Army TV channel director replaced over Russia-Ukraine war coverage
The head of army-owned TV Channel 5 is being replaced amid reports of controversial meetings and orders regarding news coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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The head of army-owned TV Channel 5 is being replaced amid reports of controversial meetings and orders regarding news coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A chilling report at Prachatai suggests that in October 2021 the military's media is revamping itself for ultra-royalist, extreme rightist agitation, much as it did in 1975-76. The military's TV Channel 5 is hiring "four ultra-royalist hosts from Top News ... [to] host 7 hours a day ... from 3 January 2022." The hosts, Kanok…
6 03 2021 Remember when, after the February 2020 massacre of 29 innocent people in Korat, the then military chief and now senior advisor to the king Gen Apirat Kongsompong vowed to IThe killer’s problem was “a property dispute” with “the soldier’s senior officer and his mother-in-law…”. In other words, “the army’s side dealings [were]… the root cause.” It adds that “analysts” say that “some army officers enter into private business dealings — and it’s an open secret.” Apirat (r) doing his duty for the king A few days later, “then army chief A...