re: "'We will triumph'" (BP, May 3, 2023)
Dear editor,
It was with growing bemusement that I worked my way through the Bangkok Post's "exclusive interview" with Caretaker Prime Minister and Royal Thai Army General Prayut Chan-o-cha. Among the others equally unsubstantiated, one amazing claim stood out. Having dissed polls, exactly what evidence did the PM General (caretaker) present to support his claim that "his popularity remains high"?
His own doubtless sincere belief in his own popularity is not in fact evidence that he is popular. Did the Post's Nattaya Chetchotiros think to ask such an obvious question, or are outrageous claims no longer held to require at least some evidence before being uncritically reported?
When we read its editorial on the very same day, "Media rights in focus", the questions not asked of the PM (caretaker) by the interviewer were easily the most pertinent as Thailand prepares to vote on its commitment to democratic principle.
By the way, are we to look forward in coming days to the exclusive interview with Move Forward's Pita Limjaroenrat? And with Pheu Thai's mother of Thais Paethongtarn Shinawatra?
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on May 6, 2023, under the title "Fact-check PM?" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2564551/what-the-polls-say
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