by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2014
Thai News editor Gets 4.5 years in jail for libeling King
Thai news editor Nut Rungwong has been jailed for libeling Thailand's king, the Associated Press reported. He didn't actually write...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2014
Thai media invaded privacy of Murdered British Tourists, 4 Journalism groups say
Four Thai media organizations have complained over the media's coverage of the murder of two British tourists, Hannah Witheridge and...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2013
Bangkok Post Retracts Front-page Story, Faked Quotes from Former Prime Minister
Something fishy happened over at the Bangkok Post last week. The Thailand newspaper apparently published a fake story about the country's former...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 21, 2013
Scottish Rape Victim Photo ID Posted in Thai Newspaper, Deleted after Criticism
Bangkok, Thailand newspaper the Daily News named and photographed a victim of gang rape, but later took down the identifying...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2012
Thai TV Anchor Charged with Bribery, Embezzlement
Thai TV news anchor Sorrayuth Suthasanachinda defended his ethics and two recent charges from the National Anti-Corruption Commission in a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2011
The Sun: Sorry we called you a pedophile
The UK Sun paid out money for fake claims last week, according to a separate Guardian report. The newspaper had wrongly...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
Thailand’s lèse-majesté Law Prohibits Criticism of Royal Family, Did Anonymous Comments Break Law?
In a Sept. 1 post, PBS Media Shift highlighted Thailand's lèse-majesté laws, which make it a criminal charge to "defame"...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2011
Protesters accuse Thailand Reporter Somjit Nawakruasunthorn of Breaking Ethics Standards
Ten "red-shirt supporters" protested a Thailand reporter Somjit Nawakruasunthorn who interviewed the prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, the Bangkok Post reported....
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 20, 2009
Jared Diamond, The New Yorker Deny All: New Guinea Tribesmen Wemp and Mandingo File Amended Libel Lawsuit
Last Friday, New York attorneys Jack Litman and Richard Asche filed an amended complaint for their clients New Guinea Tribesmen...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jun 24, 2009
Doctored Image Wins Thai News Photo Contest
Prachatai reports, "A former PAD [People Alliance for Democracy] guard grabbing the hair of a red-shirt woman and dragging her...