BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) – The Bangkok Post minangka koran berbahasa Inggris paling berpengaruh ing Thailand kanthi reputasi sing kuat kanggo dihormati. Sawise artikel anyar sing nyerang Asosiasi Perjalanan Asia Pasifik, pangareping editor koran kasebut bisa uga kudu ndeleng maneh babagan cara nyedhiyakake informasi sepihak babagan industri pariwisata lan lelungan. Iki mesthi ngluwihi peran koran minangka pengamat sing ora adil babagan urip ekonomi lan sosial ing Asia Tenggara.
Bangkok Post tetep dadi sumber referensi sing apik babagan industri pariwisata lan lelungan Thailand karo tim editor sing mriksa macem-macem masalah saben minggu. Tim iki dilengkapi karo kolom sing diowahi dening spesialis perjalanan independen.
Nanging, ing Bangkok Post misale jek uga kangelan tarik baris antarane raos mbales sawetara saka columnists lan kapentingan umum kanggo readership sawijining. Wiwit pungkasan taun 2007, Bangkok Post nerbitake nganti limang kolom babagan acara Tantangan CEO PATA lan bisa uga gagal. Apa gunane koran kasebut bola-bali nyunting kolom saka penulis sing jelas duwe agenda pribadi lan sing sadurunge dibayar dening PATA lan dipecat amarga alasan pribadi? Endi banjur kapentingan kanggo maca BK Post? Paling ora, Bangkok Post kudu mbukak informasi babagan hubungan sadurunge antarane kolumnis lan PATA. Utawa kudune mung ngimbangi kolom-kolom kasebut kanthi njaluk PATA utawa sapa wae supaya bisa uga ngarahake pamaca koran ing topik sing padha. Apa koran ora mesthi nyedhiyakake informasi sing seimbang - negatif utawa positif - babagan siji institusi? Ing kasus PATA, sanajan ana kelemahane lan kesalahane, asosiasi kasebut wis pirang-pirang taun dadi swara sing ora ternilai kanggo pariwisata Asia-Pasifik amarga melu macem-macem proyek pangembangan pariwisata, ing riset pariwisata, ing pameran lelungan, kanggo nyebutake mung a sawetara.
PATA ora mung kasus sing Bangkok Post ngluwihi peran sing dikarepake saka koran internasional. Ing rong wulan kepungkur, koran kasebut, contone, nerbitake meh limang nganti enem crita mung babagan operator regional Bangkok Airways. Lan maneh sawetara taun kepungkur, aktivitas operator murah Thai AirAsia mung katon saka kasunyatan sing dadi kagungane Grup Shinawatra, konglomerat bisnis saka mantan Perdana Menteri Thaksin Shinawatra lan akibate entuk manfaat saka kahanan pembangunan "khusus". Yen bisa uga bener yen Thai AirAsia entuk keuntungan saka hubungan politik sing cedhak, Bangkok Post mung ora nyorot uga dampak positif saka operator kasebut ing transportasi udara ing Thailand. Nyalahake kolusi politik antarane Thai AirAsia lan Thaksin pancen apik. Sayange, ora ana sing ora biasa ing Thailand utawa ing Asia Tenggara liyane. Nanging Bangkok Post uga ora ndeleng sisih iki.
APA sing kudu dijupuk saka ARTIKEL INI:
- In the case of PATA, despite its possible weaknesses and mistakes, the association has been over the years an invaluable voice for Asia-Pacific tourism as it is involved in various tourism development projects, in tourism research, in travel shows, to name just a few.
- And back a few years ago, activities of the low cost carrier Thai AirAsia was only seen from the fact that it belonged to the Shinawatra Group, a business conglomerate from ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and consequently benefited from “special” development conditions.
- If it was probably true that Thai AirAsia enjoyed advantages of its close political connections, the Bangkok Post just omitted to highlight also the positive impact of the carrier on air transport in Thailand.
