The sensationalistic coverage of the death of a three-year-old girl in Mukdahan has come under fire by academics and activists for repeating gratuitous violence and failing to shed light on structural injustice. "Don't stand on the tip of the iceberg when you cover crime," Ms Chanettee told a forum yesterday. "Dig deep until you find out how gaping holes in the justice system victimise marginal people, for example, this three-year-old girl. She was the subject of media coverage because she was young and born to parents who are low-income farmers in the country." "I conducted research on newspaper coverage of crime since Dr [Dan Beach Bradley [in the nineteenth century]," she went on.

Source: Bangkok Post July 13, 2020 22:41 UTC