he media with his foul mouth, a coalition of Thai journalism groups charged Saturday. The Organizations of Media Occupations, which represents three Thai journalism groups, said the tactics are aimed at giving the public the impression that the media is the source of all the country's problems.
"This is the new method of intimidation," the group said in a statement coinciding with World Press Freedom Day.
"Samak has been using the state media, the state television to scolded the media with rude and dirty words with his intention to intimidate the media from reporting the news in a straightforward way."
