How much news is being repressed?

[thailazer]

Just back from Chiang Mai and heard some stories of explosives going off a few days ago but there has been no mention in the news. How much is going on out there that we don't know about?

[Pragmatic]

If it's the same as in my village it'll be the grape vine getting it wrong. As per usual.

[Davis Knowlton]

^^I rather doubt that much can happen anywhere in the world at this point without it appearing on social media of one variety or another.

[aging one]

Gossip, the lifeline of rural Thai communication.......

[misskit]

Can be reported in local news which we are not reading.

Chiang Mai has it's share of turf wars on occasion, also. When they were putting in the hypermarkets, bombs in the parking lots were de rigueur. Crossed the local mafia they were not allowed in on the takings.

[Albert Shagnastier]

How much is going on out there that we don't know about?

No more than usual (assuming you use online news sources)

[palexxxx]

Probably heard fireworks going off when someone in the soi had passed away.

[Pragmatic]

Probably heard fireworks going off when someone in the soi had passed away.

Also used when scaring elephants out of the rice paddies.

[Bettyboo]

It's hard to know, maybe none, maybe a lot.

The point of controlling the media as the coup are doing is to control information, hide information, etc.

Certainly information has been repressed and falsely broadcast since day 1 of the coup. As Davis says, social media is an outlet and a communication source, so info does spread more quickly than in previous times, and you'd imagine that any major incidents would become known. But, arrests, intimidation, army activity, etc, is controlled by the junta as is the media, so who knows what is really going on? Certainly, lots is going on... The idea that the junta and theur TD buddies would like to portray that everything is calm and everybody is happy is plain ridiculous.

[Pragmatic]

The idea that the junta and theur TD buddies would like to portray that everything is calm and everybody is happy is plain ridiculous. __________________

Why is it?

[Albert Shagnastier]

It's hard to know, maybe none, maybe a lot

Trust me mate - if you lived here, you'd see it's not.

[Bettyboo]

OK, Pragmatic, the junta are not controlling the media, the junta have not closed any media outlets (never mind hundreds...), the junta do not tell the main media what they can and cannot say, and the media notices that have been put up by outlets explaining the junta controls never happened either, the junta have not been arresting and detaining journalists, academics and politicians, the junta have not been closing down peaceful rallies against the coup, the junta have not been dragging old ladies off the street for holding up signs saying "we want elections", no red shirts have been arrested by the junta, the junta have not been replacing policemen, army and local politicians with their own politically aligned people, the junta have not put road blocks up, the junta have not been sending the army into towns and villages, the junta has not imposed any curfews or restrictions of any kind, and the junta are loved by everybody because they are good people who are solely interested in helping the nation...

You are of course, quite right. How silly of me to think otherwise...

[david44]

Of course the western media and social media print 100% truth all the time so we a benchmark

I remember Wives of Mass Destruction WMD
Dodgy Dossier
French Press denying Rainbow Warrior murder in Auckland
The only steel building to melt at WT7 here BBC excelled by getting the lies in early

[Albert Shagnastier]

All is being reported - Chill Winston

[nidhogg]

OK, Pragmatic, the junta are not controlling the media, the junta have not closed any media outlets (never mind hundreds...), the junta do not tell the main media what they can and cannot say, and the media notices that have been put up by outlets explaining the junta controls never happened either, the junta have not been arresting and detaining journalists, academics and politicians, the junta have not been closing down peaceful rallies against the coup, the junta have not been dragging old ladies off the street for holding up signs saying "we want elections", no red shirts have been arrested by the junta, the junta have not been replacing policemen, army and local politicians with their own politically aligned people, the junta have not put road blocks up, the junta have not been sending the army into towns and villages, the junta has not imposed any curfews or restrictions of any kind, and the junta are loved by everybody because they are good people who are solely interested in helping the nation...

You are of course, quite right. How silly of me to think otherwise...

Well colour me confused. Are not all those things you mentioned - well, sorry this is a bit obvious, but - well -reported in the media??????

[Bettyboo]

Quite true, Nidhogg, but this thread is about things not reported in the media...

And the things I've listed have been about closing down the media space; a space which has shrunk massively since the day before the coup. Of course, the people who have been pointing this out, well respected political commentators, Thais with decades of experience, could learn quite a lot from the TD crew...

[Pragmatic]

the junta have not been arresting and detaining journalists, academics and politicians, the junta have not been closing down peaceful rallies against the coup, the junta have not been dragging old ladies off the street for holding up signs saying "we want elections", no red shirts have been arrested by the junta, the junta have not been replacing policemen, army and local politicians with their own politically aligned people, the junta have not put road blocks up, the junta have not been sending the army into towns and villages, the junta has not imposed any curfews or restrictions of any kind,

None of that shit has happened where I live. Life goes on as normal.

[nidhogg]

Quite true, Nidhogg, but this thread is about things not reported in the media...

Not quite Boo. This thread is speculation about the assumption that there are things not reported in the media....

[Bettyboo]

How much news is being repressed?

The answer is plenty. That's the whole point of the media controls. You know it alls can talk all the crap you like, but the fact remains that media controls are in place for 2 reasons:

1) repress the news
2) frame a dialog suitable for the junta

otherwise the media would be free and there would be no controls...

[Kurgen]

I want to know when the 33 local farrang radio stations in Pattaya will be back on. They have been replaced by navy news.

Barry Upton must be revolting.

[Pragmatic]

This thread is speculation about the assumption that there are things not reported in the media....

Fcuk off Rural Surin.

[Albert Shagnastier]

None of that shit has happened where I live. Life goes on as normal.

Same here mate, but I think Betty might be being a little over emotional (as well as living in Saudi Arabia and obviously not being able to see what's actually going on at street level in Thailand whatsoever).

Maybe his "theories" will be proved correct.

[Pragmatic]

Originally Posted by thailazer How much news is being repressed? The answer is plenty.

How do you know, unless you have privilaged info?

[nidhogg]

This thread is speculation about the assumption that there are things not reported in the media....

Fcuk off Rural Surin.

Hey. It is a [divergent] void that needed substantive completion.

[Albert Shagnastier]

How do you know, unless you have privilaged info?

Now hang on a minute there Pragmatic, while I disagree with most of what BB says, I don't think he would stoop so low as to be shilling for squareface out of SA.

It's an ugly thought mate - Betty likes fun stuff like goats and orange things and all that - no way it's serious.