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Censorship?
Govt denies 'killing' TV interview
The Sunday Nation September 29, 2013 1:00 am
Government Spokesperson Teerat Ratanasevi yesterday denied that the Yingluck Shinawatra administration was responsible for pulling the plug on a television interview with a leader of the anti-Mae Wong Dam movement.
The programme Kon Khon Kon "People Search People") on television Channel 9 was scheduled to broadcast a taped interview with environmentalist Sasin Chalermlarp, who is also the secretary-general of the Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation.
The programme was scheduled to be aired at 8pm yesterday, but was replaced by a different episode leading to widespread speculation on social media sites.
However, a source at "Kon Khon Kon" programme revealed later yesterday that they would upload the 60-minute episode on YouTube at 8pm yesterday in order to let society see what the content was really about. The normal airtime of the episode on TV was 40 minutes.
Teerat posted on his Twitter account that the decision not to air the episode was solely that of the television station because it was seen as providing one-sided information.
Teerat added that the producer was asked to make the episode more balanced, and the matter had nothing to do with the Yingluck administration. He said the government was not even aware that Sasin would be featured in the programme this week.
Wanchai Tantiwithayapitak, a deputy director at Thai PBS television, said on his Facebook account that he was doubtful if the episode will ever be aired despite the claim that the producer was asked to make it more balanced.
Sasin confirmed he was interviewed by the programme producer although he doesn't know why the programme was not aired as scheduled. He refused to conclude that it had to do with his anti-dam activity and added that the interview was mostly about his life and work in general.
Sasin said he had no doubts about the producer of the programme, Burapha TV, and would leave the matter to the producer to handle.
On social media, the incident has rekindled anger at the government and the censorship of the episode.
Govt denies 'killing' TV interview
The Sunday Nation September 29, 2013 1:00 am
Government Spokesperson Teerat Ratanasevi yesterday denied that the Yingluck Shinawatra administration was responsible for pulling the plug on a television interview with a leader of the anti-Mae Wong Dam movement.
The programme Kon Khon Kon "People Search People") on television Channel 9 was scheduled to broadcast a taped interview with environmentalist Sasin Chalermlarp, who is also the secretary-general of the Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation.
The programme was scheduled to be aired at 8pm yesterday, but was replaced by a different episode leading to widespread speculation on social media sites.
However, a source at "Kon Khon Kon" programme revealed later yesterday that they would upload the 60-minute episode on YouTube at 8pm yesterday in order to let society see what the content was really about. The normal airtime of the episode on TV was 40 minutes.
Teerat posted on his Twitter account that the decision not to air the episode was solely that of the television station because it was seen as providing one-sided information.
Teerat added that the producer was asked to make the episode more balanced, and the matter had nothing to do with the Yingluck administration. He said the government was not even aware that Sasin would be featured in the programme this week.
Wanchai Tantiwithayapitak, a deputy director at Thai PBS television, said on his Facebook account that he was doubtful if the episode will ever be aired despite the claim that the producer was asked to make it more balanced.
Sasin confirmed he was interviewed by the programme producer although he doesn't know why the programme was not aired as scheduled. He refused to conclude that it had to do with his anti-dam activity and added that the interview was mostly about his life and work in general.
Sasin said he had no doubts about the producer of the programme, Burapha TV, and would leave the matter to the producer to handle.
On social media, the incident has rekindled anger at the government and the censorship of the episode.