This is the first book in the English language to examine the tangled web of relationships linking newspaper owners, editors and reporters, with leading politicians and power-holders. Duncan McCargo has been granted unique access to the editorial meetings of Thailand's leading newspapers, and drawing on this, the book uncovers the contradictions and dichotomies which underlie political coverage in the Thai press.

Duncan McCargo is a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Leeds. His other books include: Chamlong Srimuang and the New Thai Politics (Hurst, 1997), Media and Politics in Pacific Asia (Routledge, 2001) and Reforming Thai Politics (edited, NIAS, 2001).

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Political news-gathering in Thai language newspapers; Chapter 3 The role of political reporters; Chapter 4 Inside a political daily; Chapter 5 Investigative reporting?; Chapter 6 The power of the political columnist; Chapter 7 Conclusion;