Bloggers at
Metroblogging Bangkok are providing a citizen's-eye view of the
military coup in Thailand, in which the army has removed prime minister
Thaksin Shinawatra from power. (The most recent posts suggest that the Thai people see this as a Good Thing.) CNN, the BBC, and other foreign news channels have been blocked, so the Internet and mobile text messaging are now their primary sources of news.
"So after recieving 20 text messages all saying the same thing for
since 7 o clock 'I got inside information, there is going to be a
military coup in BKK' from a bunch of friends and elder people. I got
my ass out Nung Len and headed home.
"Turned on the Thai TV stations.... great - all the stations have
happy pictures drawn by children and pictures of the Royal Family with
some happy Army music playing..."
(Via
Boing Boing)
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