BANGKOK, 25 November 2013 (NNT) – The Thai Broadcast Journalists Association (TBJA) and the Thai Journalists Association (TJA) have called on the protesters to understand the duty of the media and allow them to report the news freely.The two associations announced on Monday that the press’ reporting of political rallies during this period might agitate demonstrators of different groups, but media members had tried their best in informing the public of facts. The TBJA and the TJA also called on all media organizations to report in a straightforward manner and treat all sides with fairness, so that the public could have correct and complete information for their decision making.The TBJA and the TJA also strongly encouraged the media to strictly adhere to media ethics when reporting conflicts, and called on the government to maintain peace and order in line with the law. The government should not use state-owned media to pitch different groups of protesters against one another in order to justify its action.
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