Bangkok Post Editor Assails CJR Piece

Thai paper wants a retraction and apology, or full reprint of its statement.

On Wednesday, the Columbia Journalism Review published an article by Beijing-based freelance journalist Justin Heifeitz. The piece, titled “Pork, Bullets, and the Dismal State of Journalism in Thailand,” details Heifetz’s struggles at the paper in 2013-14, which included the threat of a defamation lawsuit from a Navy rear admiral. From the CJR piece:

The Sunday section of the Bangkok Post — the most generous section with investigative news and analysis — is allowed by upper management to take on one foreigner as a staff reporter at a time.

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