Naewna pulls out of press council



BANGKOK: -- The Thai language newspaper, Naewna, has pulled out from being a member of the National Press Council of Thailand (NPCT), reasoning the council's inability to effectively control its members to strictly abide by their pledges to uphold journalism ethics and standards.

Besides, taking side is obvious among members of the council which consequently is exploited as a tool of ill- intentioned people to create division in the country, and which obstructs ongoing effort to reform the country.

The withdrawal was announced on its website yesterday by managing director Parondej Poonsiriwong.

Official letter was sent to the press council president yesterday and to be effective today.

The letter recalled the establishment of the NCPT since 4 July 1997 in which publishers and editors of 25 Thai and English-language newspapers and 10 organisations related to news publication signing a memorandum of intentions.

But throughout the past 19 years since the establishment, the council could not live up to its declaration to promote press freedom, self-control, and raise journalism ethics and standards.

Instead, Naewna said, journalism ethics was abused and some have taken sides, and become tools of some ill-intentioned people to disintegrate the society and the country which has consequently obstruct the current reform effort.

It said throughout the past 36 years in the journalism career, it has proved itself to be a professional which had won high respect and acceptance from the people of its straightforward reporting and image which was never tarnished and damaged.

It added that although it has pulled out of the council, it remains to adhere strictly to the journalism code of ethics and serve the people.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/173270-2/

-- Thai PBS 2016-07-21

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With the type of personal character running the country I am surprised the Press haven't boycotted all press stops by the Junta and only print or broadcast anything but Junta magic, in other words send them to Coventry , this wont happen as their seems to be an effort in some quarters ( and not only in the media) to arse lick the Junta for brownie points , the press of Thailand deserve what they get, and the public get inaccurate reporting .................................... ..

So is Naewna upset at websites that don't cheer the regime 24/7? Naewna is an 'ultra-conservative' newspaper from what I have found at Khaosod English website.

So is Naewna upset at websites that don't cheer the regime 24/7? Naewna is an 'ultra-conservative' newspaper from what I have found at Khaosod English website.

That's what this quote from the OP suggests: "Besides, taking side is obvious among members of the council which consequently is exploited as a tool of ill- intentioned people to create division in the country, and which obstructs ongoing effort to reform the country."

It's the same fraud that they always use. The invisible man is running everything and everyone. There's an evil genius behind anyone who thinks differently. And these same folks paint a picture that there was this out-of-control violence going on in Thailand three years ago which is a lie as well. Naewna is right to leave and get lost forever.