Thai media feeling the political pinch

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AP , BANGKOK
Monday, Mar 01, 2004,Page 5

Depending on who's telling the story, the editor of Thailand's Bangkok Post was shifted out of his job last week because of intense government pressure, or a touchy shareholder, or a long-term business strategy.

Whatever the truth, Veera Prateepchaikul's removal from the newspaper's newsroom has turned the spotlight on the state of the Thai press. Supporters of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Post's management have denied allegations of interference, but critics say journalistic freedom is in grave peril.

"I would describe the Thai media at the moment as being in an intensive care unit," said Kavi Chongkittavorn, an editor of The Nation, the Post's main rival.

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Where you start hearing this kind of stuff out of Thailand in the year 2004, the reason is because of Bush's lead of dragging the USA and the world into fascism. Thai people are nice, friendly open minded, democratic thinking, a gozillion of tourists (espcially European) have visited there... This course of fascism would not come from within Thailand. It's coming from Bush and Repuke type capitalist doing business in Thailand.