huge protest today 'at' Siam Paragon in downtown Bangkok
An example of the dumbass reporting at The Nation.
In advance of today's rally somewhere near the obscene shopping development known as Siam Paragon in downtown Bangkok :
A great example of too much irrelevant detail and not enough of the kind you can use.
1) Tanayong is the name of the company that built the whole skytrain system, not the name of the station nearest the protest. Since there is only one skytrain, no need to mention the name of the company that built it. By the way, the name of the station nearest the protest is 'Siam'. I would recommend getting off one stop away at 'Chitlom' and walking along the underused skybridge to 'Siam', however.
2) Four accesses into Siam Square? Whatever that means. And the count on entry points and exits looks wrong to me. Anyway, was it necessary to list that nonsense? Seems professional and informative until you visualize the place mentioned. Then you realize it's BS.
3) What time will the protest start? Nowhere in the 5 articles published today has The Nation mentioned what time the protest will start. If I were driving a car anywhere in downtown Bangkok tomorrow, I would want to know that, wouldn't you?
I remember one year The Nation forgot to mention in advance the location, timing, or scope of the annual new year's festivities at World Trade Center. There was simply no mention of it. Think about that for a second.
Anyway, as to the start of the protest my guess is 2-4pm, since the crowd is not marching from anywhere. If they were on the move, it would start earlier, as the last one did.
In advance of today's rally somewhere near the obscene shopping development known as Siam Paragon in downtown Bangkok :
Traffic police warn protesters
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Frisking would be randomly carried out at all six entries and three exits of the nearby elevated Tanayong Skytrain station and the four accesses into nearby Siam Square.
A great example of too much irrelevant detail and not enough of the kind you can use.
1) Tanayong is the name of the company that built the whole skytrain system, not the name of the station nearest the protest. Since there is only one skytrain, no need to mention the name of the company that built it. By the way, the name of the station nearest the protest is 'Siam'. I would recommend getting off one stop away at 'Chitlom' and walking along the underused skybridge to 'Siam', however.
2) Four accesses into Siam Square? Whatever that means. And the count on entry points and exits looks wrong to me. Anyway, was it necessary to list that nonsense? Seems professional and informative until you visualize the place mentioned. Then you realize it's BS.
3) What time will the protest start? Nowhere in the 5 articles published today has The Nation mentioned what time the protest will start. If I were driving a car anywhere in downtown Bangkok tomorrow, I would want to know that, wouldn't you?
I remember one year The Nation forgot to mention in advance the location, timing, or scope of the annual new year's festivities at World Trade Center. There was simply no mention of it. Think about that for a second.
Anyway, as to the start of the protest my guess is 2-4pm, since the crowd is not marching from anywhere. If they were on the move, it would start earlier, as the last one did.
posted by realthailand at
11:09 AM
