Thai Rath
Thai Rath, founded in 1962 and owned by the Vajiraphol family's Wacharaphol company, is Thailand's best-selling daily newspaper. Known for bold headlines and crime and human-interest reporting alongside political coverage, it also operates Thai Rath Online and Thairath TV, together forming one of the country's largest mass-market Thai-language news operations.
Thai Rath front page, right now
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Is Thai Rath left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists Thai Rath as Center within Thailand's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side. In Thailand, Prachatai is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open Thai Rath beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read Thai Rath beside another title from Thailand and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Thailand covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are Thai Rath's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because Thai Rath is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Thailand either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.
This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.
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