REUTERS GETS ECONOMIST STORY WRONG

After my exclusive report on Thursday lunchtime that copies of this week's edition of The Economist would not be distributed in Thailand, the news - largely thanks to a news report from Reuters, has spread. It's been picked up by The New York Times, and The Bangkok Post is using the same agency report in its edition today.
Sadly the original report from Reuters is wrong.
The report says there was four occasions since December 2008 when the magazine was not distributed in Thailand. The fact is that there were six times during 2009 when the magazine failed to make it to the shelves or subscribers - and one further time in December 2008. So Reuters claims of four times should actually read seven times.
The six occasions during 2009 where deliveries of print editions of The Economist were disrupted in Thailand were October 16, September 18th, July 4, April 18, January 31 and January 24. The issue of December 5, 2009 was also withheld from delivery to Thailand. That's seven times since December 2008.
And as has happened in all previous occasions the publishers have written to its subscribers, saying: "Due to the sensitive nature of our coverage on the Thai monarchy, we decided not to distribute the March 20 issue of The Economist in Thailand." Subscribers have been offered one extra edition on top of their current subscription.