Thai Govt urges press members to act as teachers for society

[webfact]

Govt urges press members to act as teachers for society

 

 

BANGKOK, 26 October 2016 (NNT) - The government has called on press members to take a role as a teacher for society and to reduce social conflict. 

Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd disclosed that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha preferred press members become teachers for society like those in developed countries instead of attentively finding faults. 

The premier urged them to stimulate the people into developing ideas of their own, reduce prejudices and conflicts and help create a prosperous country, the spokesman said. 

The media should be open-minded and not associate everything with politics, he said. 

He also dismissed criticisms in some newspapers that the Damrongtham Center’s performances had only been exaggerated. 

He added that there are several indicators of the Damrongtham Center which has several areas of responsibility while press members should verify information before publishing it for the benefits of all parties.

 

-- nnt 2016-12-26

[PatOngo]

The premier urged them to stimulate the people into developing ideas of their own

Is this an admission the education system has failed?

[Brer Fox]

".....press members become teachers for society like those in developed countries instead of attentively finding faults".  So says the PM.

 

The finding of faults comes easy with a military government which knows no other way of management other than by barking out ill-considered regulations which later have to be amended because they were found to be stupid to begin with.

[baboon]

So become junta mouthpieces in other words. Some new 'regulations' in the pipeline, methinks...

[maewang99]

got it, thanks.

but it was already a firm trend... thanks in part to social media....

....in several ways....such as less direct readership and directly received ad revenues for professional journalists.

and not just in Thailand.

but here we get that awful code word..... teacher.... which is quite different from the same morpheme spelled and pronounced in English..... in exactly the same way.





 

[whatproblem]

What about getting a police force that can set a good example for the people 

[Lupatria]

Does it mean the military's indoctrination in pre-school facilities does not bring the expected results?

[Squeegee]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

...preferred press members become teachers for society like those in developed countries instead of attentively finding faults.

 

Complete fantasy.

 

If only developed countries would teach him something.

[madmitch]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd disclosed that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha preferred press members become teachers for society like those in developed countries instead of attentively finding faults.

I wonder if Prayut has ever heard of tabloid media whose journalists would make their Thai equivalents seem like lapdogs.

[Srikcir]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

take a role as a teacher for society and to reduce social conflict. 

TRANSLATION:

Stop acting like independent journalists and more like military government spokesmen.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

become teachers for society like those in developed countries

North Korea is not a developed country.

[elgordo38]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut Chan-o-cha preferred press members become teachers for society like those in developed countries instead of attentively finding faults. 

As soon as you hit developed countries STOP

[Retiredandhappyhere]

What is the point of people developing ideas of their own when they are not even allowed to express them, let alone act on them?

[Bluespunk]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd disclosed that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha preferred press members become teachers for society like those in developed countries instead of attentively finding faults. 

Hmm, going to need to know what he views as a developed country before can respond to that comment. 

[Bluespunk]

"Thai Govt urges press members to act as teachers for society"

 

So beat people with a cane 99 times or until they bleed then? 

 

[sandemara]

Is there something wrong with the idea that the authorities or their representatives, or the rich, privileged elite take some responsibility for "teaching" society -  leading by example, for instance?  Where do so-called leaders get the idea that once they're in charge they can sit back and relax, reap the rewards for their "achievement"?  Any well-organised group armed with weapons of war could pull off the same "achievement" against an unarmed population lacking even decent communications, among other inrastructure. The whole idea as articulated by the Government spokesman suggests the authorities have abrogated any sense of responsibility for leadership and want to leave the hard work in the hands of a media they obviously don't trust.  So cock-eyed.

[fruitman]

On 26-12-2016 at 8:24 PM, Retiredandhappyhere said:

What is the point of people developing ideas of their own when they are not even allowed to express them, let alone act on them?

 

You mean idea's like "let's all bring a molotov-cocktail to bangkok so we can put the whole city on fire"...

 

Yup i agree, we need freedom for expression. Is that guy from the molotov idea (a big leader) still walking around free by the way?