PM urges media to be more careful in presenting TV debates on ‘minor issues’ as such discussions ca

Minor issues that get highlighted by these TV shows often become even more problematic, as viewers tend to form their own judgments on them and reject the results of investigations by the police, the PM said.
The media should be more careful in presenting such news, he added.
However, Prayut said he could not possibly intervene in such matters and respected the right of the media to report.
But because it was a business, competition forced the media to present what could attract the most viewers, he said, adding that he personally thought many of these issues were “nonsense”.
The premier said it should be left for the justice system to decide what is right or wrong in any such issue, but when it was shown on television in a debate or discussion programme, sometimes the wrong person “got whitewashed”, causing trouble for the justice system.
Prayut also said that he wanted the media to present only good things that made people happy, at least during the New Year holiday period.
He believed that things would get better as the results of the government’s work started to emerge.
Progress in this respect had not been as quick as he would have liked because the issues facing the country were complicated, the PM said, but he vowed to strive to speed up the work this year.
The PM asked the media to help create understanding with the people about the government’s work, and encouraged the people to also communicate with the government, so as to clear up any questions the public might have.
“I don’t have any problems with the media. I just want us to make the new year full of happiness,” he said. 
“We have been in deep sorrow in the past year. And before that we were in [a state of] confusion for nearly 10 years. So, in the new year let’s try to think how we can cooperate.”