Quote Originally Posted by fountainhall View Post
are they totally unable to distinguish between weather and political news
perhaps the editor of the Bangkok Post can help you as to where to draw the line between the political and the merely meteorological - they did after all publish this as an op-ed piece rather than news:

Floods that shouldn't kill - Bangkok Post 11 Jan, 2017
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/o...-shouldnt-kill

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