Thaksin
is not Thailand, says Nation Group editor
- The Nation, August 22, 2004
Nation Group editor Thepchai Yong said yesterday
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in claiming that
journalists critical of him "do not love the
country", was seriously misguided about patriotism,
leadership and what constitutes a nation.
"Prime Minister Thaksin is not Thailand,"
Thepchai said in response to Thaksin's harsh radio
attack on Nation Multimedia Group (NMG) yesterday
morning...
Thaksin claimed NMG "hates" him and that
the hatred was harming the country. "I don't
care that I'm hated, but please love the country.
This kind of report damages the country."
Thepchai questioned Thaksin's motivation in using
the media's professional criticism of him to induce
nationalism...
Thaksin also criticised Krungthep Turakij in connection
with the Krue Sae Mosque "knife" picture,
saying NMG had "quality problems".
"I do not understand why," Thaksin said.
"Does it personally detest the government or
does it have quality problems like when it edited
the picture of [a body
of an alleged Muslim militant who died in clashes
with armed forces on August 18]."
Thepchai said Krungthep Turakij had published immediate
apologies following the unintended production error
and that the issue was completely irrelevant to the
village-fund scheme.
"We admitted our mistake, and we apologised immediately
and wholeheartedly. But that issue has absolutely
nothing to do with the research by the University
of Chicago," Thepchai said.
Thaksin is not Thailand, says Nation Group editor
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