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As news is reported around the world of the dramatic events unfolding in the Thai capital, Bangkok, Rajan Datar tries to find out how much is being reported within Thailand itself – and whether this is information that can be trusted. Rajan hears from a listener in Bangkok about her sources of news – and talks to Professor Duncan McCargo, an expert in Thai media, who explains who is actually in charge of the country's broadcasting stations and newspapers. Rajan also talks to a listener who wants a return to an accentless "BBC English" on the World Service. And he confronts the editor of Witness, Kirsty Reid, with accusations of lack of balance in one of her recent programmes.
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