drivel that is posted in the comments section of the BP? I'm guessing very few and not enough to make any impact by someone paying for comments.

When people say this kind of stuff it smacks of paranoia or disapointment that a media source is not parroting their cherished beliefs. They would rather have the confirmation bias they are used to echoed back all the time.

And for the record I don't like the BP.

"Sorry, but that just doesn't make sense. Why on earth would anyone pay people to write comments for an online newspaper in a minority language (English)? How many people actually read or even care about the drivel that is posted in the comments section of the BP? I'm guessing very few and not enough to make any impact by someone paying for comments."

Well professional PR people would always cover ass bases and 'news' is a bit like networking - you never know you might read / notice the article and play with it. And there are international news agencies you salivate at the change of comments about 'coup'.

On the other hand, did the lady even say these things or are they just part of a PR drive in both language by stirrers who aim to criticize the general in any way possible? There can be no doubt they do exist and are probably well organized and given a chance will do as much damage to reforms as they can stir up, all for their own selfish ends / nothing to do with what's overall good for Thailand.

[rudolfvaselino]

well this is exactly why the the news agencies are being harassed by the pm, with this sort of bullsh*t coming from reporters is it any wonder they are being shut down. Trying to cause political sh*t fights by making up a story and publishing it is beyond a joke and show how pathetic thai journalists are. This is so far beneath proper reporting its not funny, the stupid idiot that wrote it should have her journos ticket pulled and be barred from publishing for a bloody long time. The only one to blame here is the writer of the bullsh*t, anyone that supports this sort of sh*t needs their head examined, no truth or even facts involved, precisely what the red/ptp were so good at no wonder their bandwagon is trying to jump on this

But is it the true version of events this BP reporter has to express?

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"Meanwhile, Gen. Prayuth, the chairman of the military junta, said today that Yingluck is free to run in the election if Thailand's Election Commission approves her application, and suggested that he would not be "troubled" if she won.

"If she can run, people are free to vote for her. It's not my business. I'm not a voter," Gen. Prayuth said."

From the same article and a little more interesting.

He promised more 'not to do' and 'to do'. I do not listen to the man anymore. He is filling his pockets like all do / did / will do.

You ever seen in his pockets?

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well this is exactly why the the news agencies are being harassed by the pm, with this sort of bullsh*t coming from reporters is it any wonder they are being shut down. Trying to cause political sh*t fights by making up a story and publishing it is beyond a joke and show how pathetic thai journalists are. This is so far beneath proper reporting its not funny, the stupid idiot that wrote it should have her journos ticket pulled and be barred from publishing for a bloody long time. The only one to blame here is the writer of the bullsh*t, anyone that supports this sort of sh*t needs their head examined, no truth or even facts involved, precisely what the red/ptp were so good at no wonder their bandwagon is trying to jump on this

But is it the true version of events this BP reporter has to express?

You have evidence that's it's true? Naah just your slanted opinion.