Continued posting this news from The Nation written by a young rising journalist, Taweeporn Kummetha, she wrote series of media and politics for The Nation recently, her points are crucial. I felt a bit tired when gave her interviews since she always asked many (good)  questions She didn’t  only want me to fill her story but enthusiastically love to learn and argue with. She said she tried her best to write impartial reports in this partial world of journalism, which is not easy task I must say. Every time I see young journalists who are  obsessed with the role of journalism I feel happy and inspired. Despite the media is highly being criticized because it’s biased and very commercialized but I still do take the role of journalism seriously and count it as the solution. More importantly, no matter what kinds of medium are, the essence of journalism is carrying the truth based on facts and free opinion.

Red media thriving, despite govt crackdown By Thaweeporn Kummetha
The Nation
Published on June 16, 2009

Although the Abhisit government grabbed a chance during the emergency decree - sending troops to raid and shut down the pro red-shirt media, D Station and community radio stations - the red media reincarnated after only a month.

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Supinya Klangnarong, a media-rights activist, said political media was not a new phenomenon in Thailand. The creation of the red-shirt media was a mirror to the beginning of yellow-shirt media. With the sense of being a minority and the government’s opposition, they had to make space to voice their opinions, she said.

The difference between red-shirt media and yellow-shirt media, Supinya said, was in the means of suppression administered by the government.

“The suppression of red-shirt media by the Abhisit-led government was no different from the suppression of the yellow-shirt media by the Thaksin-led government in 2006. However, the means of suppression differed as the Abhisit government used the law to shut down the media, while the Thaksin government used defamation suits [to attack the media professionals],” she said.

Tags: Democracy, Journalism, Liberty