Media rattled by outside pressure

THAI journalists used to pride themselves as the country’s public interest watchdogs and smug guardians of its democracy. These days, they are busy fighting to save themselves from becoming lapdogs of the politically powerful. 

There had been complaints over attempts to control the press in the past but the current level of fury is unprecedented. The Thai press fraternity has been rattled by the removal of Veera Prateepchaikul as editor of Bangkok Post.