International media giants never learn
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Re: "Spotlight on foreign media coverage of Bangkok's crisis", Opinion, December 22.
I want to praise Kornchanok Raksaseri for daring to put two giants of international media – the New York Times and the BBC – under the spotlight for not presenting news from Thailand as accurately as they should.
However, I don’t think such news outlets will change their attitude towards small and developing countries like Thailand.
These world-renowned media think their famous names alone guarantee the authenticity of news they report – even though fact points the other way.
As American musician Louis Armstrong once noted, “There are some people that, if they don’t know, you can’t tell them.”
Vint Chavala
Lamphun
