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Announcing its decision last week, NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasit said the segment trampled on the young man’s human rights.
The segment exposed him to public ridicule in the quest for ratings, without considering the impact on him or his family.
The NBTC looked into the matter after an activist group filed a complaint, arguing the show was immoral.
The agency agreed it breached the broadcasting law and threatened public order. It has decided to fine TV3 500,000 baht.
While TV3 has yet to respond to the decision, netizens say the real culprits in the affair are production house Workpoint Entertainment, which makes the show for TV3.
Emerald’s performance in the first episode of the show’s third season quickly became the talk of the town after he failed to address the judges politely, and sang so poorly the audience jeered.
Netizens set up a Facebook page in his name, creating cartoons which lampooned the young man for his phrase: ‘‘As it happens, my family does not worry too much about politeness. They place more emphasis on virtue.’’
Judges asked him why he did not bother addressing them as ‘‘krap’’, and why he offered no wai as thanks when he was offered a bottle of water to drink on stage. ‘‘Forget the manners. I just want to put on a show,’’ he said.
Members of the audience made a cross sign with their hands, and booed.
Two members of the three-judge panel walked off in protest at Emerald’s performance of a song from the Chinese film, Pao Bun Jin.
Emerald’s mother said she took Emerald along for the auditions because he enjoys singing. She admitted he has psychiatric problems, but said he keeps dodging appointments with a specialist.
Workpoint Entertainment insisted the contestant’s mother told them Emerald was just like any other young man. She denies it, saying the producers asked her to tell the public her son was normal.
Reacting to the decision, netizens say Workpoint Entertaiment should be censured for pursuing ratings at the expense of Emerald’s dignity.
“It’s not the first time they have broken the law,” said one, referring to an earlier NBTC finding against TV3, after TGT aired a breast-painting segment in July, 2012.
Contestant Duangjai “Pond” Jansanoi took off her top, doused herself in paint, and rubbed her breasts against a white canvas.
She claimed an agent acting for Workpoint paid her to strip to boost the programme’s ratings.
Pond said her life changed overnight after he appearance on the show. As the public rounded on her for offending their morality, she quit her job as a coyote dancer, changed her phone number and went into hiding.
Some critics of the Emerald segment say his mother should have known better than to allow her son to enter the contest.
Others take a broader view, saying public television routinely holds up minority groups such as kathoey and the mentally disabled for ridicule. “The Emerald saga is just more of the same,” said one. -
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A woman who complained to the Nation Group that its presenter, news anchor Kanok Ratwongsakul, took sexual liberties with her, denies reports she has reached a settlement with his employer.
News reports emerged last week of an apology, left in the name of complainant “A”, which appeared on the “kanok3inches” Facebook page.
The apology admits she spread negative information about the presenter without being fully aware of the facts. “I was confused and came under psychological pressure to the point I was misled,” it said.
A video clip and still shots published last month show a figure resembling Kanok in a sleeping position, standing naked by the window and masturbating.
The author said she was she was once a member of Kanok’s fan club and struck up a relationship with him online.
“Once he had his way with me, he dumped me,” she said, adding she knew of at least four other women in the same predicament. “I’m tearing away the mask to expose what this man is really like,” she said.
While admitting some of the images were real, Kanok denied exploiting his fame to get women into bed. He agreed to take a month off work to allow the Nation Group to conduct its inquiry.
A has now emerged at the similarly named Kanok3inch Facebook page to say the apology published in her name is fake.
She said she had been in touch with the Nation’s inquiry panel, which asked her to consider Kanok’s family.
“Why not let the fuss die down and let Kanok get back to work?” they are said to have asked her. “We’ll mete out punishment internally.”
However, A insists no settlement has been reached. She is also angry with the way she says she has been portrayed in coverage of the saga, claiming presenters have tried to portray her as mentally unwell.
“I challenge Kanok to come up with one shred of evidence,” she said. “Where are your ethics?” she said in a message directed to her media critics.
The Nation Group has yet to comment on A’s latest claims. -
A woman who complained to the Nation Group that its presenter, news anchor Kanok Ratwongsakul, took sexual liberties with her, denies reports she has reached a settlement with his employer.
News reports emerged last week of an apology, left in the name of complainant “A”, which appeared on the “kanok3inches” Facebook page.
The apology admits she spread negative information about the presenter without being fully aware of the facts. “I was confused and came under psychological pressure to the point I was misled,” it said.
A video clip and still shots published last month show a figure resembling Kanok in a sleeping position, standing naked by the window and masturbating.
The author said she was she was once a member of Kanok’s fan club and struck up a relationship with him online.
“Once he had his way with me, he dumped me,” she said, adding she knew of at least four other women in the same predicament. “I’m tearing away the mask to expose what this man is really like,” she said.
While admitting some of the images were real, Kanok denied exploiting his fame to get women into bed. He agreed to take a month off work to allow the Nation Group to conduct its inquiry.
A has now emerged at the similarly named Kanok3inch Facebook page to say the apology published in her name is fake.
She said she had been in touch with the Nation’s inquiry panel, which asked her to consider Kanok’s family.
“Why not let the fuss die down and let Kanok get back to work?” they are said to have asked her. “We’ll mete out punishment internally.”
However, A insists no settlement has been reached. She is also angry with the way she says she has been portrayed in coverage of the saga, claiming presenters have tried to portray her as mentally unwell.
“I challenge Kanok to come up with one shred of evidence,” she said. “Where are your ethics?” she said in a message directed to her media critics.
The Nation Group has yet to comment on A’s latest claims. -
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Presenter Woody Milintachinda is having second thoughts about the
merit of airing his dirty laundry on social media, after his most recent
musings ended up hurting a friend.
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Woody left a Facebook message last week criticising an anonymous gay man who he said was well-known in the industry for using people.
“They warned me he was a fake, but I didn’t believe them, preferring to think people always have a good side. But now that I know him better I know the critics were right. What should I do? I have never come across such a case before,” he said.
Netizens concluded Woody was talking about gay presenter Kachapa “Mod Dum” Tancharoen. Woody responded quickly, denying he was referring to Mod Dum, whom he regards as a friend. News reports helpfully ran pictures of the pair kissing for the cameras.
“I didn’t mean to refer to you, and never expected you would end up having to field so many questions about whether you were my intended target,” Woody wrote, apologising to his friend.
“As for the man I really meant to refer to, I’m busy singing Let it Go."
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