News Forum - Police let CNN reporters off with 5,000 baht fine for invasive massacre reporting

[Thaiger]

Deputy police chief ‘Big Joke‘ has done a 180 on CNN, letting off reporters with just a 5,000 baht fine ($132) each for their invasive coverage of the daycentre centre massacre in Nong Bua Lamphu province in northeast Thailand. On Saturday, Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn insisted on prosecuting two members of CNN staff for breaking into the crime scene and tampering with evidence, which is a crime punishable by up to five years in prison in Thailand. US news agency CNN came under fire after Australian reporter Anna Coren and British cameraman Daniel Hodge filmed footage on Friday – which […]

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[Cabra]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Australian reporter Anna Coren and British cameraman Daniel Hodge

A truly multinational incident

[Shade_Wilder]

Police let CNN reporters off with 5,000 baht fine for invasive massacre reporting

In other words...

It was exactly as the CNN reporters said yesterday.

"“CNN’s team reporting from the scene of the tragic event in Nong Bua Lamphu sought permission from Thailand Health Department officials present there to enter the daycare centre. The team now understands that these officials were not authorized to grant this permission. If the team had understood that the building and its rooms were off-limits, they would not have entered. It was never their intention to contravene any rules.

“The team entered the compound through an open gate to the yard, where other journalists were already present. There was no police tape on the scene at the time. After working carefully and respectfully inside the building for around 15 minutes the team went to leave, however, the gate to the grounds was now closed and police tape had been erected, which meant they needed to climb over the gate to exit."

This whole faux, BS kerfuffle was the BIB trying to obscure the fact that the shooter was ex-BIB and that they had done a shoddy job controlling the crime scene.

And the entire 'Don't Trust the Lamestream Media/Blame the Foreigners' crowd howled and bayed right on cue.

Well done.

[WR2]

CNN must have paid a nice big bribe.  It doesn't go from 5 years in prison to $130 overnight.

[Soidog]

All very confusing. Bangkok Post says the two journalists have left and gone to Hong Kong? 

[Marc26]

5 minutes ago, Soidog said:

All very confusing. Bangkok Post says the two journalists have left and gone to Hong Kong? 

I think most news organizations are based out of Hong Kong

[Shade_Wilder]

7 hours ago, Soidog said:

All very confusing. Bangkok Post says the two journalists have left and gone to Hong Kong? 

 

No, it is not confusing at all.

It was a classic Right-Wing, totalitarian state exercise in mis-direction.

The entire 'CNN as villains' story was BS from the beginning, and the BIB used the Right-Wing's manufactured prejudice against the media in general and CNN in particular to change the narrative away from the fact that it was an armed, Thai ex-cop druggie who shot those kids. Moreover, they were let go as there was no crime; nothing, zip, nada, nil.

Were the CNN reporters wrong to enter the building? Perhaps a wee bit, but as noted, other journalists were there as well, and they were allowed entrance (wrongly). By the way, a good journalist does NOT just accept what the police tells them, especially the BIB, they look for themselves. Moreover, it was the responsibility of the BIB to secure the crime scene, and they did not do so; THAT is where bad work was done.

Was CNN's reporting disrespectful and/or over the top? Compared to what was on Thai social media, no. However, when there was a bit of an outcry, they toned it all down further out of respect for the Thai families; it was a humane thing to do.

The stupidity here was with the Right-Wing people who have taken every word from Trump, Duterte, Orban, etc. as gospel for the last several years. They have launched a campaign against the media using terms like "the Lame-Stream media", " the MSM", the narrative that the media is a vast global conspiracy, the idea that the media is "Lying to you", etc. etc. etc., and they have repeated it so many times that thick people have started to believe it over common sense.

The question that should have asked yourself was quite simple; who had more credibility, the BIB or CNN? If you say the BIB, then you need to have a very long look at yourself in the mirror and see what you have become.

The media is not perfect by any means, but a free independent media is a cornerstone of a free society. And, the first thing that totalitarians (Trump, Duterte, Orban, Prayut, etc.) do when attaining power is launch a campaign to discredit it so that their own BS isn't challenged.

Yes, take all reporting with a grain of salt, use some logic and some common sense, but discounting what is reported up front (CNN is 'Un-American') is handing your Liberty and Freedom over to people who do not deserve that kind of trust.

Think, people.

 

[Mudshark]

12 minutes ago, Shade_Wilder said:

No, it is not confusing at all.

It was a classic Right-Wing, totalitarian state exercise in mis-direction.

Great post. 

[Soidog]

4 hours ago, Shade_Wilder said:

No, it is not confusing at all.

It was a classic Right-Wing, totalitarian state exercise in mis-direction.

The entire 'CNN as villains' story was BS from the beginning, and the BIB used the Right-Wing's manufactured prejudice against the media in general and CNN in particular to change the narrative away from the fact that it was an armed, Thai ex-cop druggie who shot those kids. Moreover, they were let go as there was no crime; nothing, zip, nada, nil.

Were the CNN reporters wrong to enter the building? Perhaps a wee bit, but as noted, other journalists were there as well, and they were allowed entrance (wrongly). By the way, a good journalist does NOT just accept what the police tells them, especially the BIB, they look for themselves. Moreover, it was the responsibility of the BIB to secure the crime scene, and they did not do so; THAT is where bad work was done.

Was CNN's reporting disrespectful and/or over the top? Compared to what was on Thai social media, no. However, when there was a bit of an outcry, they toned it all down further out of respect for the Thai families; it was a humane thing to do.

The stupidity here was with the Right-Wing people who have taken every word from Trump, Duterte, Orban, etc. as gospel for the last several years. They have launched a campaign against the media using terms like "the Lame-Stream media", " the MSM", the narrative that the media is a vast global conspiracy, the idea that the media is "Lying to you", etc. etc. etc., and they have repeated it so many times that thick people have started to believe it over common sense.

The question that should have asked yourself was quite simple; who had more credibility, the BIB or CNN? If you say the BIB, then you need to have a very long look at yourself in the mirror and see what you have become.

The media is not perfect by any means, but a free independent media is a cornerstone of a free society. And, the first thing that totalitarians (Trump, Duterte, Orban, Prayut, etc.) do when attaining power is launch a campaign to discredit it so that their own BS isn't challenged.

Yes, take all reporting with a grain of salt, use some logic and some common sense, but discounting what is reported up front (CNN is 'Un-American') is handing your Liberty and Freedom over to people who do not deserve that kind of trust.

Think, people.

Can’t disagree with much of what you say  @Shade_Wilder although I do think many media outlets have been taken over by the liberal left also. The BBC in the U.K. being a prime example.

However, all I meant was I was confused by the reporting that they had been fined and a report saying they had already left. we’re they fined and then left? Fined if they return? Had they actually left? That’s the confusion I was referring to. 

[23RD]

7 hours ago, Shade_Wilder said:

 

It was a classic Right-Wing, totalitarian state exercise in mis-direction

No that's a classic Left-Wing deflection to deflect the crime and the total lack of respect of these hard left reporter's from a The Marxist CNN.

That's actually a very common on CNN blame the Right for their own failures. 

The only good thing to come out of this terrible incident is its shown the World how unscrupulous the Left -Wing MSM is and how nothing they report can be believed without a high degree of scepticism. 

[Vigo]

14 minutes ago, 23RD said:

No that's a classic Left-Wing deflection to deflect the crime and the total lack of respect of these hard left reporter's from a The Marxist CNN.

That's actually a very common on CNN blame the Right for their own failures. 

The only good thing to come out of this terrible incident is its shown the World how unscrupulous the Left -Wing MSM is and how nothing they report can be believed without a high degree of scepticism. 

You did not read the story on CNNi did you?  You are offering  crazy talk when you label the reporters hard left reporters. You know nothing about them.The  investigation has cleared  the two journalists of wrongdoing in respect to their entering the premises, so what exactly was "unscrupulous" in their reporting?

It is more likely that the  journalists unintentionally exposed some shoddy police practice that has caused the upset. This has nothing to do with political beliefs.

 

[Faz]

21 minutes ago, Vigo said:

It is more likely that the  journalists unintentionally exposed some shoddy police practice that has caused the upset. This has nothing to do with political beliefs.

Absolutely correct.

Perhaps some members should revisit the story.
This is simply a case of 'wrongdoing' and who was responsible.
This thread will be closed if members attempt to metamorphose the topic into a politic thread.

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[23RD]

32 minutes ago, Vigo said:

You did not read the story on CNNi did you?  You are offering  crazy talk when you label the reporters hard left reporters. You know nothing about them.The  investigation has cleared  the two journalists of wrongdoing in respect to their entering the premises, so what exactly was "unscrupulous" in their reporting?

It is more likely that the  journalists unintentionally exposed some shoddy police practice that has caused the upset. This has nothing to do with political beliefs.

Vigo you've spent the last 48 hours defending your beloved CNN which in turn shows me the character of person you are even after this despicable act by by these two Left-Wing Activist you can't admit their in the wrong.

A very common mindset of the modern day Liberal the failure to understand right from wrong. 

It makes me even more proud to be on the right side of History. 

[Mudshark]

1 hour ago, 23RD said:

Vigo you've spent the last 48 hours defending your beloved CNN which in turn shows me the character of person you are even after this despicable act by by these two Left-Wing Activist you can't admit their in the wrong.

You are trying to shoehorn western political debates into a Thai reality. It doesn't work. Thailand could care less if it was CNN, FOX, DW or Alex Jones. They were able to create an incident, yes they created it. All to get Thais torqued up at western journos & sidetrack public anger about this tragedy from the police & government. Thailand does not give a rats about western tribal divisions; liberals, conservatives, commies, socialists, neo nazis, vegans, militant episcopalians, oath keepers, etc. They only care if they can use them. WE are living in the 2nd age of the ethno nationalism, while you are yacking about TV stations. 

Edited October 11, 2022 by Mudshark

[23RD]

3 minutes ago, Mudshark said:

WE are living in the 2nd age of the ethno nationalism, while you are yelling about TV stations. 

No we're living in the age of certain People not having the integrity to admit their in the wrong when their in the wrong. 

I really can't believe there's People on this Forum defending this pair of cretins. 

So let's not try and shift the blame to the Thai's it solely belongs with CNN.

[Faz]

3 hours ago, 23RD said:

Vigo you've spent the last 48 hours defending your beloved CNN which in turn shows me the character of person you are even after this despicable act by by these two Left-Wing Activist you can't admit their in the wrong.

Topic closed. You were warned!

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