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Last month, TAN Network had an article examining this and wondering whether it was healthy. Key excerpt:
BP: Should they expect others to sponsor this though? Surely not, not everyone wants to support highly biased and inflammatory media channels.
h/t Absolutely Bangkok
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Bias is a difficult subject. New York Times allegely wants to be objective, but if you are right of center you will see them having "liberal" bias. Also, information consumers take in whatever they like when they like it. There were many corporate donations to PAD during the peak of the movement to get rid of Thaksin. If we have Reds media to counter ASTV or vice versa, I am OK with it.
V - Am ok with ASTV as well, but if you are take a very ideological position and are constantly attacking people with smears and insults, should one be surprised that mainstream companies are reluctant to support the media organization? No.
Veharachan, It's not really so difficult. It's quite clear cut. News organizations have no business promoting partisan political rallies. In so far as ASTV promoted the Bangkok airport occupation, the situation is analogous to Fox News promoting "tea party" gatherings in the US. That's crossing a line. (Follow-up note to webmaster: Maybe it's just my browser, but I'm finding the font used here hard to read. Also, as I mentioned last time, I really don't like being tossed off BP's blog after I log in to leave a comment).
(Note to webmaster, continued: A comment "preview" feature would be very much appreciated by this blog reader. Also, it's confusing that the comments seem to get posted here in reverse order -- this "innovation" confounds readers' expectations. As mentioned before, I shouldn't have to use a scroll-thingy to reach BP's blog from the home page. I find it easier to access this blog from BP's old site than using the AC homepage. That says a lot doesn't it?)
Hi Jotman: I prefer knowing where they (like Fox or ASTV) stand. I don't have to deal with the hidden agenda. Believe it or not, news organizations are not completely free of hidden agenda. It's a built-in political culture and economic interest.
Dear Webmaster: I would like to support Jotman's idea. I also think that the font should be larger (I have to zoom in the font on my iMac a few times). The names of the posters are very difficult to read.
I'm wondering if the sketch (your blog logo) bears any resemblance to the real BP? (Sorry, just testing what it's like commenting on the new site:)
Hi Veharachan, I understand your concern for transparency. My concern is that when a news organization starts promoting rallies or protests, or trumping a particular story too hard, it is no longer reporting news, but making news. Particularly problematic is when a news organization promotes a story of no great consequence that happens to serve a political agenda. Put a meme into enough heads, and sooner or later you get everyone talking about it, and have created a new reality. Hobby, regarding BP's picture (above), did you happen to notice that Pundit has a black eye? I fear he might have been attacked.
All media outlets have a political bent of some sort or another. It's easy to skew the, in my case, listeners view by using selective words, sometimes you don't even have to be pointed about it. A good example is the Bkk Post who prefaces every reference to Thaksin with "Convicted Criminal" or other such catch phrase. While ASTV and the UDD are at opposite ends of the spectrum there are literally hundreds of news sources in between. It is a requirement of an intelligent reader, listener or watcher to sort through all the BS and spin and come up with something that is meaningful to them. The irony is that often those that should be sorting out what is said get stuck in the rut on one side or the other and lose their objectivity.
Jotman: There is no black eye. It is just how the image has altered using GMIP to disguise identity.
Hmm, just a random thought... Do those "Donation" for protesting, to both PAD and UDD, have to pay tax? |
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